Originally Posted by
Obscuritatis
Ok, so .. I get it. Professions get implemented to let people do something outside of the usual dungeons, raiding, PvP, etc etc.. All fun and well.
But should it really be so much RNG based as archeology is? It's ok to give your player base something to do, but not as time consuming (and after days of grinding the same thing over and over again) utterly boring.
I like the title "Seeker of Knowledge". I know, titles should not be given out for doing nothing. But don't you think that collecting 25 pristine artefacts (including the mantid ones here) with a random max 15% drop chance for a pristine version, plus being lucky that it is the artefact that you need that pops up for the solving + being lucky that the right dig sites pop up.. is a bit too much of having to be lucky?
I'm at my last pandaren artefact now, I have all "solve 20 artefacts of this" achievements. Whenever I use the magnificent Lorewalker Map to randomize my dig sites I get 95% of the time max 1 pandaren dig site out of 4.. when I have dug that one up 85% of all time no new pandaren dig site pops up, having to wait another 30 minutes to use a new map item or trying to dig up the others I don't need to have a 15% chance a pandaren dig site pops up to replace that one...
Then when I finally get them, it is hell to finally get the right item that I need solving to pop up... and even after already 22 solves of that item, still no pristine version and then the endless cycle repeats...
So Blizzard, please... I don't mind grinding towards something, but I would like something I can work towards without having to rely on pure luck.. For example, whenever you have 20+ versions of an artefact solved without pristine versions having shown up, let the % of the pristine ones go up by like 20% / solve or something.. It would still take time to get there, but at least we would know that we get closer every time... not the feeling that every time you hit solve you have the same "luck" to actually get it...
Keeping people busy is good in a game, but don't make em wonder round in endless circles just cause you don't want to come up with anything better to do..