Looting Rant

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And how does this help prevent screwing over the younger characters in that area?  Oh, wait it doesn't.
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One thing I've noticed is that the respawn rates in starter zones for copper mines seems to be MUCH higher then nodes of higher skill metals. Nodes such as rich thorium veins may take around 15-20 minutes to respawn. Copper nodes in starter zones seem to respawn similar to monsters in those zones with there even being a chance at instant respawns after using up a mine.

At the very least, that gives the younger characters a better chance to get their copper simply because the nodes are respawning so fast.