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J_Quan
Level 49
Posted 17 May 2014 - 10:49
Shouldnt the xp gained from gathering 2 fish all be the same, 3 fish higher than 2 but all the same, 4 higher again etc etc?
Instead I've been getting really erratic numbers. sometimes gathering 2 is much higher than 3, being almost the same as 4.
The screen below probably explains it better.
I am not running any potions at the time of the screen
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Bryn
Level 46
Posted 17 May 2014 - 11:40
I believe it is not just the amount of fish but also the amount of time...
Bryn - Prophet - lvl 45
Ullr - Ranger - lvl 32
Thud - Warrior - lvl 16
Payn - Templar - lvl 16
Jinx - Mage - lvl 10
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Foraging - 45 | Farming - 45 | Prospecting - 45 | Forestry - 45 | Skinning - 34 | Fishing - 45 | Crystal - 45
Alchemy - 45 | Cooking - 45 | Tailoring - 9 | Leather - 9
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Meleager
Level 49
Posted 17 May 2014 - 15:00
I believe it is not just the amount of fish but also the amount of time...
Partially correct. Time, number of fish, xp booster, and bait all effect XP gained.
What JQuan is correctly pointing out, even when all the above are identical the XP has a random factor. I don't believe any other gathering profession has this.
I've always just accepted it as part of fishing, setting it apart a bit more from other professions. And it is (kind of sort of) realistic. Go to the same fishing spot twice. One day the fish are jumping at your hook with no effort required. The next day they all go on a health food diet and have to be tricked to bite.
Meleager, ranger
Tuor, templar (Inactive)
Deimos, mage
Thangbrand, warsin (Mostly on vacation)
Bart, ??? (bene trades)
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Cygnus
Level 35
Posted 29 May 2014 - 17:17
The fishing duration and quantity gained make the most notable differences. Both of these vary within margins.
Some extra randomness comes from the bait specifically. Before there was a quantity bonus a random bonus was added an attempt to compensate for the xp hit when using bait. This didn't scale very well though so the quantity bonus was added for all gathering (bringing things more into line with crafting). The random bait bonus was tweaked a bit but left in.
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