I would like to be able to harvest multiple copies of the same survey at the same time, too. If that is not possible, maybe they could make it so the next survey respawns in 10 seconds or so without us having to run away and back.

yes please

Agree. It's silly to have to ride away and then come back.

(before I knew how this worked, I used to zone out and then come back!)

HatchetHaro wrote: »

Not exactly a solution to your problem, but there's an addon called Reset Markers that at least makes the process of resetting surveys way easier.

Nice, I didn't know about that addon. Some seem to have silly long reset ranges, but maybe it resets in a better direction.

Could it be? ... Something that we actually all agree on. I might've just jinxed the consensus, but this really is something that needs to be updated for QoL.

Yes! I said this a while ago and people basically said ''no it's your fault for letting them stack up before using'', but there's not much people who enjoy running back and forth from area for hours or days like a bot, I'd rather get it over with and get back to actual content.

I think the only issue they might have is if you have say 3x of a survey and you're harvesting nodes, making each node x3 resources. Ok fine do all 6 survey nodes in 6 actions and have it be the equivalent of 24. What happens if you run out of inventory space mid-run? Once you tag the first node you'll have consumed all 6 and you'll be leaving a lot more on the ground.

That said there has to be a better reset mechanism than riding half way across the map (looking at you Shadowfen clothier survey).

Or if they went with the "all at once" suggestion a simple inventory check before you start ought to be enough. Totally agree with the above that actually doing surveys is tedious.

Orbital78 wrote: »

HatchetHaro wrote: »

Not exactly a solution to your problem, but there's an addon called Reset Markers that at least makes the process of resetting surveys way easier.

Nice, I didn't know about that addon. Some seem to have silly long reset ranges, but maybe it resets in a better direction.

Actually, if you collect multiple copies of the same survey, once you've collected survey, just press the keybind to open the housing menu and select "Preview House"(one that you don't own...). The game will teleport you inside the house; as soon as you're inside, just leave the house immediately, and the game will teleport you back to where you were. However, the zone will reset, and so will your survey, so you don’t have to run anywhere or check your distance to see if you’ve moved far enough for the survey to reset—just two loading screens(portin to house, porting out) and your survey is reset. As for which method is faster, I’ve never timed it (it really depends on how long the loading screen takes for each person), but this one works better for me.

But yea, I’d love to see some QQL. I’d definitely go for it. It wouldn’t be bad if, for example, three surveys of the same type (three Alchemy Surveys, for instance) could be combined into one big survey (Greater Alchemy Survey), which would contain three times as many resources as a regular survey.

Orbital78 wrote: »

KalevaLaine wrote: »

Totally agree!

next: open the surveys at all instead of clicking 60 times

addons like Unboxer can be configured to help with lowering the number of clicks on all sorts of "containers". Just make sure to clear the setting once you want to store them again.

Thanks!

I agree it’s tedious but also mats are so cheap now it criminal. So if it’s easy to do them then everyone will and what’s that gonna do? Flood the market even more with mats.

This has been asked ad nauseam over the years.

Regardless, yes please.

The current method of resetting surveys (run away and come back or use the 'House Preview Hotkey' addon for the truly recalcitrant ones) is woefully suboptimal.

In fact everything about surveys, from the locations chosen (which respect player's time they do not and this has gotten worse with every content release, not better, West Weald taking the tarnished, battered crown on this regard and Solstice doing the absolute bare minimum towards redemption) to the - being kind - rudimentary method of resetting the instances is suboptimal.

On the upside, years of 'I am too precious to bend my back to pick up stuff from the floor however I am entitled to determine the price and availability of materials' complaining have rendered 'harvesting' most 'crops' completely optional so maybe this is a solution looking for a problem now.

Still amusing (to me) that ZOS listened to those 'too precious to work' and provided remediation (tripots for AP just to mention an example) but considered those 'willing to work' that were asking for 'better/more respectful working conditions' unworthy of being extended the same mercy.

Mind you we are our own worst enemies; every thread on the subject was visited by commenters along the lines of 'no, do not ease the punishment, don't listen to the wimps, punish us more please ZOS' so there's that.

Only do this if the multi node harvesting DOES NOT count as the same amount as harvesting one node.

Yes absolutely! Somebody suggested a 10 second cooldown, no. Just let them pop right back up within like 2 seconds. No reason for a delay just for the sake of a delay.

Great idea!

Yes, collecting multiple maps at once would be great.
I know there are some technical issues possible, because currently the map disappears the moment we collect the first node.
Well, I believe it is solvable one way or another.

Thoriorz wrote: »

Orbital78 wrote: »

HatchetHaro wrote: »

Not exactly a solution to your problem, but there's an addon called Reset Markers that at least makes the process of resetting surveys way easier.

Nice, I didn't know about that addon. Some seem to have silly long reset ranges, but maybe it resets in a better direction.

Actually, if you collect multiple copies of the same survey, once you've collected survey, just press the keybind to open the housing menu and select "Preview House"(one that you don't own...). The game will teleport you inside the house; as soon as you're inside, just leave the house immediately, and the game will teleport you back to where you were. However, the zone will reset, and so will your survey, so you don’t have to run anywhere or check your distance to see if you’ve moved far enough for the survey to reset—just two loading screens(portin to house, porting out) and your survey is reset. As for which method is faster, I’ve never timed it (it really depends on how long the loading screen takes for each person), but this one works better for me.

But yea, I’d love to see some QQL. I’d definitely go for it. It wouldn’t be bad if, for example, three surveys of the same type (three Alchemy Surveys, for instance) could be combined into one big survey (Greater Alchemy Survey), which would contain three times as many resources as a regular survey.

Depending on the survey, I will usually be able to collect 3 or 4 surveys in the time players doing this can collect 2. It's significantly slower than resetting them by running to the reset point (with a couple of exceptions, such as Wrothgar Jewelry III).

But... you don't need to be active on your keyboard and can use the load screen time to read the forums, or reddit, or look at your phone.

So, YMMV