My Most Efficient, Least Tedious, Method for Grinding Phase 3 of Anima Relic

[Purrfectstorm]

Those times seem very... optimistic.

But "seeming" aside, the results I listed are my average results.

I know DF is notoriously bad but actually, most people seem competent at speed running level 50 dungeons. Even sync'ed, we are still overgeared for the dungeons and most people have done them 100 times.

As for beast quests, you don't have to aggro every mob and if you're high enough level, you won't aggro many of them. Even if you do, the mobs will melt. If you get a beast quest that requires a Fate and it's not up, just queue for something and see if it's up when you return, or leave and come back later (only a couple min lost to check). You can also afk in the spot and get RL stuff done. Turn your sound up so you hear the fate when it pops. There are ways of being productive even during this kind of downtime.

The same thing applies to Frontline. Yes, queues are long, but there's nothing saying you have to stare at your screen while waiting for them. You can play triple triad, do hunts, fate grind, and some other stuff that isn't such a bad way to spend your time. Or you can get RL stuff done.

Also, it's worth mentioning that I did say that the times above are my times. YMMV. I do main a tank job though which means that for most content I do have a) fast queues and b) control over dungeon pacing (how many mobs pulled at once, etc.).

Anyway, even if you were to add a few min on to each dungeon and beast tribe, you're still talking about a trivial amount of extra time per day (<15 or 30 min).

I hope this clears up any confusion.

[Raist]

Are you sure you calculated the beast tribes correctly? You only get 3 per day per tribe, and each tribe is restricted to one item (shell is only from sahagin, ore from kobold, etc.). The way it is typed it it looks like you were basing it on a flat 12 tokens from the same tribe per day, and being able to use them universally? ONLY the Vanu item can be used universally, and that takes 18 per item.

After 4 days with a lesser tribe, plus one more quest on the 5th day, you get the 13 tokens from that one tribe to get one item specific to that tribe (ie, ore from Kobolds requires 13 tokens from kobold rank 3 quests, limited to 3 per day). Then you have 2 left over to go towards the next item. Basically, it takes 4.33 days per tribe per item, based on 3 runs per tribe per day.

That means you would be getting 4 items the first week...one per tribe, and be 11/13 the way towards the next item from each tribe. On that 8th day you would get the next 2 tokens needed for that second item from each tribe.

Basically, it doesn't add up to what it appears you were calculating in regards to tribes. Even if it is only 15 minutes total to get from tribe to tribe and run the quests and turn them in, that works out to 1 hour per tribe to get 12 tokens for that particular tribe (15 minutes a day X 4 days), and you are still 1 token short. It actually works out to 87 days per tribe to get all 20 (86 X 3 per day=258, takes 260 to make 20 items). That works out mathematically to 4.35 days per item per tribe over time if you were to do that tribe's 20 items only by the tribe quests.

So, yes it may be a nice supplement along with tomes and other methods....just not sure it is actually as lucrative as you were calculating.

[Purrfectstorm]

Are you sure you calculated the beast tribes correctly?

I think you forgot to count the poetics you get for doing the beast tribes (10 poetics per quest or 120 per day). The poetics account for 120/680 tokens or an extra .176 tokens per day.

[Aethaeryn]

Sorry, I don't want to be another nitpicking person and point out problems with the math, but just trying to help.

You get 100 tomes from the bonus on level 50 roulette, but the dungeons give various amounts of tomes. You can get as few as 20 from older dungeons like the normal mode Amdapor Keep and Wanderer's Palace. So some days you might only get 120 tomes instead of 150. I don't think that'll make a big difference in your overall calculations since you're getting like 120-150 more poetics per day than law tomes with your planned path.

But that brings about another question: Did you take into account that you only get two of the tokens from poetics and two from law tomes? Seems like you'll be finishing the poetics items early and the law items a bit late with this path. Maybe I missed something, or maybe you can trade tokens around or something and I just don't know about it yet. If you throw out the Frontlines roulette and switch it to Level 60 roulette instead, you'd finish a bit faster. Assuming all of the numbers you provided are correct - I'm not logged in to check at the moment.

[Purrfectstorm]

Sorry, I don't want to be another nitpicking person and point out problems with the math, but just trying to help.

You get 100 tomes from the bonus on level 50 roulette, but the dungeons give various amounts of tomes. You can get as few as 20 from older dungeons like the normal mode Amdapor Keep and Wanderer's Palace. So some days you might only get 120 tomes instead of 150. I don't think that'll make a big difference in your overall calculations since you're getting like 120-150 more poetics per day than law tomes with your planned path.

But that brings about another question: Did you take into account that you only get two of the tokens from poetics and two from law tomes? Seems like you'll be finishing the poetics items early and the law items a bit late with this path. Maybe I missed something, or maybe you can trade tokens around or something and I just don't know about it yet. If you throw out the Frontlines roulette and switch it to Level 60 roulette instead, you'd finish a bit faster. Assuming all of the numbers you provided are correct - I'm not logged in to check at the moment.

LOL it's no problem, it's a fair question

I actually averaged out the rewards from level 50 dungeons. I think there was 910 total poetics divided by 17 dungeons, so 53 poetics on average apart from your 100 roulette bonus. So assuming all dungeons have an equal queue chance (probably not 100% true but close enough) then you'd actually get 153.

As for the 2nd part of your question. I didn't really factor in the difference but you're right, you would finish the poetic tokens first but I think it's only a difference of about 1.3 per week, so you could just change the plan up a little bit in the final 2 weeks, if you wanted.

[Aethaeryn]

I forgot potential new player bonuses for the level 50 dungeons/main scenario too, so you could actually finish the poetics tokens significantly faster. I have only been running into other people working on the relic since Wednesday, however, so I guess that may not happen too often.

Either way, thanks for the post! I'm actually mostly okay with the grind but wish it had come a bit sooner. I hope prices come down for the crafted stuff soon though. I don't really know any crafters on Hyperion and I only have cooking and leatherworking done so far because lazy.

[Raist]

I think you forgot to count the poetics you get for doing the beast tribes (10 poetics per quest or 120 per day). The poetics account for 120/680 tokens or an extra .176 tokens per day.

Beast Tribes - 12 tokens + 120 poetics/28 min/daily = 30 min per unidentified token

Wasn't talking about the poetics. Was talking about your calculations on the beast tribes. 12 tokens a day from four different tribes in 4 different zones, 3 tokens per tribe. 28 minutes a day? and is a net of 30 minutes a token? Even if you account for the poetics, not sure that comes out right. Would have to see the actual numbers I guess.

[Galactimus]

Wasn't talking about the poetics. Was talking about your calculations on the beast tribes. 12 tokens a day from four different tribes in 4 different zones, 3 tokens per tribe. 28 minutes a day? and is a net of 30 minutes a token? Even if you account for the poetics, not sure that comes out right. Would have to see the actual numbers I guess.

Yeah, not to mention that sometimes you are waiting up to an hour for a Fate to spawn for a single Token. The Tribe quests are still worth it though. Roughly 4 Unidentified Items every four days is nice. Plus you can do them in between Hunts.

[Raist]

Yeah, not to mention that sometimes you are waiting up to an hour for a Fate to spawn for a single Token. The Tribe quests are still worth it though. Roughly 4 Unidentified Items every four days is nice. Plus you can do them in between Hunts.

Yeah... as I said earlier, a nice supplement but not likely as lucrative as stated. In 13 days, you could earn just over 14 unidentified tokens when you combine the poetics with tribal token turn ins. 13 days because it is simple math. 13 needed per tribe, 3 a day: 39 tribal tokens nets 3 unidentified tokens each across 4 tribes to make 12 total. While doing that you net 1560 poetics....which nets you 2.29 items at 680 a pop from 2 of the four lists.

30 minutes a pop to do all 4 tribes every day for 13 days is a bit of a stretch. You would have to consistently travel to each tribe and run the 3 quest objectives and turn them in just under 8.5 minutes a pop. (14.29 X 30 = 428.7 minutes, divide that by 4 tribes, and 13 days and you get 8.244 minutes a day to run the 3 quests per tribe).

Now, averaging 15 minutes a pop a day per tribe sounds a bit more realistic, but that puts you to 1 hour a day on average. The end result there would be closer to ~55 minutes an undentified token. Still a nice supplement, but not nearly as promising as 30 minutes per unidentified token.

[Immut]

My strategy is to just keep doing what i've been doing and get my relic when it comes.