To me, it sounds like the problem is with FI and not Reckoning. Correct me if Im wrong, but FI1000 works out to a 100% "increase of creatures current drop rate." so when doubled, to not get any drop at all even once sounds like it is what is not working correctly to me, unless the drop rate is under .5%
Dropped By
Cave Goatman: 0.63%
According to Ultimate FS Guide that's the drop rate for EW1500. So FI1000 doubles it to 1.26%, meaning FI2000 would quadruple it to 2.52% chance of a drop. Still very very small.
On another note, if any of the Devs read this I would like a clarification about Resource Finder Buff please. The description states: If you fail to obtain an item, an extra roll is given for Resource Finder at a fixed percentage based on the points allocated to the skill. If this second roll is successful, you will obtain one of the available resource items drops (if any)).
I'm wondering then, if when hunting for blood blooms or jades it would be better to just use resource finder and NOT FI1000, since with FI1000 you will almost always get a drop from those creatures, so there will be no chances for quest finder to actually work, since you will have gotten a drop already. Has anyone tested this to see how many plants you get with just resource finder but not FI1000? Maybe I will have to test it myself and report back. lol Oh and with Reckoning active as well! lol.
Absolutely, Dale, to those of us used to SS2 that was obvious from the description, and we did try it out.
No one farming with Resource Finder should have any FI active, as that will effectively stop ressource drops because of the useless drops getting increased by the FI.
Using FI as well as Ressource finder would be interesting if the creature drops only 1 item, or maybe 2 but that would have to be tested.
This buff is great for plant farmers, as it reduces the cleaning out of BP.
As to whether this buff should work for plants, because of it's effect on the Market and the flooding of inventors BP, that's a different question alltogether, and I expect it to be bad for farmers in general, as inventors could cut down drastically on the amount of farmers they use.