Quote Originally Posted by Urmom View Post
According to db droprates are pretty similar. Have you tried despoiling them? iirc that used to be the main source back in the day
I have, and success rate for Despoiling feathers has always sucked for me. I was including that contribution in my avg 12/hr. ><;; I don't even see the Cirdas "map2" ones on the ffxidb listing for hippogryphs (or even the bgwiki page for Cirdas Caverns O_o,) so dunno what it says, but my experience trying to farm there was usually a bit less than Grauberg (probably due to even fewer Despoils succeeding.) These feathers are my bane, I have grown to hate hippogryphs because they are stingy jerks, and I've gone thru ~120 of 'em trying (and failing, even tho it's T1,) to HQ a hat for BST.... I loathe the idea that I should have to spend 2+ hours for a single component of a daily GP recipe.

Enough ranting about non-butt feathers, I'm sure there are other crafts which have utterly horrid GP recipes that would be better off replaced. >.> This is actually something the devs have brought up on JPside in recent months, so honest feedback would probably be a good idea.