Provisioning: Broken at VR1?

Draxinusom · April 2014

Is Provisioning fundamentally broken at VR1? I've travelled into the first enemy alliance zone and all recipe's I get appear to be according to my level, but I have been having these for a long time (2 major zones ago). Yet all ingredients I find seem to be level 1 of that faction.

Now this is doubly broken: One: I need to engage in cross-faction trading to get the correct recipes for these ingredients and Two: Even if I would do this, I don't want Level 10 recipes on my VR1 character in the first place.

Does this change later on? Or is provisioning broken at all VR levels?

Grumwulf · April 2014

I noticed the same thing. I have stopped looting crates and barrels. I don't want all that low level rubbish in my bags. I have no idea where to get V1 mats. If it's from the same barrels I think I won't bother with it. Provisioning is already the most annoying craft. But I am level 50 in it, that bit was easy. And I think craglorn will not suffer this problem as it is designed entirely for vet players. So what I plan on doing is just leaving provisioning until Craglorn and then start looting crates etc again to make VR10-12 recipes.

vencibushy · April 2014

I've noticed the same. IMO the looting in this zone is broken. All mats for provisioning are low level.

MkChkn · April 2014

I still loot the low level garbage for certain harder to find items like Red Wheat.

Draxinusom · April 2014

According to other people, there actually aren't any VR1-VR4 provisioning recipes. There are VR5 ones. When exactly they start dropping I cannot say but it's possible only in your second enemy alliance zones (Veteran content++). So generally I suggest simply not looting any crates/sacks/baskets anymore until you reach VR5.

Sad but, that's what it is.

vencibushy · April 2014

MkChkn wrote: »

I still loot the low level garbage for certain harder to find items like Red Wheat.

Red Wheat is universal and its a part of of any level blue quality recipes as the third ingredient.

Orchish · April 2014

Pointless to search any of the crates until you get to VR5 zone. They should have added level 50 materials to the first vet zones. Instead i am making food for level 5-10 at vet 2...