Hello everyone, and welcome to the new FFXI forums I hope you're as excited as I am.
I want to have a little discussion about drop rates (also I didn't see a suggestions area :P)
I think some changes are needed for drop rates on certain items. I can understand good gear being very rare, I won't dispute that (though I would love to get my hands on a kraken club). What I have an issue with is none gear drops, namely tier 4 spells.
The other night I spent 4 hours farming Aero IV with a 90 THF before it finally dropped. Total time farming Water IV thus far has been 8 hours, still no drop (again with the 90 THF).
I don't feel that 2 people should have to invest a full day to getting a single spell. Drop rates like this are a bit uncalled for in my opinion. Maybe I'm just impatient, but 8 hours is a long time to invest. Like I said before, I could understand if it was gear, but spells are considered a necessity to play the job. Gear can be replaced, spells cannot.
Yes I understand I can go farm the gil to buy it, but that's not the point of this thread :P
How do you feel about this?