Do Gathering Bonuses No Longer Work?

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Posted by: JohnLShannonhouse.1820

JohnLShannonhouse.1820

Since the last update I have harvested easily over 100, probably 200-300 nodes. I run the the Guild Hall 10% gathering bonus. I have not gotten even a single extra gather from a node since the last update.

Did the last update affect how gathering bonuses work?

Has anyone else had this problem?

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Posted by: nottsgman.8206

nottsgman.8206

power of the mists (the bonus from WvW that gave you a chance of extra gathers) has been disabled.

gathering boosters give extra while gathering (so 2 flax seeds when you gather instead of 1, not extra hits on a node)

70 ‘mains’ and waiting for more slots
| 61 Asura | 5 Charr | 2 Norn | 1 Human | 1 Sylvari |

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

Ayrilana.1396

Do those even affect whether you get an extra gather? I always thought they impacted the extra stuff you could gather or more per strike if there’s a range.

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Posted by: RoseofGilead.8907

RoseofGilead.8907

The guild gathering bonuses don’t give you an increased chance at an extra hit; they give you an increased chance to get “rare materials” (such as orbs from mining) when you’re gathering.

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Posted by: Kaltyn of Torbins Deep.2946

Kaltyn of Torbins Deep.2946

Personally, I noticed that the guild gathering booster doesn’t seem to work after an update until it’s been refreshed. Even if there is 22 hours left on the gathering potion, there is a definite, noticeable difference between harvesting before and after getting a new one from the bartender after pretty much every update. Which gets annoying with 13 toons across 2 accounts.

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

The buffs:

  • Guild Gathering Boost — From banners. “Increase change to find rare materials from mining, logging, and harvesting by 10%” & there’s a 15% version.
  • Guild Gathering Boost — From Bartender. "Increase chance to find rare materials from mining, logging, and harvesting by 6-20%. "
  • Power of the Mists, Gathererformerly from WvW. “2-3% chance of additional gathering node uses”
  • Gathering Boost — Bonus effect from gathering booster. "Gain 10 seconds of swiftness when gathering. 33% chance at extra resources when gathering. "

As you can see, only the WvW/Power of the Mists buff affects how many tries you get. There’s always a chance that we can get extras (more than 3 from metal/wood, more than one from plants), but it used to be 15-20% higher Wed-Fri than it was Sat-Mon. That is very, very noticeable in its absence.

It would be nice if ANet decided to up the baseline for the non-combat buffs (plus to gathering tries, to crafting, and to XP gain), but I doubt they’d spend the effort to try to balance this change against other rewards.

John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”

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Posted by: Inculpatus cedo.9234

Inculpatus cedo.9234

I’ve noticed some tools now incorporate the ‘extra’ swing into the first animation now, as well. Since the last month, or so.

That might be another ‘undocumented’ change. /shrug