Provisioning Ingredient Question (Can't find what I need.)

Tobius

I held of leveling Provisioning until I hit VR1, thinking I could just go back later and do it, but the problem I am finding is that I can't find provisioning ingredients at my Provisioning level ( around lvl 17). When I loot barrels, crates and the like, I get provisioning ingredients for the level my my character, (even if I go back to the zones for lvl 15 or so), so now I can't level provisioning. I have even tried searching various Guild shops for ingredients. How can I level provisioning now?

Nestor

Provisioning is such that you have to be both in the zone that would normally drop things of the level that you want, and you have to be at the level for those ingredients. This is for both Recipes and Ingredients.

So, roll an alt for farming ingredients. It's what I do. Or, you can buy the ingredients from a Guild Store.

Not sure how 1.6 is going to change the level of the ingredients and where they are found, but that could have some impact on this.

Tobius

Yeah, I was afraid I was going to have to level an alt, but no worries... wanted to try out Templar!

Nestor

Tobius wrote: »

Yeah, I was afraid I was going to have to level an alt, but no worries... wanted to try out Templar!

You will love your Templar, I wish I had rolled one a long time ago.

Note, if you keep this Alt's Recipe level at 1, and do the Provisioning Writs with them (buy the food/drink if you have to or have the higher level make it) you will get the rare recipes at the lower levels. I have been getting recipes I have never seen in the game before, and this is with 3 provisioners at L50. Once I know I have all the rare recipes, then I am going to Recipe L2 and do the same thing.

Nice thing about these writs is the things asked for repeat, so after a while, you will have the stuff on hand. It's nice to pull a writ, then have the game tell you to immediately to turn it in for the reward.....

SpAEkus

Nestor wrote: »

Provisioning is such that you have to be both in the zone that would normally drop things of the level that you want, and you have to be at the level for those ingredients. This is for both Recipes and Ingredients.

So, roll an alt for farming ingredients. It's what I do. Or, you can buy the ingredients from a Guild Store.

Not sure how 1.6 is going to change the level of the ingredients and where they are found, but that could have some impact on this.

Nestor wrote: »

Note, if you keep this Alt's Recipe level at 1, and do the Provisioning Writs with them (buy the food/drink if you have to or have the higher level make it) you will get the rare recipes at the lower levels. I have been getting recipes I have never seen in the game before, and this is with 3 provisioners at L50. Once I know I have all the rare recipes, then I am going to Recipe L2 and do the same thing.

Nice thing about these writs is the things asked for repeat, so after a while, you will have the stuff on hand. It's nice to pull a writ, then have the game tell you to immediately to turn it in for the reward.....

The patch notes say that recipes are no longer character-leveled but strictly zone-leveled for harvesting. Have you found that wrong and the leveling still by character-level in 1.6? I'm about to run my lower level alts as well and want to know if they really didn't revert back to only zone-leveled. If zone leveled only, Prov skill levels should have no effect on harvesting.

For writs, have you made the change to Recipe L2 and actually received only the L2 recipes or a mix of both?

The level of an item that you receive specifically from interactable objects will now either be in line with your level (in the case of equipment) or with the zone (in the case of recipes).

Nestor

SpAEkus wrote: »

The patch notes say that recipes are no longer character-leveled but strictly zone-leveled for harvesting. Have you found that wrong and the leveling still by character-level in 1.6? I'm about to run my lower level alts as well and want to know if they really didn't revert back to only zone-leveled. If zone leveled only, Prov skill levels should have no effect on harvesting.

For writs, have you made the change to Recipe L2 and actually received only the L2 recipes or a mix of both?

The level of an item that you receive specifically from interactable objects will now either be in line with your level (in the case of equipment) or with the zone (in the case of recipes).

I have not farmed boxes since 1.6 hit. I really miss that. I have not paid close attention to the recipe level from the writs since 1.6 but it seems that they are recipe skill leveled. I will have to look again tonight.