Fix. Gathering. Nodes

[Aliandrin-fizzcrank (Aliandrin)]

@Sathrogan-emerald-dream

If I see a node It should be gatherable unless I SEE someone come up and take it before I do.

If I start gathering I had better get it.

[Moused-cairne (Moused)]

I have lost count on how many ore or herb nodes I have lost I would be on last part of the gather and poof its gone…its BS…

[Pettersson-living-flame]

https://streamable.com/2c15hk

Lmao this was the worst

[Argorwal-ysera (Argorwal)]

@Sathrogan-emerald-dream

Edit: Preferred Solution- Adding a visible timer to nodes. This can be in a literal number or fading/flashing on both the mini map and the node itself.

How is this still an issue? When I go around gathering I will constantly have nodes disappear on me in the middle of gathering it. Whether its because of shard phasing or some stupid underlying gathering cap I dont care. If I see a node It should be gatherable unless I SEE someone come up and take it before I do.

The fix is that once a node is tapped it should immediately despawn, like it did for a very long time in the game’s history.

[Kennie-malganis]

@Sathrogan-emerald-dream

How is this still an issue? When I go around gathering I will constantly have nodes disappear on me in the middle of gathering it.

Back in the day they’d disappear instantly after somebody mined them.

[Uglúk-area-52]

I absolutely HATE this. I’ve hated it since Legion (iirc) when the change was made. There is nothing more frustrating than the excitement of “I found a rare node!” followed by “It’s gone…” mid way through looting it. The old way was infinitely better. I would honestly rather just have the first person deplete the node and it disappears than get teased and trolled by the game constantly.

But there are other solutions that would work even better. One thing could be a visible timer showing the countdown till it disappears. If the timer is too intrusive and immersion-breaking, then simply show the node in its already-harvested form when someone else has looted it. Right now, you only see it that way after YOU loot it, but it should look like that to everyone else. That way, I can decide for myself if I want to roll the dice on the node disappearing on me, since I could tell instantly that it has been harvested already.

However, I would prefer to have nodes function like fishing pools. There are a set number of charges on each pool, and the last person to harvest the last charge makes the pool disappear.

Finally, you could just keep it like it is now, but if you are mid-harvest and the node wants to disappear, it should stick around long enough for that person that is already harvesting it to loot it, and only disappear the second that person finishes.

[Callsaul-mankrik]

They did say that gathering nodes will be going back to single-tap in a near future patch. Just like in original wow first person to get it gets it then its gone. No more lingering and vanishing for everyone else.

This will destroy the botting community and make gathering great again. Good for all players that voted for it.

[Uglúk-area-52]

@Callsaul-mankrik

They did say that gathering nodes will be going back to single-tap in a near future patch. Just like in original wow first person to get it gets it then its gone. No more lingering and vanishing for everyone else.

This will destroy the botting community and make gathering great again. Good for all players that voted for it.

Not to doubt you or anything, but do you have a source for this? I really hope it’s true!

[Callsaul-mankrik]

Was on one of the recent streams or something ill look it up. Was hoping it would be the next .5 patch but that may just be the anniversery stuff.

[Uglúk-area-52]

Thanks! I am so hoping this goes through.

[Moused-cairne (Moused)]

The dang nodes shouldn’t disappear if I have tapped it once either ore or herb …once I begin to gather it should stay there…its BS that on last tap of a gather bar it goes poof…