131594-is-mining-getting-fixed-for-f2p

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			I restarted after a long hiatus and was just playing normally.  I was in a level 23 area and went to click on a mining node and couldn't do it.  Apparently I have to be level 25 to mine level 23 ore?  What?  Is this going to be live with F2P?  It's sort of face palmy amateur hour isn't it?	
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			Nope. This is an anti botting measure, and I'd be willing to bet it won't be going away especially with the influx of new free accounts. You'll end up with more than enough of every type of ore through the leveling process, despite little rough spots like this. The only 2 levels that take a while are the last few, so you'll unlock them quick enough.	
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			They did it as a kinda stupid way to combat bots and I absolutely hate it. I'm an alt-o-holic and used to level crafting as I quested.	
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			Ha, man, I remember the teleporting botters farming nodes.	
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			I'm not sure when they implemented this but I think when I left the bots were mostly gone anyway yet you could still mine freely, now there's no bots and you are level restricted, was a bit of a late fix!
			
				
	Edited September 11, 2015 by Warpcoil	
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			Is it only in this particular level range then?  It doesn't happen all the way to 50?	
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Is it only in this particular level range then?  It doesn't happen all the way to 50?
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this is normal in most MMOs , its not a big thing at all
 
playing WoW they level restricted crafting and minning behind character level and skill points.. no big deal	
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			Well, it is a big deal in that it reveals the developers' inability to make rational decisions, as they didn't bother to align the level necessary to harvest resources with the character level you will probably be when you encounter those resources.  As an example, you can install a Tier 4 mining plot in your housing at level 40 and then not be able to harvest nodes on it until level 45.	
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			That change was only inflicted on metal ores.  All the other resource nodes which were also heavily farmed by bots remain unmolested.	
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That change was only inflicted on metal ores.  All the other resource nodes which were also heavily farmed by bots remain unmolested.
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Not true, I was locked out of tier 2 trees on my survivalist plot until I got the last few tier 1s I needed.
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			hey guys i cant leveling mining to tier 2 1199-1200, anyone know why?
			
				
	Edited September 24, 2015 by Kstle	
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I've levelled 4 chars to 50 and it's never been an issue for me. 
If it helps give bots a headache then I'm all for it.	
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If it helps give bots a headache then I'm all for it.
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Augh, the level restriction is the worst news ever. No, it's the second worst. My precious log prices...
 
I hated the mining level restriction so much I had to give up the idea of crafting, then as that was my favorite goal I had no point of leveling either. And now I can't harvest my elite thicket anymore, I understand. Well, it doesn't matter anymore. I can't even afford playing with housing now since I can't get any money reliably with gathering.
 
I don't even want to know what they did to crafting.
 
I am glad I dropped subbing when I lost my names.
			
				
	Edited October 2, 2015 by Arlene	
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Augh, the level restriction is the worst news ever. No, it's the second worst. My precious log prices...
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