I wish I could talk about it via 1st hand experience but I need to transfer first before I can register the add ons I swore I'd never buy that I bought via the abyssea collections download for my bst helm. So I have to rely on everyone else, and I must say that I have no complaints to hear about DE/evis losing their jobs outside Abyssea. I'll be cleaving overtime for those merits x.x
I think I've also given up on my TH trials so I've spent less time around here. I think it's obvious that the higher your TH, the better your drop rate is. I basically learned what I wanted to learn without going overboard with 10 hundred million kills(basically double whatever I've posted and you have my updated TH data), learned a particularly important need to know about certain monsters in zones being separated and having different drop rates(aura statues for example, of course), and Synergy augments got my foot into Synergy gear so I'm making infinitely more gil now.
So, yeah. My tricks up for sky aside from my own personal farming for my augment needs. I still need that perfect aug on a couple key pieces.