Sunday, September 27, 2009

Scavenging

The amount of pure gathering quests are few and far between, but they are a life-saver in terms of XP. Unfortunately, the gatherables are usually surrounded by mobs.

My usual strategy is run in, war stomp to stun the enemies, grab my gatherable, and run out. Then I skirt the area looking for another easy pick, and waiting for war stomp to recharge. Occasionally the gather "cast" is fast enough that I can run in and get it with one or two mobs attacking me.

The best times happen when I arrive at the gathering area to find a bunch of corpses. Someone else is in the area, clearing the mobs away, and I have free space to stroll around and gather my goods. Stumbling upon this situation is an absolute delight!

Other times, a high-level character is in the area for whatever reason - mining or herbing low-level things. My strategy for when this happens is to wait for him to pull the mobs he runs through, then dash in and grab my gatherables before the mobs give up the chase and come back. It's a tricky situation!

Oh, sparkly pick-ups. You got me to level 8! What lies beyond?

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