I currently have over 1100 surveys stored up between my two accounts waiting to collect.
I collect them when I get over 10 in a location, and collect them on the weekend when I have more time.
However, when Multicraft was announced, I collected a majority of the surveys I had (probably around 500) of them over a 3 day span. Did not refine the materials. I did this so I'd have a large number of raw materials to use to test if the multicraft system was working when they introduced it on PTS. (it worked )
BenevolentBowd wrote: »If I recall account one has over 2700 and account two 1700+...
Fun Fact: all the surveys will fit on one character (max slots) and have enough room left over to do writs and earn more.
redlink1979 wrote: »I wonder about all the players with stacks above 500-1k... Are you REALLY going to pick them up?!?! LOL
Eventually. As stated. I collect them when I get a stack to 10+, so I just have 500+ on each account, but they'll be picked up eventually.
I used to have a stockpile of survey's but of late I have noticed my stockpile is diminishing dramatically. I have 11 crafters, all level 50 in each of the crafting arts. In the last week I got a total of three Blacksmith surveys. The previous week I got four. Clothing & Woodwork survey drops were slightly better, but not enough dropped to sustain my weekly material stockpile drain caused by doing writs.
Have they nurfed the drop rate of survey's in the last few weeks or is it the RNG just having a field day with me?
I used to have a stockpile of survey's but of late I have noticed my stockpile is diminishing dramatically. I have 11 crafters, all level 50 in each of the crafting arts. In the last week I got a total of three Blacksmith surveys. The previous week I got four. Clothing & Woodwork survey drops were slightly better, but not enough dropped to sustain my weekly material stockpile drain caused by doing writs.
Have they nurfed the drop rate of survey's in the last few weeks or is it the RNG just having a field day with me?
I don't know if the survey drop rate has been altered, but with the addition of the blue jewelry crafting master writs and changes to the drop rates of the jewelry mats, the chances of getting a survey have probably dropped. This is simply because there are more possibilities in what the player can get for completing a daily jewelry crafting writ. This only applies to jewelry surveys, however.
Regarding the other surveys, I have noticed fewer surveys being in the containers for completing crafting writs too. So, maybe you are correct. I don't craft as much as I used to, because I am playing less these days (many reasons for that, and not all are related to the game itself). I might have to start doing a lot of crafting writs again to see the results. Interesting observation.