115649-i-have-a-few-general-questions-about-wildstar-cant-find-the-answer-anywhere-else

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(1) I like to have two gathering characters to supplement my main character. Does Tailoring increase the amount of cloth drops enough to justify taking it as a "gathering" profession?
 
(2) What is the cap for strikethrough/deflect stats for normal mobs that are my level (not raids, not veterans) just normal mobs and normal dungeon mobs.
 
(3) Are there any plans to make account wide achievements?
 
(4) How many mega servers are there and does anyone know how many players are left?
 
Thanks for your time!	
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1. There's a tailoring profession?
 
2. Dunno, but strikethrough doesn't seem very important pre-50 (opinion)
 
3. There might be but I don't think this is a priority; so probably not soon
 
4. 1 PVP, 1 PVE, and there is no official statement about players. Most of us are on Stormtalon or Pergo. The game's population has definitely lagged, combination of the typical post-launch blues and some serious problems which are mostly being addressed in the next drop, which is coming in about a month	
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1) No
 
2) I wouldn't worry about it at all, if anything the 3% from AMPs is all you will really need in normals and open world.
 
3) They're looking into it last I heard...
 
4)2 per region(EU and NA) 1 pve and 1 pvp. Number of players "left" is unknown to anyone outside of Carbine and NCsoft	
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Hello,
 
4) As others said, but I reckon the highest population is on Ascendancy not Stormtalon or Pergo EsperXIV said.	
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1) Relic Hunting is a useful gathering Trade Skill for tailoring, you're going to need omni-plasm for bags and relic parts for Expert Research cloth, a Garden at your House could benefit your gains toward cloth however I wouldn't recommend it because the herbs used are usually far more expensive then the cloth gained by the conversion.
Since Relic Hunting accommodates Tailoring I'd suggest also picking up Technologist and Mining, so you can supply yourself with power cores to make Blue gear. 	
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Hello,
 
4) As others said, but I reckon the highest population is on Ascendancy not Stormtalon or Pergo EsperXIV said.
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			1) For cloth drops just kill humanoids, survivalist for extra drops from mobs too.  I myself like to do survivalist with another gathering profession that way I really only use one harvesting tool, but you can cut trees too if you like with survivalist.	
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My understanding is that there isn't really a hard cap for strikethrough, in that the game lets you stack it as high as you want. However, you only want to stack enough strikethrough to counter your target's deflect rating, so considering efficiency there is an effective "cap" for each type of content.
 
For general PvE, adventures, and non-vet dungeons, strikethrough doesn't seem to be as important. As Typrop said, if you put 3 AMP points into Strikethrough, the 3% you get should be enough so that you're not getting deflected constantly. However, the closer you get to lvl 50 group content, you will start being deflected every once in a while even with 3%, so you'll probably want to bump it up to 4-5%. This is especially important if your ability rotation is dependent on landing every tick of a channeled ability (like Medic's t8 Quantum Cascade, for example).
 
I know you said you're not asking about the higher-tier instances, but in case anyone else finds this thread and wants to know:
 
Vet Dungeon mobs have a higher deflect rating than earlier instances, so you'll want to start building up your strikethrough as you gear up. You should eventually be aiming for 8% strikethrough chance unbuffed (in other words, just your stats, runes, and AMPs).
 
Once you hit around 8%, raid buffs will take you up to roughly 12%, which is what you'll need so that raid mobs will rarely or never deflect your attacks. [i haven't raided yet, so take this for what it's worth. It's just from what I've read in my own research and reading some of the raiding guilds' theorycraft.]
 
If all of the numbers I've read are accurate, you should never need more than 8% strikethrough chance, so that should be your self-imposed cap.	
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Isn't Ascendancy an EU server? I was talking NA. :P
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