MichaleoOfficer
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re: A Good Day to Pick Elfspears
by Michaleo on December 11, 2016 2:29 am
This weekend, there is a bonus for flower-picking. It was announced that the "green" flowers (Oxlips, Elfspear, and Buckthorn) would have more spawns active, and indeed that is true. Based on a small sample (633 nodes), it does not appear that the chance of getting a sapphire or amber is significantly different, so the average extracts per node is probably the same.
However, as noted in my blog post, Elfspears, which are relatively uncommon, do have a higher chance than other ordinary flowers of producing sapphires and ambers. The 85 Elfspears I picked yesterday and today produced 8 ambers and 3 sapphires. Since there are more Elfspear spawns, it may be worth looking for them among the many Oxlips that are there for the picking.
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Gabriele^Successor
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re: A Good Day to Pick Elfspears
by Gabriele^ on December 16, 2016 8:27 pm
Good to know. I have been having some good luck getting crits for sapphires. I haven't gotten anything decent from Elfspears but am picking them as I find them.
I ended up with too many sapphires and not enough regular phials, so I need to pick up everything I see to get a 4 slot leggings piece. I'm tired of trying to get the 4 slot from Quays of Harlond instance. I think we've probably done that instance 50 or 60 times and I've yet to have them drop for me.
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MichaleoOfficer
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re: A Good Day to Pick Elfspears
by Michaleo on December 16, 2016 10:02 pm
If you're going to want the new rings (Update 19.2 now scheduled for Monday), you'll need sapphires for them. (I think it is 4 sapphire, 5 amber, plus 500 umber (will), verdant (agility) or crimson (might)).
Basically, you want to choose your area based on what you want most (sapphire by water for Bell-o-dale, amber by cliffs for Drakewort), but otherwise just pick everything. If you're picking a flower every few seconds, the common ones add up, and you'll see crits from common ones too.
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