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How long to get Ink Amasser achievement?

  • Necrotech_Master
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    Grendalism wrote: »
    It’s interesting that some of the above posts say ‘since the update I’ve been getting 30+ inks a week’.

    …that might be true on PC, but definitely not on console.

    I’m at 126/500, despite playing 3-5 hours a day content that should bring me ink.

    I do archives daily and have never had an ink drop from it.

    My main source was from nodes, but since there’s an infestation of bots that are farming them, the competition for nodes is horrendous (the bot problem needs to be addressed urgently!)

    At the current drop rate of ink, I’d estimate it’d take me 2+ years to get ink amasser, which is absurd.

    Suggested improvements for ink drops:
    - guaranteed ink with trial end boss (1 ink on normal, 2 on vet, 4 on vet hm)
    - guaranteed ink with each kill of Th’oat in archives (1 ink regardless of Arc)
    - 25% chance of ink drop with dungeon end boss (1 ink on norm, 2 on vet, 3 on vet hm)
    - 20% chance of ink drop on DLC zone WB (1 ink)
    - …then just keep the other sources as they are for ink drops

    Add these into either a u43 patch in 2 weeks, or in u44 as a priority please.

    the update hasnt changed the amount of ink im getting lol, all it did was add more sources to get them (chests/heavy sacks) but in the near 3 weeks its been out on pc, i still have yet to see a single ink from HS or chests lol

    i would really like if they added some more reliable way to get inks
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    i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (in progress being filled out), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them

    feel free to stop by and use the facilities
  • Black_GFA
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    Got this one before they "fixed" the drops. It did require effort to do, but anytime there wasn't much going on, instead of just standing around, I'd go pick up nodes. An hour, or possibly 2 (about all I can stand in one go) and 15-25 inks in that amount of time seemed to be the norm.

    Pretty sure the key is finding somewhere that you can maximize your "nodes per minute" Starter zones seem to be best for this, assuming there aren't several other people doing the same thing.
  • Necrotech_Master
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    Black_GFA wrote: »
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    Got this one before they "fixed" the drops. It did require effort to do, but anytime there wasn't much going on, instead of just standing around, I'd go pick up nodes. An hour, or possibly 2 (about all I can stand in one go) and 15-25 inks in that amount of time seemed to be the norm.

    Pretty sure the key is finding somewhere that you can maximize your "nodes per minute" Starter zones seem to be best for this, assuming there aren't several other people doing the same thing.

    i wish it was that easy, even when i was farming nodes like that, i still rarely if ever got more than 1 ink drop in an hour
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    i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (in progress being filled out), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them

    feel free to stop by and use the facilities
  • Rishikesa108
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    In the last few days inks are rarer... dunno why...
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  • Elvenheart
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    N00BxV1 wrote: »
    Also, I recently did a ton of blacksmithing surveys and got a bunch of Ink from that too. And I still have tons of the other crafting surveys to do so hopefully I get more Ink from those as well.

    You can get Ink from doing surveys now?? 😯
    Edited by Elvenheart on September 9, 2024 8:22PM
  • Enemy-of-Coldharbour
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    Elvenheart wrote: »
    N00BxV1 wrote: »
    Also, I recently did a ton of blacksmithing surveys and got a bunch of Ink from that too. And I still have tons of the other crafting surveys to do so hopefully I get more Ink from those as well.

    You can get Ink from doing surveys now?? 😯

    Yes. I got ink yesterday on a blacksmithing survey. :smile:

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  • quinancia
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    The drop rate from surveys doesn't appear to be great. I did 199 surveys on Sunday and received 4 ink.

    Not enough data to determine anything.

    Every ink appeared to come on the first node, but again not enough data to know if that is a pattern.
  • Rishikesa108
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    Elvenheart wrote: »
    N00BxV1 wrote: »
    Also, I recently did a ton of blacksmithing surveys and got a bunch of Ink from that too. And I still have tons of the other crafting surveys to do so hopefully I get more Ink from those as well.

    You can get Ink from doing surveys now?? 😯

    A friend of mine got an ink from a backpack in a dungeon, twice (different dungeons). I was there with him and I can confirm it was true.
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  • Rishikesa108
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    Strange that inks do not come from psijic portals...
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  • EnerG
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    I get about 4 a day on average playing between 2 and 6 hours.

    Again an average though, I could get non I gotten as high as 10 in one day
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