SeaGtGruff wrote: »Personally, I think some players might be selectively looting Psijic Portals, resource nodes, chests, etc., taking what they think are the best bits and leaving what they think is trash. I've been seeing far too many Psijic Portals with almost nothing but the Enchanting runes to believe otherwise.
SeaGtGruff wrote: »Personally, I think some players might be selectively looting Psijic Portals, resource nodes, chests, etc., taking what they think are the best bits and leaving what they think is trash. I've been seeing far too many Psijic Portals with almost nothing but the Enchanting runes to believe otherwise.
MidniteOwl1913 wrote: »SeaGtGruff wrote: »Personally, I think some players might be selectively looting Psijic Portals, resource nodes, chests, etc., taking what they think are the best bits and leaving what they think is trash. I've been seeing far too many Psijic Portals with almost nothing but the Enchanting runes to believe otherwise.
Yes, and I too wondered if that was the reason that all of the portals didn't have amber. This change is recent. I farm a lot and there are far far fewer drops of amber now.
I'm thinking the same thing, this is bad form!SeaGtGruff wrote: »Personally, I think some players might be selectively looting Psijic Portals, resource nodes, chests, etc., taking what they think are the best bits and leaving what they think is trash. I've been seeing far too many Psijic Portals with almost nothing but the Enchanting runes to believe otherwise.
Psijjic portals should look like regular enchanting nodes, until they are engaged with by a player. This way everyone has a fair chance of finding portals.
MidniteOwl1913 wrote: »The pulizied auric amber use to drop in about 80% of the pjic portals. Lately I've seen almost none maybe 2 dropped in over a dozen. Is it just me? I like infused as a ring trait, this is really slowing me down.
Actually, that would be the only fair choice. To disguise psijjic portals as enchanting nodes.SilverBride wrote: »Everyone has the same chance to find any of these nodes as anyone else. Disguising them as something else so players feel that they now need to check every enchanting node would be unfair.
They really aren't. I suggest unlocking the first level of the Psijic skill line on all your characters.These psijjic portal nodes are extremely rare
Actually, that would be the only fair choice. To disguise psijjic portals as enchanting nodes.SilverBride wrote: »Everyone has the same chance to find any of these nodes as anyone else. Disguising them as something else so players feel that they now need to check every enchanting node would be unfair.
Have done this, but as you can see they are too rare. Even those saying they are not rare are saying they are too rare(lol):
Cave_Canem wrote: »I thought the psijic portals in Solstice weren't dropping, but after a few weeks I've finally found 2 portals and got 1 amber. As per usual, I just had kept at it while playing normally and enjoying the new zone.
smallhammer wrote: »Are psijjic portals still in the game? Ok, I know they are, but they are sooo rare, it's ridiculous.
I get an average of 4 on a daily basis (min 2 up to max 6) on normal days. On days they're for endeavors, I get up to 15 within one hour! But such cases are only because players suddenly all farm runestones...
SilverBride wrote: »I find one or two about every day just going around gathering surveys and questing.
katanagirl1 wrote: »I still think that nodes and chests should be automatically take all to avoid cherry-picking. It’s hard enough to get rare mats from farming, and looting a Psijic node to get one piece of gear or a single runestone is frustrating.
In my experience, I see a lot of players running past Psijic portals and never touching them. What this means is that a lot of characters probably don't have the skill line unlocked (which is understandable, as it is by far the most annoying of the guild skill lines to unlock, so I can see people skipping it on alts). If someone doesn't have the skill line, they will see nothing where that portal is (they won't see an enchanting node in its place, they'll just see nothing if that node had spawned as a portal).katanagirl1 wrote: »I still think that nodes and chests should be automatically take all to avoid cherry-picking. It’s hard enough to get rare mats from farming, and looting a Psijic node to get one piece of gear or a single runestone is frustrating.
The respawn timer for a node/sack/chest starts when it is first opened, not when it is fully looted. Leaving stuff behind has no effect aside from giving a passerby a little bit of false hope. With what you're suggesting, instead of getting scraps, you'll just get nothing.
In my experience, I see a lot of players running past Psijic portals and never touching them. What this means is that a lot of characters probably don't have the skill line unlocked (which is understandable, as it is by far the most annoying of the guild skill lines to unlock, so I can see people skipping it on alts). If someone doesn't have the skill line, they will see nothing where that portal is (they won't see an enchanting node in its place, they'll just see nothing if that node had spawned as a portal).katanagirl1 wrote: »I still think that nodes and chests should be automatically take all to avoid cherry-picking. It’s hard enough to get rare mats from farming, and looting a Psijic node to get one piece of gear or a single runestone is frustrating.
The respawn timer for a node/sack/chest starts when it is first opened, not when it is fully looted. Leaving stuff behind has no effect aside from giving a passerby a little bit of false hope. With what you're suggesting, instead of getting scraps, you'll just get nothing.
Have done this, but as you can see they are too rare. Even those saying they are not rare are saying they are too rare(lol):Cave_Canem wrote: »I thought the psijic portals in Solstice weren't dropping, but after a few weeks I've finally found 2 portals and got 1 amber. As per usual, I just had kept at it while playing normally and enjoying the new zone.smallhammer wrote: »Are psijjic portals still in the game? Ok, I know they are, but they are sooo rare, it's ridiculous.I get an average of 4 on a daily basis (min 2 up to max 6) on normal days. On days they're for endeavors, I get up to 15 within one hour! But such cases are only because players suddenly all farm runestones...SilverBride wrote: »I find one or two about every day just going around gathering surveys and questing.
Please tell me you do not think that should be the normal droprate for a resource.
I get it, some players do not want to lose their moneymaker source, but this spawnrate for normal players is ridiculous. This is due to some players being able to targetfarm these portals, while others who play the game normally barely ever get any, if any.
katanagirl1 wrote: »I still think that nodes and chests should be automatically take all to avoid cherry-picking. It’s hard enough to get rare mats from farming, and looting a Psijic node to get one piece of gear or a single runestone is frustrating.