What gathering tools have fastest animation?
Are there any gathering tools that have the fastest animations so I can be on my way quicker? cough Bitterfrost mobs cough…
The animation length is irrelevant when gathering/farming. The gathering time remains the same, regardless of how quick the animation ends. You just have to watch the gathering bar — as soon as it finishes, you can immediately move on to the next farming node, even if the animation hasn’t finished yet.
Take it one step further, at least for permanent tools.
As soon as you see the xp pop for harvest and/or the material pop above the minimap you can move and break the animation and harvest next piece for Sickles at least, mining and logging can do it after third tick of xp/mats. No need to wait for bar or animation to finish.
Of course the animation length is relevant, otherwise you’re wasting effort micromanaging your gather cycle. Scythes like the Consortium Harvesting “Sickle” have a faster animation. There is at least 1 more scythe in the sickles, but I don’t remember which it is.
And yeah, it was an epic fail for Anet to use a slower sickle animation for the plain tools which are aimed at people who are just interested in convenience and efficiency. That and the fact that they were extremely late in releasing plain set.
It’s not an epic fail, because they didn’t choose an animation for the plain tools. The plain tools use the same mechanics and animations as the tools you buy from merchants. The difference being they don’t break.
My only suggestion is to make a rev to gather. Quickness works on gathering. It’s pretty hilarious / great.