Game Mechanics: Forage skill calculator

[heathermkg]

The forage skill for those with max (200) skill does not produce zone item specific forgages with any reasonable or sensible fairness and reliability. It should definately be adjusted for those with a 200 skill.

Example, I sat in GFay for 8.5 hours yesterday (while doing paperwork, I do have a life [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ) hitting the forage key. 8.5 hours @ 1 min refresh for forage key is 510 forages and foraged some*thing* each hit. During this time, with a 200 skill, I foraged ONE Cinnamon stick and Three Morning Dew. This is absolutely ridiculous. My original 1999 character had only a max avail 50 skill and could forage at least a stack of each in a few hours.

I like all the tradeskills, not just the ones people use to make money. I no longer need to make pies, soups or even go fishing! Not that you need to go fishing because without the now uncraftable filleting knife you can not make fish oil.