Rod of the Luminary

So.. you get this rod as a reward for fishing thousands of times in different locations.
And... it is basically the same as the Halcyon Rod except for reduced durability loss.
Are you people high ?
I mean obviously you will get to the point where you fulfill the requirements of that achievement, if you re a dedicated fisherman. It will take a lot of time and takes you off your path to actually gain money from fishing because you will need to spent a lot of time fishing in locations that are not economically lucrative. And for what ?
For 10 Reduced Durability Loss... Slightly out of proportion maybe?
Help me out people, am I missing something here?

Achievmements make people do crazy things. Glamour is also a large factor. Having something that others do not. Long term goals are the things that keep people interested in this game.

Most of the fishing holes from Big Fish in 2.2 and 2.3 are spread out alot more now. So working towards the Luminary while still earning gil is much easier now.

that item is nearly 2 years old and 2 years ago it was BiS, do you expect coil2 gear being best in slot in 2 years, too?...

you can still use it for glamour, which is its intended usage

Now now. What's old news to us might be new news to them. Just glamour your shiny gold rod unto your foragers rod (when you get it) if you like its shininess. That's about it's only use.

What I didn't like is you got no new title for getting the rod. So I have to stick to Forestcaster for now.

Btw it used to be identical stats to Halycon, then around winter time SE adjusted the luminarys to have the durability loss as a bonus to the tools.

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

that item is nearly 2 years old and 2 years ago it was BiS, do you expect coil2 gear being best in slot in 2 years, too?...

you can still use it for glamour, which is its intended usage

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Game is almost 1 year old.
Nice math there.

Do you were born as a 5 year old? there was a final fantasy 14 before 2.0

it was called 1.0 ..., its about 4 years old now and many ppl from legacy servers are playing for 4 years now with their current chars

official date of release was the 30th sept 2010, now spare us with your math

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Originally Posted by Kalandros

Game is almost 1 year old.
Nice math there.

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Ffxiv released in 2010, people like to forget, but know what your talking about before you try to question someone's intelligence

Back in topic, I recently got the gavel of the luminary (gsm tool) and I'm unhappy with how big it is. It's huge and goes on my back but then when I hold it in my hand it shrinks down to normal size, it makes no sense.
I know the devs have commented on it before saying they have no plans to change it but it made this great accomplishment something I don't even want to show off for glamour kuz of how ridiculous it looks.

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

Do you were born as a 5 year old? there was a final fantasy 14 before 2.0

it was called 1.0 ..., its about 4 years old now and many ppl from legacy servers are playing for 4 years now with their current chars

official date of release was the 30th sept 2010, now spare us with your math

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No, REALLY?! YOU MEAN ITS CALLED 2.0 BECAUSE THERE WAS A 1.0 BEFORE?!

NO WAY

Wow seriously please go away.
Your comment for "2 years old" items was wrong because nothing from before 2.0 matters.

It doesn't matter if its an item from before 2.0, what matters is that since the release of 2.0, its an achievement item. Even as of 2.0, before they added the "durability loss" thing, it was merely a "skin change" because the stats were exactly the same as the Halcyon Rod, which was disappointing and on top of that the requirement for the achievement was way higher too, but they lowered it.

It is still disappointing to see such items left in the dust and just be placed into the Armoire.

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Ffxiv released in 2010, people like to forget, but know what your talking about before you try to question someone's intelligence

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Seriously.. another one? Please ...
Its really pathetic.

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Originally Posted by Kalandros

No, REALLY?! YOU MEAN ITS CALLED 2.0 BECAUSE THERE WAS A 1.0 BEFORE?!

NO WAY

Wow seriously please go away.
Your comment for "2 years old" items was wrong because nothing from before 2.0 matters.

It doesn't matter if its an item from before 2.0, what matters is that since the release of 2.0, its an achievement item. Even as of 2.0, before they added the "durability loss" thing, it was merely a "skin change" because the stats were exactly the same as the Halcyon Rod, which was disappointing and on top of that the requirement for the achievement was way higher too, but they lowered it.

It is still disappointing to see such items left in the dust and just be placed into the Armoire.



Seriously.. another one? Please ...
Its really pathetic.

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uhm, everything from 1.0 matters

It is a glamour item. It is simply a "look what I have" type thing.

It will take a looong time till I will get it lol. I have the luminary tools for Miner and Botanist since longer time but the one for the Fisher..no way. I was hoping by the time SE introduced the capital fishes, that I could get a bit higher in the last tier you need (Fish level 41-50) but they managed to insert the new 2 star fishes alltogether in low level nodes. So I probably have 5.000 catches in Level 1-10 but only 300-500 on Level 41-50 nodes. One day I will have it but it is no priority. Oh and all luminaries are this way. On par with ilevel 55 tools and they all have the additional duration loss reduction on it. So only interesting for vanity. But the Level 70 rod looks cooler so I probably wouldn't even use it for Glamour.

The fishing rod is the easies one to get honestly >>

I also think, that gathering ~20k items and running circles and circles and circles and circles... is much worse then fishing ~5.7k fish by just standing still and pressing 2 buttons while watching tv or whatever, you dont even have to look at your screen since you can hear it when a fish bites

^^ not really as far as my experience goes. I got 2/3 of the Miner and botanist achievements automatically because they gathered a lot of items for my crafters. At some stage the Nerd in me decided that I want the luminary tools NOW so I grinded the rest out. But I really shouldn't have done it because thanks to new receipes, unspoiled nodes and what not, I would have reached the achievement by now just by harvesting items I need for my own usage.

Fisher is different, I do not need that many fish so it is just fishing for the sake of fishing. And getting 4 ores takes 10 seconds while getting 4 fish takes over a minute. Another problem is, I can't be Fisher for longer than an hour, I just can't because it makes me sleepy lol. Miner and Botanist are boring too but at least I am running around all the time which keeps me awake haha. Right now, I use the Agenda to push the achievements further. You have to fish 30 times anyways and 10 times HQ so each week, the number for fishing spots Level 41-50 is growing by 40-50. At some stage I will have it but it is not a priority. ;)