Anyone else found the drop rate of Marid Hides to be unusually low?
I just spent ~45 mins murdering mammoths in the Azim Steppe (after trying the Sacred Marids in the Fringes with very little luck) and I have all of 14 Marid Hides to show for it.
Posting this here because it's entirely crafting-related.
The drop rate of Marid Hides...
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08-21-2017, 07:19 AMRichardButteThe drop rate of Marid Hides...
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08-21-2017, 07:31 AMDrWho2010
send your retainer out for that stuff!
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08-21-2017, 07:56 AMRichardButteOdder Otters, though...Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWho2010
I've not noticed this issue with other monsters in the game, really. Just marid hides thus far. -
08-21-2017, 07:15 PMKsenia
I've found all the mobs have low drop rates. The only way to compensate is over level them so you can cut them down faster or pester FC to group up and farm them. As suggested, Retainer being the clear choice. Retainers even in cases where you could out farm them, will gather HQ 5X what you or I will get.
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08-23-2017, 01:44 AMQT_MelonGathering retainers get Otters, Adventurers get Bom Boko.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardButte
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08-23-2017, 02:53 AMSpiroglyph
My retainers drop them at the rate of 10/hour :D
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08-23-2017, 11:18 PMRichardButteI have two gathering retainers, but yeah, I think I see what folks mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by QT_Melon
If you need to kill this many actual mammoths to get one usable hide out of them, then I understand why our ancestors wound up driving them to extinction, heh... -
08-23-2017, 11:38 PMKatenKyokotsu
Not just Marid Hide I assure you. Yes, majority will say use retainers, but that is not the solution. Not a lot of us have max retainers to start with. If I go out pve for gathering hide, I do at least want to see some rewards. Doing 15 rounds of gazelle net me like what 11 gazelle hides.
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08-23-2017, 11:52 PMCulfinrandir
Marid Hides, Manzasiri Hair, Halgai Mane... the list goes on of monster drops that are required in substantial amounts but are a rare drop. For example, a set of level 70 Gathering gear (left side, no tools) requires 15 Gazelle Hides, 64 Halgai Manes, 73 Manzasiri Hair & 60 Twincoons. If you had to gather those purely from mobs it could take hours.
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08-24-2017, 01:34 AMElamysI have to make like 5 sets of gathering gear for my retainers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Culfinrandir
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08-30-2017, 04:57 AMTaleraRistain
6 here. 3 miners, 2 botanists, and a fisher. I feel your pain. And I even had two hunters to send out once I painfully leveled up my alt Jobs but I had to get out and farm for stuff before that. The acquisition rate for mob drops is just silly.
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08-30-2017, 07:01 AMFoxyArekuWhy do you have 3 miners but not a single battle retainer? Should class change one of those!Quote:
Originally Posted by TaleraRistain
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08-30-2017, 09:26 AMTaleraRistainWhere did I ever say I didn't have adventuring retainers? I had 6 sets of gathering gear to make. But you can have 8 retainers. I have 2 adventuring retainers.Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxyAreku
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08-30-2017, 03:40 PMJoe777
I would also like to see an increase in drop rates for hides and skins. The way RNG is in this game really works against us enough as it is... I dislike long farming sessions as it is and the drop rates for mats in this game is even more discouraging.
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09-06-2017, 02:13 AMQT_Melon
Are you making HQ gear as they level? That's completely unnecessary. I just bought the NQ gear from the vendors (Kugane and Reach have the gear) and will slowly replace it with HQ gear...but I don't need marid hide (afaik) for any of their 70 gears.
If you need it for leveling, I skipped the marids and went to the Tiger Leather triple turn in leve.