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SecReT

12-12-2011, 12:23 AM

So I spent a couple of hours harvesting on kerra island today and here are my results.<table ><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th># Collects</th><th>% Collects</th><th># Items</th><th>% Items</th><th>Avg Items/Collect</th><th># Rares</th><th>% Rares</th></tr> <tr><td>All</td><td>1531</td><td>100.00%</td><td>3352</td><td>100.00%</td><td>2.19</td><td>13</td><td>100.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>bamboo shoot</td><td>228</td><td>14.89%</td><td>528</td><td>15.75%</td><td>2.32</td><td>0</td><td>0.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>ethereal material</td><td>14</td><td>0.91%</td><td>14</td><td>0.42%</td><td>1.00</td><td>0</td><td>0.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>eucalyptus lumber</td><td>9</td><td>0.59%</td><td>9</td><td>0.27%</td><td>1.00</td><td>9</td><td>69.23%</td></tr> <tr><td>sumac lumber</td><td>1276</td><td>83.34%</td><td>2797</td><td>83.44%</td><td>2.19</td><td>0</td><td>0.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>toxnettle root</td><td>4</td><td>0.26%</td><td>4</td><td>0.12%</td><td>1.00</td><td>4</td><td>30.77%</td></tr></tbody></table> since i have a bountiful harvest of 69% the 1531 collects total came from around 300 nodes.so in the end my percentage chance to get a rare was .85%, whats really bad is that through crafting AA I hav a 1.00% chance at getting a rareI think SoE needs to check their drop rates.

Night_Star

12-13-2011, 06:22 AM

There are a couple flaws with your math here. First, you have a bonus 1% chance to harvest a rare each time you harvest, and if you bountiful harvest. That percent DOES NOT STACK. So harvesting a node 3 times does not make 3%. It also does not make an overall 1% of items harvested to be rares.My counter to this is: I harvest, in Sundered Frontier, about 3 or 4 times a week for 2 hours. I pull up about the same quantities (though I honestly haven't counted) as you, except I'm harvesting the ore and gems. The last time I harvested, I pulled 12 Ulteran Diamonds, 7 Kaborite Clusters, and 9 Brellium Ores. I have a 69% chance to double harvest, 1% bonus chance at rares, and my mining skill is 578. 2 hours of harvesting and pulling up 28 rares is not a bad deal. I have not harvested less than 6 kaborite clusters in a 2 hour period. I am not going to complain at this rate.On a final note, there is one factor you didn't take into consideration. Each character has a random number generator (RNG). Which will determine how well that character is at pulling up the rares. It is an invisible factor that can only be effected by your bonus chance and harvest skill. If your character is not good at drawing the lucky number, then you won't get the rares. In the end, its all by chance!