Final Upgrade still x17/x10?

10x multiplier cap only applies to enchants no?

I downloaded a copy of R25 (05-06-2008), and the data still seems to suggest that the collection speed is only decreased by 1 second...

It's possible this entire time we only thought the reduction was 1.5 seconds. After all, I did the calculations manually, which is submit to the strangest lag... And I don't recall anyone questioning it, either.

With rank 3 shearing and a speed upgraded gathering knife, it took me exactly 1.582 seconds to collect, which seems right (5 second base - 1.5 second shearing skill - 2 second gathering knife).

I'm still in disbelief that shearing is so fast now, but that's apparently just how it is.

Now that I have a fully upgraded gathering knife, I was able to confirm that the time it took to shear 10 wool dropped from 40 seconds to 30 seconds, or 1 second per wool.