They can be horrible fer sure.

I'm still missing a bunch of them, and have certainly spent more days than one should have to in the ones I have obtained (I think it took 3 or 4 days not leaving Zeruhn Mines to get two prouesse rings). They're those kind of things that come to you when you're not looking for them. >.<

I try to make the most out of the hunt by, for example, getting experience/limit points for someone else while doing it, so as to make the time spent worth at least a bit more worth something. Makes me feel better about it overall, if nothing else. ^^;

Hunting for regular enemies for certain loot in itself rarely is too exciting, but one can sometimes make it at least more fun!

Don't give up just yet!