Robbmrp wrote: »

bicketybam wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that heavy sacks seem to contain a greater quantity of items since the patch? At least on the XBOX I have. I got 5 potency ruinstones out of one and 10 raw ash out of another (which I happened to need). It seems like the "buffed" them.

Yeah they sure have. Be sure and grab them when you see them. I've gotten up to 20 rough nightwood from one of those on the NA PC server.

Right on. That's a nice change. In the past, they were pretty worthless.

I read in the patch notes that they changed something with heavy sacks dues to them respawning too often.

Yes. Excellent change. +1 karma for ZoS.

Looting corpses and chests seems to be buffed as well. My new level 18 toon is picking up items that my level 30 was just starting to pick up previously.

Actually I'm rather displeased so far with this change, because they used to usually hold either trait stones or runestones (which seem to be less plentiful than other materials), and even with passives in refinement some of the trait stones are hard to come by so the heavy sacks were really gold to me, but now.... 10 barley that I easily get whenever I actually need it by just ducking into a level 5 dungeon to loot the crates and barrels, or 10 rough wood that I can reliably harvest myself by just running out and checking known spawning areas.... it's really a bummer. I don't neeed those, they aren't gold for me, it's not a special find. The trait stones however definitely are, and I've not been seeing those lately. I used to always always make sure to get the heavy sacks, now... I'm probably not going to be actively keeping an eye out anymore.

Aelthwyn wrote: »

Actually I'm rather displeased so far with this change, because they used to usually hold either trait stones or runestones (which seem to be less plentiful than other materials), and even with passives in refinement some of the trait stones are hard to come by so the heavy sacks were really gold to me, but now.... 10 barley that I easily get whenever I actually need it by just ducking into a level 5 dungeon to loot the crates and barrels, or 10 rough wood that I can reliably harvest myself by just running out and checking known spawning areas.... it's really a bummer. I don't neeed those, they aren't gold for me, it's not a special find. The trait stones however definitely are, and I've not been seeing those lately. I used to always always make sure to get the heavy sacks, now... I'm probably not going to be actively keeping an eye out anymore.

Trait stones are not "gold" other than Nirn... that's why they sell for less than 1g each in stores.

After playing since launch and saving all the stones I get from just playing, and selling many stacks to vendors just to clear space I think I still have about 600 of each stone and 600 of each non-rare crafting style.

I kind of feel they're all too worthless and would love to see more use for them. I guess I can't expect my own experiences to reflect everyone's though.

I got 5 Kuta in a heavy sack a few days ago.

I'm a fan of the change. I will actually dismount from my trusty steed to loot these sacks now.

I'm not sure how I feel about the new change yet. While it's nice to see higher quantity, it hasn't been fun seeing nothing but wood, fibers, ores, or fungus.

I did find 5 essence runes and 3 aspect runes (Ta, of course), so there's hope maybe I'll score the greatest find ever: 5-10 Kuta runes.

One can dream.

Yep but I never see style mats anymore & usually get provisioning & alchemy ingredients ;-;