First off, I apologize if this topic has already been covered. I've searched the forums, EQ2 Traders and Zam and cannot seem to find exactly what I am looking for. Also, if the topic has been covered, please point me in the right direction.
Anyway, I have noticed in the past week that the respawn rate on nodes in SF seems to be tied directly to the number of people in the zone. At first, I thought I was crazy and just passed it off as another toon harvesting in the area that I had not yet seen. In fact, I finally saw the person harvesting so my fears were somewhat relieved. At this point, their were 16 people in the zone. As the night wore on, more people kept leaving the zone until it finally dwindled down to just myself and 4 other people. This is when I started getting that sinking feeling again. The nodes I was harvesting didn't seem to be popping on the same timer any more. I ran my loop 4 times and saw only a few nodes respawn. Again thinking it had to be an unseen harvester, I sent a shout and asked if their was anyone else harvesting. I got responses from all the players and only one confirmed they were harvesting but they were doing it in a completely different area and they too were experiencing this odd behavior. Now, of course assuming the other players were truthful, something didn't feel right. After 20 minutes of waiting around, I failed to see all of the nodes respawn again and didn't see another toon either.
Can someone please confirm or deny my thinking? I just want to know for the sake of my sanity. Thanks!