At rare occasions, when I gather in Orr, I’ll find myself suddenly getting Ruined Ore or Wood when I should be getting Orichalcum or Ancient Wood. I have plenty of uses on my Orichalcum Tools, and I’m quite certain I was using them. And it’s always the second and third of the gather, while the first is just fine.
It also always happens when I’m under attack while gathering, surrounded by at least two Risen, and taking a lot of damage. Which makes it all the more irritating, since I’m already anxious about gathering as fast as I can and getting out of there before I die.
I had this happen to me twice today, and remembered to get a screenshot the second time. The first time I was gathering at an Orrian Sapling in Malchor’s Leap with my Guardian, and under attack by a Risen Thrall and a Risen Villager. The second time I was on my Engineer, at an Orichalcum node in Cursed Shore, under attack by two Risen Nobles and an Orrian Spectral Skirmisher. Both times I had taken at least half of my health bar in damage from the enemies around me. And both had the same pattern of one normal gather and two ruined ones.
