Rich mining veins bug since patch?
I have always only been able to mine from Rich ori once, but it still gives me a bit more ori than what a normal node gives me.
The EB vein was never a “normal” rich vein, was it? Rich ori in the normal sense didn’t exist before Lost Shores, and the one in EB gave you more ore than regular but was still only single use.
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There was always 1 Rich Ori vein and 1 regular Ori vein in EB. Then, the patch after the halloween eliminated this – 2 regular ori veins instead.
As for the behavior, I believe rich veins work in 2 ways: they have a higher chance of being able to mine again (that stacks with other similar bonuses, like the WvW one) and give more stuff per mining.
You would have to test other veins to make sure it’s a bug.
As a player who was affected by the “World bonus bug” I can assure you that there is no built-in chance to “mine again” in rich nodes. I played this game since 1 week after release and have never gotten the wvw bonus until the fix in yesterdays patch.
Without that bonus I could always mine a regular node exactly once and a rich node exactly three times – each and every time since I started playing.
People using belittling wording like whining/qqing" are not taken seriously by me
Same for people posting only to tell others not to post (“deal with it”-posts)
As a player who was affected by the “World bonus bug” I can assure you that there is no built-in chance to “mine again” in rich nodes. I played this game since 1 week after release and have never gotten the wvw bonus until the fix in yesterdays patch.
Without that bonus I could always mine a regular node exactly once and a rich node exactly three times – each and every time since I started playing.
How do you know you were affected by the bug? Did it show +0% when you moused over the WvW icon? Or are you assuming that, because one of the bonuses didn’t work (like +health), none did?
I’ve mined rich nodes before when I only got 1 chance. This before even the Halloween patches.
I think there is some confusion to the number of times you guys are talking about. So you should refer to how much ore you should get instead. A rich vein should produce 10 ores and a normal one 3. That is without any bonuses from world or guild. If it doesn’t do that then there is a problem since there is nothing anywhere saying that it should be different for a particular zone.
When I moved my mouse over the wvw icon it never showed any bonus at all, not even “0%”. It showed nothing. Also I never had an “additional free harvesting” from any node. That should actually be proof enough but to be 100% sure I removed all my armor and jewels yesterday and checked my HP. Ranger base HP at level 80 is 15.082, from 5 points in a trait I got an additional 50 vitality giving me 500 more HP, leaving me at 15.582. The 3% HP bonus I should have had was not active (and just so noone asks, I was not on an overflow at that time)
After the patch I checked again and the HP bonus was there, the icon showed me all the bonus stuff as tooltip, and I already have noticed the occasional additional harvest that I never before was granted.
People using belittling wording like whining/qqing" are not taken seriously by me
Same for people posting only to tell others not to post (“deal with it”-posts)
I think there is some confusion to the number of times you guys are talking about. So you should refer to how much ore you should get instead. A rich vein should produce 10 ores and a normal one 3. That is without any bonuses from world or guild. If it doesn’t do that then there is a problem since there is nothing anywhere saying that it should be different for a particular zone.
You missed the point, noone was getting less than 3 or 10 ores from any nodes. The discussion was centered around the additional harvesting. When I say “harvesting” I mean pressing the “interact” key to initiate mining, chopping or gathering. Any normal node will let you harvest exactly once (without world bonus). Any rich node will let you harvest exactly three times (without world bonus). The world bonus will grant you a chance to get one extra harvest. For a normal node that means instead of once, you can start the harvesting process twice. For a rich node that means instead of three times, you can start the harvesting process four times.
How many ores/items you get from harvesting is a different story and is influenced by several factors including guild banner buff and harvesting tool used.
People using belittling wording like whining/qqing" are not taken seriously by me
Same for people posting only to tell others not to post (“deal with it”-posts)
Actually I’m not sure you are getting what i am saying since you are stuck on the number of times you can “harvest” and the point of this thread was how many times you should be able to mine a rich ore vein. If you look at the wiki it clearly states…
“Rich mining veins can be mined ten times as opposed to three and have a higher chance to give rare gems.”
I understand what you are referring to when you mention harvesting but i am talking about how much ore you get WITHOUT a bonus of any kind. It basically doesn’t matter how many times you “harvest” something as long as this is the number of ores you get from the mining before it wont let you mine anymore WITHOUT any bonus. If there is difference in that number then there is indeed a problem that needs addressing. If its only a matter of how many times it shows you mining then its a minor issue and there are far more important issues that need looking at.
(edited by avshar.1460)