Filling gathering journals order

MadSkillzDLR · Oct 10th 2019, 11:37pm

I've been trying to fill gathering journals in a t6 zone and I almost rage quitted the game.

If I have a t2, t3 and t4 empty book and I'm gathering a t4 node, it should always fill the t2 book first, because it is the lowest possible one. If I didn't want to fill it, why wouild I carry it with myself?

As it is now, if I have 1 t2, 1 t3 and 1 t4 book in the bag, I need to carefully pick my first node, because if I start off with a t6 node, it will fill the t4 book and after that every node I gather (t4, t5 or t6) will also fill the t4 book.

Does that make sense? Is there any workaround this that Im missing?

Roccandil · Oct 11th 2019, 12:16am

I'm actually the opposite: I want the game to fill the highest possible one, and it doesn't!

If I have an empty T6 journal, and an open T5 journal, gathering a T6 node fills the T5 journal, not the T6.

I hadn't thought about your use case, though, and I do feel like the journal system needs a rework.

MadSkillzDLR · Oct 11th 2019, 8:14am

Roccandil wrote:

I'm actually the opposite: I want the game to fill the highest possible one, and it doesn't! If I have an empty T6 journal, and an open T5 journal, gathering a T6 node fills the T5 journal, not the T6.

I hadn't thought about your use case, though, and I do feel like the journal system needs a rework.

Ye i see. It works both ways. If i was in a t6-t8 zone I would also like to fill the highest one ahah.

There should be some way to pick the one we want to fill first

xcruciful · Oct 11th 2019, 11:38am

First, i hope u already read that:
albiononline.com/en/news/laborers-in-albion-online-a-guide
tl;dr
It's easier to grow labourers by giving them trophies journal.

MadSkillzDLR · Oct 11th 2019, 1:27pm

xcruciful wrote:

First, i hope u already read that:
albiononline.com/en/news/laborers-in-albion-online-a-guide
tl;dr
It's easier to grow labourers by giving them trophies journal.

thanks a lot lol.

came by that guy 1000 times and never read that xD

Blenfjorn · Oct 11th 2019, 4:49pm

Doesn't it fill the book placed first in your inventory? When i do merc and generalist books in HCE, and I have multiple level books, it prioritizes top left in my inventory. If I want to fill a different level, I change the placement. Its not the same with gathering?

MarauderShields · Oct 11th 2019, 4:56pm

Blenfjorn wrote:

Doesn't it fill the book placed first in your inventory? When i do merc and generalist books in HCE, and I have multiple level books, it prioritizes top left in my inventory. If I want to fill a different level, I change the placement. Its not the same with gathering?

oh my god...please tell me its that simple...

Now I have to wait 8 more hours and 4 minutes until i can get home and check this works...

NBKilla · Oct 11th 2019, 5:04pm

Blenfjorn wrote:

When i do merc and generalist books in HCE...

Are merc labourers even worth it? Everyone says that they are crap

Blenfjorn · Oct 11th 2019, 5:18pm

NBKilla wrote:

Blenfjorn wrote:

When i do merc and generalist books in HCE...

Are merc labourers even worth it? Everyone says that they are crap

I like mercs because I exclusively FF in HCE. So I am not getting ganked for my journals and I can fill a couple hundred per run. When i craft I sell my journals for someone else to use. So I am making money there. Merc at tier 6 each gives either 2800 or 5600 (ish) depending on if he had a good day or not. It adds up when you have a lot of them. If you can keep books filled, they are worth it in my opinion.

Roccandil · Oct 11th 2019, 6:52pm

Blenfjorn wrote:

Doesn't it fill the book placed first in your inventory? When i do merc and generalist books in HCE, and I have multiple level books, it prioritizes top left in my inventory. If I want to fill a different level, I change the placement. Its not the same with gathering?

For journals already open, yes. Not so, however, if a journal hasn't been started yet: the game will always prioritize an open journal, no matter what the order.

Blenfjorn · Oct 11th 2019, 7:08pm

Roccandil wrote:

Blenfjorn wrote:

Doesn't it fill the book placed first in your inventory? When i do merc and generalist books in HCE, and I have multiple level books, it prioritizes top left in my inventory. If I want to fill a different level, I change the placement. Its not the same with gathering?

For journals already open, yes. Not so, however, if a journal hasn't been started yet: the game will always prioritize an open journal, no matter what the order.

Correct. Open books go first. If you have all empty books it should go by placement.

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