Harvesting

Well the point is to build up your own mines yeah? Once they reach level 10 or there abouts your hourly income dwarfs the miniscule loads your caravans can carry and already there it becomes rather redundant (maybe with the exception of gold harvesting, not sure).
Besides - looking over the thread I was to understand that bumping was a big problem for new players It was hard to avoid back when I started, and the recent surge in Illyriad members has probably not diminished this.
So - you dont need to ask for much - upping your storehouse first and then doing mines is just as fast as sending mules all over Illy.
100 basic resources for what...1,5-3 hours of work is...enthusiastic if nothing else.

Torden, I got your point. I stopped harvesting even when my production rate hit 200, i was using my few caravans to trade in the market and didnt have any to spare for harvesting. But early on in the game it is very helpful - 300 X 10  basic resource (with level 5 market) with just 10 clicks before you go to bed ;)

Why to persist indeed?

so .. back to newbs??
keep harvesting.. never worry about bumps!
Just send out again!!
there are few caravan wars these days!!
(new van war is gonna be the "SOV WAR!!"
good luck with that one guys!! x

one thing to add to this, with the current advice being given in global, there is likly to be a tot of bumps, yes its easy to spot rez to harvest, if you deselect everything from the map, but if you deselect encampments you dont actually see other vans already harvesting, although if ya pay attention to pop up window it will notify you....but be aware many might accidently bump ya because of the advice given.....but like shanks says ...dont worry about bumps, its not a big issue