Something quite wrong with Miner's Valorite Maps?
These are either the 2nd best BOD Reward for Tinkers (1,100 points) or a Covetous Void Pool reward Map which can be obtained from Vela, the Sorceress in Cove, for 2,000 Reward Points.
It generates valorite ore when mining with it in one's own backpack.
Yet, using a Gargoyle Pickaxe does not create Valorite Elementals for more valorite Ore with their loot NOR it generated double Ore when used in Felucca.
Bottom line is, with smelting failures for Valorite Ore into ingots, it generates way too few Valorite ingots considering the high points needed to get it...
It is much more efficient, to my viewing, the alternative of spending sometime down Blackthorn's to get around 60,000 Golden ingots (and, in the process, if one gets lucky also get some minax artifacts...).
Then for 2600 points (600 points more than the Miner's Val Map), one can get 4 golden caldrons, two agapite caldrons, one verite caldron and convert those 60,000 Golden ingots into some 2,000 Valorite ingots without losing a single ingot to smelting as it would happen if using the Miner's Valorite Map to get Valorite Ore....
I think that something needs to be done with these Miner's Maps, the points to get them need to be reduced, their lifetime be significantly increased, have them yield Ore Elementals when using a Gargoyles' Pickaxe and produce double the Ore when used in Felucca.
But as they are, to my viewing, they are simply not worth the hassle....
@Kyronix any comments, please ?
It generates valorite ore when mining with it in one's own backpack.
Yet, using a Gargoyle Pickaxe does not create Valorite Elementals for more valorite Ore with their loot NOR it generated double Ore when used in Felucca.
Bottom line is, with smelting failures for Valorite Ore into ingots, it generates way too few Valorite ingots considering the high points needed to get it...
It is much more efficient, to my viewing, the alternative of spending sometime down Blackthorn's to get around 60,000 Golden ingots (and, in the process, if one gets lucky also get some minax artifacts...).
Then for 2600 points (600 points more than the Miner's Val Map), one can get 4 golden caldrons, two agapite caldrons, one verite caldron and convert those 60,000 Golden ingots into some 2,000 Valorite ingots without losing a single ingot to smelting as it would happen if using the Miner's Valorite Map to get Valorite Ore....
I think that something needs to be done with these Miner's Maps, the points to get them need to be reduced, their lifetime be significantly increased, have them yield Ore Elementals when using a Gargoyles' Pickaxe and produce double the Ore when used in Felucca.
But as they are, to my viewing, they are simply not worth the hassle....
@Kyronix any comments, please ?
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Has this been confirmed ?
Similarly, the human's 10% chance of a bonus ore, if it occurs with the map, counts against the map output as well.