I do the same thing - but I can't say that I NEVER go into the store bought
items. Quite the opposite - I'd say I consistently will drop to about a
dozen and have to restock once a week.
On the "Jack" of all trades issue. - Forage is (barely) usable - but this is
basically because the food/water intake is really slow. Safe fall is pretty
nice - I can run a bit safer where formerly I'd take some damage when
Selo'ing with a drum.
But for the rest - it's useless. A cap of 40 is "Suck of all trades -
master of none". If another class had music skills capped at 40 - and tried
to sit in at a Jam Session at the Bard's Guild - I'd throw a cymbal at them
<reference to the film "Bird">
Slyde
----- Original Message -----
From: Blitz Krieg <blitz_krieg@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Poor Foraging?
> From: "Blitz Krieg" <blitz_krieg@...>
>
> 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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