44,550 scrips?

[raela]

I have light melds to hit 1* min, but it still is doable before that (unmelded HQ 60 white set or blue scrips gear). Blue scrips items aren't rough to get.

[Callback]

Is that the blue scrip gear or the crafted stuff? Either will get you blue scrips, yes.

HQ crafted i150. Lower accessories with some light melds to hit 600gp. What kind of rotation works with that?

[AskaRay]

HQ crafted i150. Lower accessories with some light melds to hit 600gp. What kind of rotation works with that?

Easily then. I was farming the blue scrips with my old lvl fifty accs and the blue scrip gear.

What I usually use is
Discerning Eye
Impulse
Discerning
Impulse
Discerning
Methodical

If the Impulse procs a Discerning I switch that out with a Single Mind. If you don't hit enough with the Impulse, switch those out with Methodical instead. You'll get two everytime (if RNG doesn't screw you that is), and if you use the Impulse method then you can get 4 if RNG loves you enough.

[Callback]

Easily then. I was farming the blue scrips with my old lvl fifty accs and the blue scrip gear.

What I usually use is
Discerning Eye
Impulse
Discerning
Impulse
Discerning
Methodical

If the Impulse procs a Discerning I switch that out with a Single Mind. If you don't hit enough with the Impulse, switch those out with Methodical instead. You'll get two everytime (if RNG doesn't screw you that is), and if you use the Impulse method then you can get 4 if RNG loves you enough.

2xcollectables at minimum rating? Should that be my aim, minimum and as many as I can of it?

[AskaRay]

2xcollectables at minimum rating? Should that be my aim, minimum and as many as I can of it?

Yeah, that should be the minimum. If you are REALLY having a hard time, then you can do this instead:
Discerning
Methodical
Discerning
Methodical
Utmost Caution
Methodical
Utmost
Methodical

This will definitely bring you past the collectible rating, however you only get one item this way, so I don't recommend it.

[raela]

HQ crafted i150. Lower accessories with some light melds to hit 600gp. What kind of rotation works with that?

I use Discerning - Methodical - Discerning - Methodical - Single Mind - Methodical - Gather x3. If you can hit 450 collectability with that, I recommend it.

[Alistaire]

Alternatively I have a few steel spoils I could use for brutes, or should I be saving those for favor items?

Either way, what method of cordial farm do you recommend to keep up the fishing? Just do gather dailys and use what I get for however much time that allows me?

No. Steel spoils are pretty hard to come by. It's only just barely over 1 illuminati perch to pay for 50 leeches.

[Sida]

I use Discerning - Methodical - Discerning - Methodical - Single Mind - Methodical - Gather x3. If you can hit 450 collectability with that, I recommend it.

That works if your methodical does 113 alone. That will sum up to 451. Getting always three is quite much better than having 49% chance for just 2, and only 9% chance to 4. Which is what the impulsive rotation gives.

I seem to recall hq crafted gear gave 112 or 113, not sure which. Anyway, don't forget food items to increase your perception and it doesn't even need to be the top most ones. If I took hq stuffed artechoke in the crafted hq gear it was enough to raise my perc to the cap (the effect of methodical is capped to 115) and they are about level, what, 35 or so recipe. Not exactly hard to make and most ingredients can be bought from vendors. Now I have added the blue hat for bot my miner and botanist and that's enough to reach the cap without food item.

[MeridaQ]

No. Steel spoils are pretty hard to come by. It's only just barely over 1 illuminati perch to pay for 50 leeches.

I agree with Alistaire, save all your steel spoils for now to see how they change diadem. *prays for T5 materia*

[Rufalus]

I always thought the folklore books cost too much, but you don't need to think like you have to get all of them. Just make realistic goals like get one book for now, take a break then see how you feel about getting another later. If you constantly spending too much on something on market board then you can think about getting the folklore book to gather it yourself, otherwise don't worry about it.