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Is it viable to give a slight amount of exp for harvesting nodes?

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jbfroik
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Would it be game breaking to give exp in the craft the node applies to, or to give just general exp when harvesting a node.
Edited by jbfroik on 27 May 2014 04:16

Is it viable to give a slight amount of exp for harvesting nodes? 36 votes

Yes, but only exp for the appropriate class
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OzghostPimbeedavid271749elcmaeed5Tootall2186HavenDakotaCotyOneForSorrowPhoenixWing 9 votes
Yes, but only toward the characters general level
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ZephericVeeron.englishb14_ESOskarvikaThe_SpAwNgurluasb16_ESOKalhalad 7 votes
No, It would break the game
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indytims_ESOLeeshadennissomb16_ESOnightside187b16_ESOShareerattbagrwb17_ESOShaun98ca2MKLSZarkazSynfaerNinnghizhiddakkidd0hCogoAuraliaBlackwidowstabbykittehTicTocWorstluckLovelyRed Venom 20 votes
  • gurluasb16_ESO
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    Yes, but only toward the characters general level
    If it's something small like 50 xp per node, I think it's ok. It may help with the underleveling and give a small incentive for leveling the profession.
  • redspecter23
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    The node itself doesn't have any sort of flavor reason to give xp to the crafting line. If there were a general "harvester" skill line for some reason, it could apply to that.

    In general, you do get xp from the nodes, but you have to refine and then craft with the item from the node so in a way, it already does give xp. To give it from the node itself would be out of flavor and double dipping on xp.

    That being said, I wouldn't be against them adding xp to nodes, but the potential for abuse is there with botters still running rampant so I can see why it wouldn't be on the dev to do list.
  • TicToc
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    No, It would break the game
    No. You have incentive for leveling a profession. You get to create items that you can use and/or sell. The items you get from a node is reward enough.

    Not to mention, every bag, box, crate, chest, etc... is a node for provisioning.

    You use a node, you get a crafting item. That is your reward.
  • stabbykitteh
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    No, It would break the game
    'Break the game' might be hyperbole, but wouldn't node xp make it easier to level bots for other uses?

    edit: there are already Veteran bots, btw. I have seen them with my own beady little eyeballs. No need to help them make more, however.
    Edited by stabbykitteh on 27 May 2014 05:39
  • Tootall2186
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    Yes, but only exp for the appropriate class
    I would actually like it if I could harvest certain nodes, provisioning aside, and get exp for said crafting line.
    Not general exp no. Tht would let the botters have an even easier time of leveling toons.
  • Zarkaz
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    No, It would break the game
    No, or we will see veteran bots soon :smiley:
  • MKLS
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    No, It would break the game
    I totally agree with the poster above - the only thing holding the bots back at the moment is that they are usually low level - let them gain experience from farming nodes and its just giving the gold sellers what they want.
  • Gwarok
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    economics 101:

    no such thing as a free lunch
    "Strive for balance of all things. When the scales tip to one side or the other, someone or somethings gets short-changed. When someone gets short-changed, unpredictability and strife unbalance the world around us...To achieve freedom from greed, from want, and from strife, all parties in any exchange MUST find balance." -House Hlaalu's Philosophy of Trade

    "I am ALWAYS very busy, so I KNOW what's best. You need to stay away from the waterfall. TRUST ME, you're better off keeping busy than playing in the stream....Do you know how to swim, Little Scrib?"

    "I am but a simple farmer". -Rags'nar LodesBroke

    #SKOOMA!

    (Juliet):
    ...it is nor hand, nor foot,
    Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
    Belonging to a man.
    O, be some other name!
    What's in a name?
    That which we call a rose?
    By any other name would smell as sweet.
    Retain that dear perfection to which he owes...
    (Act II, Scene II -William Shakespeare's: Romeo & Juliet -1595 A.D.)



  • Blackwidow
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    No, It would break the game
    Stupid polls with the words after the choices...

    No, it would break the game?????

    Seriously???

    No bias there.
  • Leesha
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    No, It would break the game
    Like we really need the bots infesting higher level areas faster than they already are! The way they exploit, they would all be vet 1 in no time.
  • Lovely
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    No, It would break the game
    No. But not because it would 'break the game'. I think everyone is thinking bots.
  • Blackwidow
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    No, It would break the game
    Lovely wrote: »
    No. But not because it would 'break the game'. I think everyone is thinking bots.

    Not true. I was not thinking at all.
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