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ust for your information I have toons for each tradeskill.So I have teir 3,2,1 collecting as often as possible to level them up.Have found that the more i collect the more rares i get,some days i get a rare off each type one after another then others I can go several days with only one rare. I agree that it's ramdom but i feel that the more you do the better chance you have of getting a rare. Thats just from my experience.
I have to say that this has been my experience as well. I have gone down the path of harvesting only on ore so I could get Blacken Iron or Steel but the results have been very frustrating. As soon as I switched methods, ie harvested everything and anything, my rare harvests increased dramatically.
That said, I can harvest for an hour or longer before getting the first rare, and then BOOM 4 or 5 in minutes, not to mention the glowing and sparkling items. It alway seems to come in a little rush and it hasn't mattered what Teir I'm after (only 2,3,4 presently).
It seems strange that you should need to harvest everything to get rares, but it doesn't really bother me to spend the time. My group all does the same and then we pass the rares we can't use to those who can use them. If that fails we stick 'em on the broker and get a nice price.