Do Gathering Bonuses No Longer Work?
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)
| 61 Asura | 5 Charr | 2 Norn | 1 Human | 1 Sylvari |
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.
(edited by Ayrilana.1396)
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.
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.
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, Gatherer — formerly 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.
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