Looting Rant

[Kevin]

And, I don't mind them mining it, but, of course, the ones I *see* are the ones who are stealing it while I'm clearing mobs so I can have it.  The ones who quietly mine it, or ask if I'm mining it, whatever, and go on don't bother me at all, whatever their level, as stuff does respawn quickly.  So I guess it's the high-level ninja-skinners/herbalists/miners that get me irritated. 
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Maybe that is my issue I never see anyone be polite about it. I play the game as escapism. One of the things I'm trying to escape are rude people so it just pisses me off even more. Of course I'm just naive to think people will behave better online when I know that studies show most people are even more rude online than face to face. It's just a lack of common curtesy that really gets me and not just in the game.

Yes there are a lot of nodes, and no I haven't had an issue keeping my profession up by just working on it as I quest, but it just pisses me off when I'm working to a node and a high level just walks in and grabs it. Gnolack has grabbed copper in lower areas before but I don't even go near the node if there is a lower level around. The few times I needed copper for making something for a guild member and I didn't have any from a young harvester char and someone was by the node I asked. I ask about skinning something if a person is near the corpse as well.

I would end up asking a lot if I were to change professions or if I had to go back to a lower area to skill up (assuming I didn't have the money to just buy the stuff to get in the iron age) I would attempt to do it in an off hour when less people are around.

Anyway I think I've found it's just the lack of curtesy that really bugs me. Not high levels taking low level resources. As to nodes in contested areas, I don't have an issue with the other faction jumping them. But if you are in contested areas you aren't dealing with lower level stuff your dealing with mid level.