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Alright quick poll.

What is the average reshift time on your high use metals? Things like

Duralloy Steel

Duraluminium Steel

Ditanium Steel

Kammaris Iron (shifted for ranged not melee)

Green Diamond Gem stone

Rhodium Steel

Link-Steel Aluminum

I am seeing an average reshift once ever four or five months on Tarq. But I havent taken a real scientific survey of it...

The problem with attempting to guage an "average" respawn time, is that it doesn't take into account how the spawning system actually works.

Spawns do occur somewhat randomly within a given type of resource, but the number of that resource type available at any given time ebbs and flows with time. For example, the number of aluminums available on a server at a given time may be fairly small for a few months, and then very large for a month. There's no guarantee that any given type of aluminum will be available, but when aluminums surge, there's a greater likelihood of finding what it is you need. As far as I've been able to tell, though, the spawning of particular aluminums is entirely random.

The theory behind it is somewhat of a rainfall approach...i.e. if raindrops fall randomly from the sky, then over time, the whole street gets wet. Over time, you will see a good sampling of every resource out there, but attempting to guage the amount of time in between particular spawns isn't really going to help much. You could theoretically go a year without link-steel and then have 10 show up all at once.

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