Syrcus Tower and Sands of Time

Did they say when they are adding this as a drop? I know they don't want people gearing up too fast so they are adding it later, but I need some Sands of Time. I only have 7 from hunts.

They probably reconsidered on the sands after all the people that cried wolf at even one thing from Coil dropping in Tower. So far all I've seen are the tomestones needed for the Gerolt weapons.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

They probably reconsidered on the sands after all the people that cried wolf at even one thing from Coil dropping in Tower. So far all I've seen are the tomestones needed for the Gerolt weapons.

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From what I've read, Sands of Time will not be added from the Beginning and will be added sooner or later to CT2. Most likely 2.35.

You only have 7 sands from hunts? If you have bad luck, that's 5250 seals...

From the Live Letter XV

Q: What's the drop rate for the unidentified Allagan tomestone, the sands of time, and oil of time?
A: As I mentioned during the previous Letter from the Producer LIVE, they will not all be dropping at the same time. We'll add them gradually as we progress through patches. We're planning to have unidentified Allagan tomestones drop first, and the drop rate will be about 30%. We'll be making adjustments based on the clear rate of the Second Coil of Bahamut and everyone's average item level.

They should look at the Hunt instead of Second Coil for when to release sands in cyrcus tower. UAT and Oil already drops there, saw both on my first run

Have only been rolling for oil since the gear in there is not upgradable and therefore no use to me.

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Originally Posted by Spyle

Did they say when they are adding this as a drop? I know they don't want people gearing up too fast so they are adding it later, but I need some Sands of Time. I only have 7 from hunts.

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Where are you buying the sands from with the hunt marks?

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Originally Posted by XzaviyrVL

Where are you buying the sands from with the hunt marks?

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Buy bloodsplattered logs from gc allied seals vendor then trade 3 logs for sands to odin/behemoth vendor in MD @ Rowana tent. Logs are 250 allied seals.

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Originally Posted by Phoebus

Buy bloodsplattered logs from gc allied seals vendor then trade 3 logs for sands to odin/behemoth vendor in MD @ Rowana tent. Logs are 250 allied seals.

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Spyle

...I know they don't want people gearing up too fast so they are adding it later,... I only have 7 from hunts.

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There seems to be a contradiction here.

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Originally Posted by Spyle

I only have 7 from hunts.

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Lol you may as well just said "me and my friends use radar app". That many seals since launch is not possible otherwise. But hey thanks for ruining the game for other people.

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

There seems to be a contradiction here.

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OP is right on this one. Maybe opening up another avenue for sands would take a little bit of the drama out of hunts. Personally I've almost got 3 sands from hunts but haven't gotten lucky enough to win 1 oil or 1 UAT from ST.

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Originally Posted by echoica

Lol you may as well just said "me and my friends use radar app". That many seals since launch is not possible otherwise. But hey thanks for ruining the game for other people.

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All you have to do is be in a serious hunt link shell tracking spawn timers. Unfortunately most of these have hit 128 limit. No cheating needed.

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Originally Posted by echoica

Lol you may as well just said "me and my friends use radar app". That many seals since launch is not possible otherwise. But hey thanks for ruining the game for other people.

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You realize it's possible to get the actual logs as straight drops, right? The party leader I was with earlier managed to get 2 logs in a row from the mobs themselves.

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

There seems to be a contradiction here.

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It would appear so, Mr. Wright.
What does the prosecution has to say, Mr. Edgeworth?

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

You only have 7 sands from hunts? If you have bad luck, that's 5250 seals...

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I think he might be making a joke. Like, trying to point out how ridiculous it is to wait to add sands to CT2 when people are getting them real easy from hunts.

http://www.acting-man.com/blog/media...detector-2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

There seems to be a contradiction here.

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Was thinking troll thread myself...

*Only* 7 from hunts? Sounds like you have enough.

keep sands and oil in coil 2 only, imo.

It's not a troll thread lol but Morningstar1337 got the point of the thread.

They didn't want to add sands to ST because they didn't want people gearing up way too fast, yet people can get all 7 sands from elite marks in less than a month.

If sands were going to be so easy to get, why not add them to ST from the beginning?

Not trolling had one drop last night. Didn't SS though so no proof. Got all three on the end tombstone/sands/onion (won none of them).

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Originally Posted by Riddik

Not trolling had one drop last night. Didn't SS though so no proof. Got all three on the end tombstone/sands/onion (won none of them).

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I seen one drop on my first ST run too, they're more rare than Oils and Tomestones but they do drop.

Sands from Syrcus Tower you say?

Here's the official item database for ST: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...y/d40bb16ab56/

As you can see, Tome and Oil are shown as dropping. Sands are not.

Pics or it didn't happen!

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Originally Posted by RhazeCain

Sands from Syrcus Tower you say?

Here's the official item database for ST: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...y/d40bb16ab56/

As you can see, Tome and Oil are shown as dropping. Sands are not.

Pics or it didn't happen!

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Oh, they must have patched it with the Frontline patches or something. Oh well, I got no pics so I guess it didn't happen but I do wish I won that roll tho, sucks. . .Hunts is too boring for me to dedicate time to.

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Originally Posted by Spyle

Did they say when they are adding this as a drop? I know they don't want people gearing up too fast so they are adding it later, but I need some Sands of Time. I only have 7 from hunts.

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Looks like almost everyone missed the sarcasm in this post xD

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Originally Posted by CSX

Oh, they must have patched it with the Frontline patches or something. Oh well, I got no pics so I guess it didn't happen but I do wish I won that roll tho, sucks. . .Hunts is too boring for me to dedicate time to.

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No, they most certainly didn't patch it. I ran ST enough a few minutes after it was first implemented and I hit my weekly cap for ToS on ST runs alone. Not once did I ever see sands of time. Only oil drops there (for now?). Anyone that tells you otherwise is jerking your chain.

If sands were really present as a "rare drop" from ST, you'd have more testimonials from FCs and such along with visual documentation in the form of a real-time video or screenshot to prove its existence there.

I did ST so many times, I've even saw the Throne Gem dropped once, but never saw a sand drop.

But yeah, might as well put sands in ST and Ramuh if you're not going to limit the sands you can get from the hunt.

I got 6 sands from hunts, by the time CT comes out with sands probably won't even have any gear to upgrade with it.

I got 4 sands myself from hunts got lucky with 3 book drops. It was easy when people wait 2-5 even on B rank hunts. But that all over now it seem people stop waiting due to other not waiting. So i got lucky i got all the sand needed for my SMN before people became like that.

If they do add it to CT i'll do it just to upgrade for my Sub which is BLM.