Here's a little test that I used to see how efficient my forage was:
Buy 20 food and 20 waters
Put them in the bottom 2 slots of a pack in the bottom of your inventory.
Put the Forage Skill in one of your primary Hot Keys
Hit Forage as often as it comes available.
Put food or water in the same pack as the 20 you previously bought, but
above them.
Now, over time, you can see just how efficient your Forage is.... If you run
low on the bought food or water, you know you're not keeping up. And, over
time, you can see how fast you go thru the store bought supplies.
In my experience, I NEVER dipped into the store bought food (except maybe
right at the start when I had ONLY store bought food). I even had enough to
occassionally give to my girlfriend. Not enough to keep her fully supplied
on food, but enough to give her a stack of 20 to help her not have to buy
all the time. On water, it was a different story, I went thru the bought
water slowly. I would build up a supply of water, then go right through it
and into the bought food. Funny thing is I seemed to forage water better in
Oasis. : )
ymmv
Darkfox Reven'tsol
Xegony
> From: "Tom Henschel" <tomhenschel@...>
>
> I have forage maxed, and hardly ever succesfully forage. It leveled so
> slowly that i put about 20 practice points into it (I still have about 30
> points). I get water so seldom that i always buy milk. I usually get
> grapes, and they don't always stack together. Forage is a letdown for me.
>
> Fflewdeur Fflamson
> Cazic-Thule
>
>
> >
> >Hehe, less than 50%, he says.
> >
> >I would guess my forage works about 5% to 10% at best. I've got it up in
> >the high 30's (not maxed at 40 yet).
> >It seems to take FOREVER to get a skill increase. I never forage enough
to
> >keep me fed, I always have to get some food at the shop, so i generally
get
> >20 bread when I get water. Also, I seem to get water about 30% of the
time
> >I do get a success.
> >I'm gonna mess with a log parser and see what the actual rates are, if
not,
> >I'll try to load my logs up into something to get some more definate
> >figures.
> >As it is, forage is not enough to even keep me fed, much less keep enough
> >water around to drink.
> >
> >MacGrough
> >19th Song Bard
> >Solusek Ro Wanderers
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Eric Boller <eboller@...>
> >To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> >Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 8:04 AM
> >Subject: Re: [eqbards] Digest Number 497
> >
> >
> > >From: Eric Boller <eboller@...>
> > >
> > >Forage is not useful?!!! Please! I've heard several
> > >people complain about this in this thread. I never
> > >have to buy food! I think that is extremely useful.
> > >Granted, once you get to higher levels it isn't like
> > >food is some huge expense. But it is something you
> > >have to remember to buy if you are a class without
> > >forage capabilities. Me? I just click forage when I
> > >remember and there is food. Heck, it probably works
> > >less than 50% of the time but it definitely produces a
> > >big enough stream of food to keep my supplies up.
> > >
> > >Thex Luteslinger
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Message: 1
> > >> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:46:44 -0600
> > >> From: silky@...
> > >> Subject: RE: Special foraged foods
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I think that's the major complaint - we get all
> > >> these neato 'other' class
> > >> skills - but our caps are so low - it makes you
> > >> wonder why they bothered? I
> > >> don't necessarily want to track as good as a ranger,
> > >> or forage - but I
> > >> WOULD like to be able to have the thing be useful.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The other thought i have to add here is that like
> > >> tracking
> > >> >for druids...its a special skill. we get it at a
> > >> level and it never
> > >> >advances..it caps at 20 and when we get it that is
> > >> the skill we get it
> > >> >at. Is it possible that bards get forage and its
> > >> at skill lvl 40 when
> > >> >we get it. Just a thought... oh yeah and skill
> > >> cap for druids is 200
> > >> >i believe
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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