FOR SCIENCE!
Gentlehomins of the New Trykoth Council of Scientists, and to all others to whom this message may come, Greetings!
It had come to my attention that a good many theoretical statements had been expressed, even by myself, in regard to the matter of how much experience a novice harvester might achieve when helping a master harvester, either as a careplanner or as a prospector. It struck me that theoretical considerations aside, it would be easy to test the matter by actually digging under the circumstances in question. It is upon this foundation that the NTCS is built!
Therefore I, Master Harvester MacOd Bittty, Associate Scientist NTCS, together with my beautiful and talented lab assistant, Crazyitzy, traveled first to Fount, then to Enchanted Isles and finally to Loria. Crazyitzy being of the 64th rank as measured by the trainers and being of the the class of homins who play freely, provided the proper control for this study. In all cases she and I were linked in a team blessed by the Powers. (*)
In Fount the maximum quality of material that can be extracted is of the 15th level. We tested both the situation of her pulling nodes to the surface and myself harvesting, and of my pulling nodes to the surface and she careplanning for me as I harvested. In all cases I dug with stanzas of extraction to the 25th level. After our tests in Fount we then proceeded to Enchanted Isles and then to Loria just inside the gate to Avendale. Our results are tabulated at the bottom of this report (XP is always for the novice since the Master gains none by any harvesting action).
Results:
1) Even with a 3rd degree pick (the maximum that the Powers allow her to wield) Crazy was able to bring nodes to the surface in all three regions and to careplan when I was harvesting them.
2) While she was careplanning for me, the quality of materials that I could extract was limited to the 15th level, regardless of the region.
3) If she careplanned for nodes that I had brought to the surface, she received significantly more experience than if she brought the nodes to the surface.
4) If she brought the nodes to the surface but did not careplan, she received the same experience, but I was able to harvest materials of the highest quality!
Conclusions:
1) If a novice does careplanning for a Master she will always gain more experience if the nodes are brought to the surface by the Master than if the nodes are brought to the surface by herself.
2) It is the careplanning action of the novice who plays freely that reduces the quality of the extracted materials. However, if the novice brings the nodes to the surface, she will obtain similar experience whether or not she performs careplanning actions.
3) If the only goal is to increase the experience of the novice, then having the Master prospect and extract and the novice perform careplanning yields the best results, albeit with lower quality of extracted materials.
4) If the desire of the team is to obtain high quality materials while assisting the novice, the best plan is to have the novice prospect and the master dig without careplanning assistance.
I realize that these results have not been verified in other lands, but we have in previous studies shown no reason to expect that our favored lands here in Aeden Aqueous are that much different from the lands in other nations.
Respectfully submitted.
MacOd Bittty,
Associate Scientist, NTCS
Supplemental Data.
Fount (15th level)
Novice prospect, Master harvest - XP = 1457 (13 mats)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (15 mats)
Enchanted Isle (20th level)
Novice Prospect, Master harvest (novice cp) - XP = 1511 (15 mats, materials limited to q150)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (11 mats, q150)
Loria (25th level)
Novice prospect, Master harvest (novice cp) - XP = 1377 (11 mats, q150)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (8 mats, q150)
Novice prospect, Master harvest (NO CP) - XP = 1377 (11 mats, q250 !!)
[OOC]
(*) Crazyitzy is F2P and level 64, and we played in team.
((3rd degree = q150 pick. Regions of 15th, 20th, 25th level = (q150, 200, 250 region) ))[/OOC]
Gentlehomins of the New Trykoth Council of Scientists, and to all others to whom this message may come, Greetings!
It had come to my attention that a good many theoretical statements had been expressed, even by myself, in regard to the matter of how much experience a novice harvester might achieve when helping a master harvester, either as a careplanner or as a prospector. It struck me that theoretical considerations aside, it would be easy to test the matter by actually digging under the circumstances in question. It is upon this foundation that the NTCS is built!
Therefore I, Master Harvester MacOd Bittty, Associate Scientist NTCS, together with my beautiful and talented lab assistant, Crazyitzy, traveled first to Fount, then to Enchanted Isles and finally to Loria. Crazyitzy being of the 64th rank as measured by the trainers and being of the the class of homins who play freely, provided the proper control for this study. In all cases she and I were linked in a team blessed by the Powers. (*)
In Fount the maximum quality of material that can be extracted is of the 15th level. We tested both the situation of her pulling nodes to the surface and myself harvesting, and of my pulling nodes to the surface and she careplanning for me as I harvested. In all cases I dug with stanzas of extraction to the 25th level. After our tests in Fount we then proceeded to Enchanted Isles and then to Loria just inside the gate to Avendale. Our results are tabulated at the bottom of this report (XP is always for the novice since the Master gains none by any harvesting action).
Results:
1) Even with a 3rd degree pick (the maximum that the Powers allow her to wield) Crazy was able to bring nodes to the surface in all three regions and to careplan when I was harvesting them.
2) While she was careplanning for me, the quality of materials that I could extract was limited to the 15th level, regardless of the region.
3) If she careplanned for nodes that I had brought to the surface, she received significantly more experience than if she brought the nodes to the surface.
4) If she brought the nodes to the surface but did not careplan, she received the same experience, but I was able to harvest materials of the highest quality!
Conclusions:
1) If a novice does careplanning for a Master she will always gain more experience if the nodes are brought to the surface by the Master than if the nodes are brought to the surface by herself.
2) It is the careplanning action of the novice who plays freely that reduces the quality of the extracted materials. However, if the novice brings the nodes to the surface, she will obtain similar experience whether or not she performs careplanning actions.
3) If the only goal is to increase the experience of the novice, then having the Master prospect and extract and the novice perform careplanning yields the best results, albeit with lower quality of extracted materials.
4) If the desire of the team is to obtain high quality materials while assisting the novice, the best plan is to have the novice prospect and the master dig without careplanning assistance.
I realize that these results have not been verified in other lands, but we have in previous studies shown no reason to expect that our favored lands here in Aeden Aqueous are that much different from the lands in other nations.
Respectfully submitted.
MacOd Bittty,
Associate Scientist, NTCS
Supplemental Data.
Fount (15th level)
Novice prospect, Master harvest - XP = 1457 (13 mats)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (15 mats)
Enchanted Isle (20th level)
Novice Prospect, Master harvest (novice cp) - XP = 1511 (15 mats, materials limited to q150)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (11 mats, q150)
Loria (25th level)
Novice prospect, Master harvest (novice cp) - XP = 1377 (11 mats, q150)
Master prospect, novice cp - XP = 2483 (8 mats, q150)
Novice prospect, Master harvest (NO CP) - XP = 1377 (11 mats, q250 !!)
[OOC]
(*) Crazyitzy is F2P and level 64, and we played in team.
((3rd degree = q150 pick. Regions of 15th, 20th, 25th level = (q150, 200, 250 region) ))[/OOC]
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Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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