A lot deends on a) level b) what you are doing and c) whether you have a dig slave ... level's been covered so I'll go to what.
If I am digging short term, say to get mats to craft a guild member a set of HA, I usually kill dig. Gidget has covered that already
When I am going to be digging for hours, I take a differen approach. I have three goals here:
1. It's gotta be brainless because I am not going to be paying a lot of attention. I'll be reading / writing in forums, editing Buny Tools, watching a movie, working or whatever. I want to avoid the ryzom version of this.
https://youtu.be/T4qtQ_g8FyI
In short, w/ the amount of attention I have to give it, you could almost accuse me of "botting" . My fingers are hitting the KB / using the mouse but it's like a "programmed" response.
2. I don't wanan see short nodes (i.e. 9 - 14 mats) and KT drop because I will be there for a while. I also dont wanna do that to other diggers. It I dig 2 x 10 mats, that's twice the attention and actions I have to enter.
So I take a less aggressive approach which is both friendly to Atys and my "half-AFK" mindset. With erigos pick and boosted focus gear I get about 90 - 100 mats per propspect. Without erigos, about 80 - 90. Of course if you have a dig slave (I don't use alts) , you can go agressive and have the slave keep you from gettin dead.
So when digging this way... I have severall different care plans
5 Stability / 2 Life
2 Stability / 5 Life
5 Stability
My goal here is to have the time bar expire just before the life one does. Sometimes I miss it and life bar dies 1st. After starting a dig, I usally do this:
-1st extraction plan to 7 mats uses low QL to chase the time bar down fast. My subconscious had the timing down so when I start, tab out, I know when to come back.
-Here it's going to be 2 or 3 CPs ... the relative position of the 2 bars determines which, and the the 2nd exration plan thru completion. If I run outta focus... it's rare but when it does happen, there's only maybe a second left. Lately I have been working a lot of looong days and I have still been able to be productive iin CAD while digging.
Now w/ 2 screens I just have the game on the monitor on my side and when say working in CAD, when the mose travels to a toolbar at edge of screen, these health stability bars are in the peripheral vision. So if Im working while digging for 3 hours, I have no conscious issues billing for 2 hours of work ... they still coming out ahread.
When I do use kill digging, I have just the 2 care plans .. 5 stabiliyty and 5 tability / 2 life.
If I am digging short term, say to get mats to craft a guild member a set of HA, I usually kill dig. Gidget has covered that already
When I am going to be digging for hours, I take a differen approach. I have three goals here:
1. It's gotta be brainless because I am not going to be paying a lot of attention. I'll be reading / writing in forums, editing Buny Tools, watching a movie, working or whatever. I want to avoid the ryzom version of this.
https://youtu.be/T4qtQ_g8FyI
In short, w/ the amount of attention I have to give it, you could almost accuse me of "botting" . My fingers are hitting the KB / using the mouse but it's like a "programmed" response.
2. I don't wanan see short nodes (i.e. 9 - 14 mats) and KT drop because I will be there for a while. I also dont wanna do that to other diggers. It I dig 2 x 10 mats, that's twice the attention and actions I have to enter.
So I take a less aggressive approach which is both friendly to Atys and my "half-AFK" mindset. With erigos pick and boosted focus gear I get about 90 - 100 mats per propspect. Without erigos, about 80 - 90. Of course if you have a dig slave (I don't use alts) , you can go agressive and have the slave keep you from gettin dead.
So when digging this way... I have severall different care plans
5 Stability / 2 Life
2 Stability / 5 Life
5 Stability
My goal here is to have the time bar expire just before the life one does. Sometimes I miss it and life bar dies 1st. After starting a dig, I usally do this:
-1st extraction plan to 7 mats uses low QL to chase the time bar down fast. My subconscious had the timing down so when I start, tab out, I know when to come back.
-Here it's going to be 2 or 3 CPs ... the relative position of the 2 bars determines which, and the the 2nd exration plan thru completion. If I run outta focus... it's rare but when it does happen, there's only maybe a second left. Lately I have been working a lot of looong days and I have still been able to be productive iin CAD while digging.
Now w/ 2 screens I just have the game on the monitor on my side and when say working in CAD, when the mose travels to a toolbar at edge of screen, these health stability bars are in the peripheral vision. So if Im working while digging for 3 hours, I have no conscious issues billing for 2 hours of work ... they still coming out ahread.
When I do use kill digging, I have just the 2 care plans .. 5 stabiliyty and 5 tability / 2 life.
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