I think I just discovered something new. The increased rates that I listed earlier get reduced dramatically if you form a party :/ Just a minute ago I put on a bunch of gear to spirit bond for some II's and noticed a significant loss in SB across all gear (some as high as 10%) and was more inline with prepatch SB rate that I thought I hallucinated my previous numbers. At the time I was partied with a friend and remembered that the chocobo would reduce my SB by a tiny bit while out so I decided to disband and see what happened. Numbers went back up high again. So yeah apparently these increased rates only work great solo... I see Urth's becoming a battle royale if the loss is as pronounced with 40+ gear lol