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Yeah, but only a couple of times and the nodes then took the appropriate amount of time to respawn after that. This made me believe that I was just there for the node “shuffling”, and that it just randomly shuffled to the same type of node. However, I’m still held up IRL and haven’t done a good test since the “copper Can drop from basalt” patch. That might have changed the spawntime rules as well. 🤓

I agree that that is annoying - which is why I’m arguing for change that would make that impossible to do. 😉

Yeah! Ironically (I haven’t been on to test it yet) it seems that might just have happened recently with the Update that gave us chances for rare resources as bonus drops from granite/basalt nodes 😄

Oh I agree! But I proclaim the bug exception! The tree was, unfortunately, not harvestable - which was heartbreaking 😭 - but quite funny to see the amount of people going up to it and left disappointed. Every 2-3 minutes in hours of uncut footage, some poor person Got a case of the Weeping Willow Blues from trees like that one 😂

Yeah, I agree and speak of those at the end of the video just after the “shuffling” mechanic. 😄

An absolutely fantastic change. Blessed be the ducks!

@@MookChivalry This being said... I have hit over 70 nodes and not found a single metal ore yet so it's hard to say

Makes sense. I’ve seen a bunch of screenshots from people I trust that have gotten multiple yields. One of Them was legendary rubies along common basalt, which is pretty funny xD

Thanks and good info on the willows. Can’t wait to test it for myself 😄

Yeah, probably :/ Though an Update should have gone through today that helps some on that. I’ve heard reports that people find a lot more spawns now. 😄

Yeah. I did my testing back around New years, but I’ll redo the tests once they’ve implemented that New randomization fully and it’s had some time to settle. 😄

Yeah, that’s what I Think of as the 24-48 hour shuffling of nodes. It doesn’t Seem to happen simultaniously everywhere, but rather each node seems (seemed, when I recorded the video) to have it’s own day-Long timer before it rerolls/shuffles into spawning something else. And as I mentioned at the end, that change into granite at the end might be a sign of the way they’ll implement reduced rarespawns in overharvested nodes 😄

@@MookChivalry Exactly what I had been thinking.. bummed this info is going public tho.. all my secrets haha

At least you Will always, as a person actively testing stuff out, get a headstart before everyone else gets the info. ;P My biggest hope for my guide videos is for people to learn the though process behind what the video is about since, as you point out, the methods Will always become less attractive as they become common knowledge :D

Probably, but I Think it’s difficult to efficiently bot. The respawn timer might be precise, but it starts individually from each node, so the bot would have to constantly run around and be able to Mark Down locations it *has* to be back at at certain times, while dodging highlevel mobs. Cheaters are crafty, but easy is a decent anti-cheat engine, so it should probably be fine 😄

Thank you for the kind words ❤️

Happy to hear it! Especially from someone as veteran as you! 😄

​@@MookChivalry Something you should know about me Joe Rogan... I mine rocks.

Rock and stone!

You’re welcome. 😄

Ohh, that Will be glorious. 40 copper nodes in close-ish proximity with decently fast respawns, but dangerous mobs and PvP? Also, mines like that could be cool to node War over. Say it makes the mobs into guards for the Winning node. So many cool possibilities!

@MookChivalry maybe as the node levels up, but I like the idea of there being a constant hostile force. That would demand more than just resource grabbing. You'd have to hire protection or designate a group within your guild for security against mobs and potential players.

@KenStarwind true. To me it isn’t an either/or. Both kinds of mines could exist. I Think the FFA variant you suggest is really cool 😄

@MookChivalry true, true. As a node expands, some of the mines become protected so players can get the lower levels mats easily.

True, that’s also a cool idea!

Thank you 😄

Thank you! I’m excited to re-do it as the system evolves 😄

Oh? I expected it not to. What timers do you believe they’re on? 😄

I love how quickly these things change haha

The glories of Alpha testing! 😂 Still, even if everything is different once we’re let back into the servers, I still Think this guide works decently to explain how to Think when figuring out the New system. Hopefully that’ll stem the kind of misinformation we had this first part of phase 2 😄

I Think that’s decent decision as well. However, I just did some testing on how nodes spawn yesterday and I think I can now consistently get copper - so I’ll be ruining that method by sharing it soon ;p But as people farm the Price is also slowly plummeting - and I hope by making what I found available, it Will Fall further still 😄 And yeah, see you on Lyne, Matt!

@@MookChivalry the copper farmers wont be happy but I think it will be a popular video ;-)

Copper is for the people 😉

Are you actually able to “take off” your tools to put Them in storage? I checked before answering here in case I’d missed something obvious, but I am unable to put tools anywhere. Neither storage nor inventory and neither crude nor apprentice tool. If you have somehow de-equipped a tool, I believe it’s a bug and you should probably report it.

In phase one this was possible. I’ll try when I get time. Happy new year

That makes sense. Unfortunately I Think that’s gotten patched for phase 2 :/ I’m always happy when someone points out things I might have missed though! So far I’ve found that releasing videos on things I *think* I’ve fully understood is the best way to find out if I’m right xD Happy New year to you too! 🥳

Happy to be of help! If anything else is unclear, I’ll be happy to help where I Can 😄

That’s a good amount! When you consume a Tome of Knowledge on a Max level character, it turns into a spirit shard. I have a short guide on converting those into gold here: ruclips.net/video/nvoVwwuwkyQ/видео.html Note, that it is something that takes some gold to start out. I hope that helps 😄

@@MookChivalry thanks 👌👌

Happy to be of help. Welcome to Verra! :D

I prayed *really* hard to the duck ;) - copper shares, as far as I Can tell, spawns with all other T1 rock and metal deposits, finding a good large circle of basalt/grantite to go in where respawns happen as you loop seems the best way to ensure you’re there when luck strikes. That’s difficult by itself to find though. So just generally farming along stony ledges. The more basalt and granite you Pick up along the way, the more copper *should* flow into the server, even if you end up not being the one to Pick it.

Did my Danglish give me away? 😜

Definitely a fair decision. I never leveled the hearts before this, so I’m enjoying the bonuses that gives while also making the money. 😄

😂 Yeeah. I’m working on audio quality.

@@MookChivalry Mr Mook, I have a question actually, what does profit per shard actually mean? it's clearly not the actual profit i will be getting, so i can't understand what its used for.

@MrMannerless it is the actual profit. Once we’ve removed the trading post fee and value of materials, we’re left with the actual profit pr. Shard. In hindsight, I should probably have made a Line of “times Seven for the vendor” (since you Can purchase 7 shards) to make it clear how much the profit is for each first-Per-week heart clear 😄 I don’t have my exact Numbers in front of me, but it’d be about 1 Gold, 40 silver pr. Lowlands heart and 9 gold, 20 silver pr. Syntri heart. (Likely going slightly down each weeks reset).

@@MookChivalry i think you might have mistaken my question, this video isnt in relation to janthir it is your spirit shards video.

@MrMannerless oh. Yes. That’s my mistake. I’ll just look through the video to check if it’s an error or if I’ve simply explained it badly.

That sounds great. I think it’s completely valid to enjoy fishing as well. I just find that it still takes enough of my focus, that I might as well follow a zerg through a meta-event or the like, when I’m in need of AFK farming. - which I enjoy way more. 😄

I mostly agree with your statement. If your playstyle is *hardcore* legendary grinding and that’s your Ultimate goal, you Will absolutely be able to burn through your spirit shards. Especially since the activities you’ll be doing wont naturally generate a lot of New ones. But to me, that’s really not an attractive playstyle. It’s *too* optimized, and as I mentioned in the first video in this Series, I’m coming from the perspective of casual optimization: only do it to the point where it’s still fun for your playstyle. I might do a video on hyper-optimized legendary grind some day, but it Will be the last video in this Series, as I believe the fewest people would actually want to follow that playstyle. Though i recognize that that might be my personal bias talking 😄

Thank you! That’s the goal, so I am happy it comes out like that in reality as well! 🥳

While I understand that sentiment, I think it’s the right decision to keep it easy-to-complete for people that are casual players. If they make it refresh too often it Will Seem, to many people, like a chore they have to attend. Like they Daily quests in WoW when they were at Their worst.

Makes sense. I’ve never done mystic weapons, so I don’t know how much they require. I assume, since you’re doing those advanced things, you’ve already capped masteries in the expansions you spend most of your effort in?

@MookChivalry 600/600

Not conveniently, that’s for sure. You’d have to spend Them in a legendary and then sell that legendary. I prioritize Them here myself because they’re a “future saving” as they are needed for most legendaries, but are annoying to make with the conventional methods. So getting a few each session ensures I have enough for my next legendary project 😄 - so if you don’t expect to make legendaries (or you need to make Gold fast for something Else) I wouldn’t spend acclaim on Them.

I agree.

For all ascended trinket and back piece, I farm bitter frost frontier for winterberries as you can do it on every single character you have and get 50+ per character. With 8 characters that 400 a day plus a ton of unbound magic

Which maps exactly?

They Can be purchased for Winterberries from Bitterfrost Frontier, for Blood Rubies in Bloodstone Fen, for Petrified Wood in Ember Bay, for Jade Shards in Lake Doric and so on. All Living World season 3 and 4 Maps have some ascended trinkets for sale for Their local map currency. The winterberries in Bitterfrost Frontier are generally considered the easiest to farm. I hope that helps? 😄

@ yes. Thank you.

I don’t shard this view, as spirit shards keep popping up from most content worth farming as a sideproduct. As I believe I mentioned in the video, I have been unable to make aserious dent in my spirit shards when I play actively. But I definitely Think, that when you’re beginning to consider a legendary, make sure to grab the spirit shard component Early so you’re not caught by surprise when you need it.

I sell off my mystic coins all the time as well. They are not the primary way I get mystic clovers. I like to keep a bunch around in case, but whenever I need a cash infusion they’re some of the first stuff to go.

Also gz on the griffon 🥳

And thanks for the sub! (I swear I usually write All this in one answer 😅) 🤩

@@MookChivalry havent got the griffon yet, i'm slogging my way through POF!

Ah. That makes sense. Say hi to our GLORIOUS ruler, Palawa Joko from me if you meet him.

Oh, I very much agree on the aurene point. Those are the best weapons made in the game so far. I like your priorities too. I like to get the legendary set at some point to have it “in case”, and even if we only take the value of the gifts of might/magic (assuming 130 Gold here) those are worth 13 silver pr. Acclaim and they are used in so many legendary crafts.

Thank you for the thorough comment. I’ll do my best to respond to your points. On popularity: yeah. The CM’s have fewer Groups than NM strikes. Creating a group varies a lot in the time it takes. I find that just around dinnertime (GMT+1) i have a lot of success. On goldgain: Have you considered all conversions including karma and spirit shards? And on time inclusion: I have included time to create groups and to clean inventory. The currency conversions I don’t do each time, but rather in bundles, which doesn’t take long. Thus I have chosen to exclude those. On farming: You are already one of the hardcore players if you’re looking to farm more. The average gamer has 1 Hour a day for gaming, thus it makes sense to compare farming on pr. Hour spent. And if you go somewhere Else to farm that gives less Gold Per hour, would you not rather spend your time doing the strikes first? Personally, I would. On salvage: it’s one of those places where the difference is minimal. I Think you’re right in general, but Selling is easier and doesn’t dramatically change Earnings. And finally, on spirit shard conversion: I mean sure, if you are one of the most hardcore players and seriously grund to get every single legendary, you might have to farm or save spirit shards specifically for that. I don’t follow that. And I gain a lot more than 6 spirit shards pr farming rotation. As I mention in many of my videos, I can’t Seem to get rid of my spirit shards at the rate I’m gaining Them.

@MookChivalry strikes guve nit much Money If u Not Run cm. For cm Most Run in guild Teams and normal and cm lefg Always empty. Convergences gives more money

@wildcarts3867 all the calculations I did for this guide was made with NM, so if 45 g/h is “not much”, then yeah. And you’re right. Convergences do pay more. They’re on my list of videos to make for this “Gold goals” series. They are, however, much more inconvenient to access than strikes. And they’re a longer time commitment than a couple of strikes and can’t be interrupted midway and picked up again. So, yeah, lots of reasons strikes Can be an alternative to convergences.

@MookChivalry but strikes dont give good gold and u need a Team. Convergences are free for all and easy to do.

If you have time within that 10 minute Window each 3 hours. If not, you have to do the entire team-thing anyways. Anyways, I’m not trying to say convergences don’t have advantages over strikes. I’m trying to say that strikes and convergences both do some things well and appeal to different people. You likning convergences more is completely understandable and fair.

I’m so impressed by that. I can’t Seem to get rid of my shards xD I don’t have any suggestions that are more efficient than lab-farming seems to be, unfortunately. But when your Brain *needs* something Else, you could grab a Treasure mushroom rotation? Guarantee-drops of shards while givent xp in the HoT track which fills fast for more shards. And Defence of Tarir is good for that too. And you say with full buffs, so I assume you’re already doing the Seitung province training heart each day for the 6-hour 20% all xp buff?

@MookChivalry yes, do8ng that and Rest in Abortstone too. Tarir and mushrooms are ok, butnuncant Farm IT. Do8ng metas and daily Things inget 3 shards per day. Thats IT. Not that mich to use them dir earning gold. I actually need 1200 shards for Armor and weapon

Each mushroom is literally guaranteed to drop a shard as event-reward the first time you kill it each day. Even without the mushrooms in Dragons End and Draconis Mons, that’s 4 shards that Will take at most 40 minutes and on average 20.

Good sir, i cant believe u make 50 gold per hour in lab farm because i did lab farm and only get 17 gold for an hour, tell me your way sir

I Think it depends on how you count it. When researching for my Meta Events video, i ended up with 35 Gold Per hour (including the 15 minute countdown for 22 minutes total), but counting only the 7 minutes of the event itself, that would have meant 112 Gold an hour. Mabye Wildcarts doesn’t count the full 15 minutes, or mabye his sample run was luckier than mine? 😄

I am super happy that you found it useful. Thank you for watching <3

I will admit that I haven't tested it myself, but you should be able to access Eye of The North and the strikes without any story progression, but simply by owning Path of Fire, which is the expansion in which Icebrood Saga (''living world season 5'') happened. It is true, however, that you can't play the icebrood saga story without purchasing it separately from PoF. 😄 And well spotted with the fractal note. Slip of the tongue that I missed in editing. I'll note it down, so I can correct it if I ever redo these (which I am considering, once I get better at audio quality) 😝

I’m glad it was useful.

That is wonderful feedback, thank you. I’ll look into “how to fix audio clipping” as a focus for the next video in case it’s still a problem! (I have focused somewhat on sound, but not specifically on clipping) I’d like for it to be a smooth listen, so feedback like this is truly the most important kind! <3

If it’s a bug that it’s account-bound, mabye you can make a ticket and ask a GM if they can fix it? They’ve been helpful to me before ❤️

@@MookChivalry may try. thenks

Looking up Fast-Farming, they currently expect you to get 5,8 Gold pr. Octovine, so 5 Gold seems unlucky but reasonable. Have you taken into account the following: - the value of your karma? - any spirit shards that dropped during the event? - did you kill the tarnished traitor before entering the chest-rooms? Those are my best bets as to where you might be off the amount fast-farming assumes.

@@MookChivalry Is there a way to turn Karma into gold besides the pact supply network agents and the orrian chests? Because if you make more than 30k karma a day that you spent on the agents you kinda only can spend them on obsidian shards which you always have enough of anyway or the orrian chests which are super low value?

@omegasrevenge yeah, there are a bunch of ways. Pact supply being the best, though it Can only take that small amount of karma daily. Purchasing gathering tools for karma, if you don’t already have the perfect ones (I use this strategy for my parken characters). The volatile mote ones are usually most effective. Purchasing a *lot* of karma-gear from heart vendors and mystic toiletting it to sell on TP can dump any amount of karma you have. You need karma to convert eternal ice shards if you do Daily Icebrood Saga strike rotation - check my video on Strikes for that one. I am currently working on a video on how to prioritize Wizards Vault rewards, but mabye afterwards the next video should be on the many ways to convert karma to gold.

That is true. If you’re extremely active in that field, there is expenditure. Though if you craft a legendary weapon every three days, you’ll be done with the 54 weapons in 162 days. Then they Can pile up ;) Note that I don’t actually know if the spirit shards put into a legendary weapon add gold-value enough to be “worth more” as that component than when spent in the mystic toilet. Very very few people will make Their legendaries at a speed where that matters though.

@@MookChivalry A few months ago, back when gen3s sold for 2200+ gold each on an instant sell I calculated that I was making roughly 2,5gold per Spirit Shard. Maybe this info will help you. Keep up the great work. Can I also interest you in a youtuber called Phandrel? He makes a youtube video about gw2 "financial news" every sunday, its really entertaining to watch.

I completely missed your response, but thank you and thanks for the suggestion, I’ll make sure to check Phandrel out! 🤩

Yeah, people really don’t like missing one. Though the ‘harm done’ is only 10 minutes of waiting, which isn’t *too* bad.

@@MookChivalry true,but apparently for some people that 10 minute more felt like eternity or thats the last TM for that day and some felt like the TM that i was killed was the one that gonna drop the items. Not gonna lie tho,seeing bunch of skyscale barrel rolling spewing fireball at you from afar its funny,i can sense the panic,lmao

The one you miss will always be “the one that would have dropped it” xD