Blue Gatherer Scrips

[Aeyis]

Okay since im in moghome anyway atm, ill test this for science.

Buy gear from NPC. If you still can't do it, your rotation needs work.

Things are looking pretty grim for your argument right now, with HQ off hand and all NQ items the rest only 504 perception. To the Matoyas place now to see what full NQ is like.


Results:
Full NQ 55 left side, with the level 60 tool and the 59 off hand tool gives 482 perception. With 600 GP this is (just barely) enough to obtain a single item.

This means that unmelded without HQ items its impossible to collect scrips before level 60. Fully NQ accesories (available only at 58), give a total GP of 573.
This is short of the required 600 GP, meaning with a fully unmelded, NQ set of items, without using food, it is impossible to collect scrips.

Which means that:

It's possible to collect scrips without HQ or melded items, or food

Myth busted.




To the OP: rather then saying something you have no use for; as oft seems to be customary here; I will give you an answer of use to you:


I would advise waiting one level untill 59 so that you can obtain the NQ level 59 off hand from Matoya's Cave (there is a vendor in there that sells all DoH/DoL 59 OH tools).
Buy cheap GP food (Ratatouille, Beef stew).

Further more, if you can find someone to meld for you, meld Guile 1 Materias to your items untill you reach 480~ perception, and some Gatherer's Grasp 1/2 Materias untill you have 600 GP with the food of your choice.



This will allow you to use the following rotation:

Discerning Eye, Methodical, Discerning Eye, Methodical, Utmost Caution, Methodical, Utmost Caution, Methodical

On the lowest tier of scrip collectibles.


In short, use the cheapest means possible to obtain 600GP and around 480 perception and you will be able to start obtaining gatherer's scrips.