Harvesting Meta

Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
Now originally this started out as a joke but then I got to thinking about it. A new meta that is for harvesting and gains xp based on type of material harvested from stage 1-5. THE META BEETLE!

Stages:

1- little bug: Can carry half of what a pack horse can, and harvests a quarter of what a player with an axe or pickaxe would

2- Bug gets bigger: Still carries half what a pack can and now harvests half of what a GM player can.

3- Can carry the same as a pack horse and harvest 3/4 of a GM player

4- Can carry the same a pack horse and harvest the same as GM player

5- Can carry the same as 2 pack horses, harvests the same a GM player and can be mounted

6- Can Carry the same as 2 pack horses, harvests 1.5 as GM player

7- Can carry the same as 3 pack horses, harvest 2x a GM player

Relics:

Double Smelt: Higher the lvl the higher the chance of double smelting rare ores 5% to 25%

Double Harvest: 5% to 25% to double harvest a resource

Beetle Defense: 10 -20% chance to release a 4x4 tile gas paralyzing attackers

Iron pincher: Increases dmg to snakes, similar to a slayer but specific to the annoying tree snakes.

The idea is a crafter will have to spend several months of several hours to get to lvl 7. If caught afk harvesting meta is reset to lvl 1.

I'm sure there will be some hates but think about it :)

Edit: So for control I was thinking of something like a wand in addition to the standard follow me blah blah. So you would double click the beetle be good stick and click on where or what you wanted to harvest and it would move to that spot and harvest until all resources are harvested. Kind of an added bonus and to make the leveling less painful. Just some ideas.
 
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Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
oh side note it would take all 5 slots of your pet this way you can't just roll out with this bad boy and 2 pack horses. Also it would be controlled by X amount of Animal lore and leveled by X amount of mining/lumberjacking. It is not a combat pet so shouldn't require taming imo.
 
Blaine the Gypsy

Blaine the Gypsy

Grandmaster
Causing UOF tree plagues since 2015
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Blaine the Gypsy

Blaine the Gypsy

Grandmaster
I was actually thinking about having random trees have bees/hornet nests. Using the UO:ML Natures Fury at different levels. Of course they wouldn't drop wood, but would drop other useable things.
 
Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
If you think about it though if you choose to level a meta like this you are going to be harvesting horribly slow until you get it to lvl 5 which should take a hardcore player at least a month maybe more. Also if anyone sees one they are going to see $ especially EQMS type guilds. So I think it would challenging but if you grit your teeth and get through it the reward would be worth it.

Also I get a free one with all relics as the owner of the idea :)
 
Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
So since you don't like my meta idea, how about a Harvesting Relic.

Increase to harvest amount.

double smelt chance increases

More rare ore veins : i.e. you can only harvest it if you have a harvesting relic at x lvl

reduced item degradations

DUEL WIELD PICKAXES!!!!!!!!----just joking

Increased chance to find jewels that can be used for other crafting things.
 
Blaine the Gypsy

Blaine the Gypsy

Grandmaster
Oh I never said I don't like your idea at all. I just drifted elsewhere with ideas for some reason. It's what I do lol
I think there should be meta a lot of things. Your idea here could work with some balancing. To NPC Fighter/Mages/Thieves and so on... just because you don't have taming and lore doesn't mean you can't train something right?
 
Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
Right that's why since it's a harvesting meta the lvl you can have would be based off your Mining and or Lumberjacking or both!
 
Bill Stickel

Bill Stickel

Expert
Not a fan of pets... But I agree there should be some sort of harvesting end game stuff beyond new wood and special ore types. Problem being that it would hit the economy to make harvesting faster or easier. I like the idea or glass/oil. Golems anyone? Anyone?
 
Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
Bill Stickel said:
Not a fan of pets... But I agree there should be some sort of harvesting end game stuff beyond new wood and special ore types. Problem being that it would hit the economy to make harvesting faster or easier. I like the idea or glass/oil. Golems anyone? Anyone?
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That's why I put the pet as being weaker than a GM harvester by 1/2 and half the load of a pack horse but still taking up 5 slots. It wouldn't be until lvl 4 that it can harvest and store as much as a GM miner with 1 pack horse. Which every harvester knows isn't going to get you far fast.

So the idea to keep it being OP is that you will have to invest a lot and I do mean a lot of time in lvling the meta, but if you do the rewards would be worth it. However there aren't a lot of players willing to sit with a Meta and whack at a tree for hours on end. That turns into weeks on end.

So I think only those that are here for the crafting would really invest the time in it. Along with this though the devs would have to make sure they are monitoring players that have them to ensure they aren't afk harvesting/lvling.
 
Weland

Weland

Grandmaster
Also I do like the idea of adding more crafting mats. The bee bomb could increase chance of fizzle by like 25% for 4 seconds or something.
 
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