fine sand no longer sold at npc after 1.19

[StateAlchemist]

SE wishes their game was big enough to even have a RMT problem. Its much ado about nothing imo.

I just realized why you think this way...you buy from RMT don't you? I feel sorry for you now. Keep on defending them buddy. YOur just sad that your gonna have to spend more $$$ now that they can't easily bot their shards to make that gil you purchase from them. Well thats life, ask for a raise at work.

[Mustang]

and btw, there are tons of bots because crafting/fishing sucks and people just want to cheat to make their own money most likely, not sell it for trivial amounts of cash (if you live in the US). Also, i'm done arguing with children that have a negligible fraction of my intelligence.

[StateAlchemist]

Google "FFXIV GIL" you'll find 1,030,000 results.
Google "FFXI GIL" you'll find 1,070,000 results.
Google "WOW GOLD" you'll find 32,400,000 results.

Let's see... a 40K difference between FFXI (with a ton of players compared to FFXIV) yeah let me tell you RMT isnt a problem, bro.

[Aykatu]

get real, kid. are you the RMT police? THESE RMT PROBLEMS ARE NOT SERIOUS AT THE MOMENT- EXCEPT IN YOUR HEAD.

1.) We are the RMT police.
2.) How are you gauging RMT seriousness?

[StateAlchemist]

1.) We are the RMT police.

Yeah we are. And we have a zero tolerance policy.

[StateAlchemist]

and btw, there are tons of bots because crafting/fishing sucks and people just want to cheat to make their own money most likely, not sell it for trivial amounts of cash (if you live in the US). Also, i'm done arguing with children that have a negligible fraction of my intelligence.

Sounds like you bot crafting and fishing since you seem to also think it sucks. You also probably do so to make the money yourself since you seem to know that it is more worthwhile then selling the gil to RMT. ALso I think it is quite clear who is of a higher intelligence on this forum. As we are logically explaining things while you go off on your trollkidrampage.jpg

[Aykatu]

and btw, there are tons of bots because crafting/fishing sucks and people just want to cheat to make their own money most likely, not sell it for trivial amounts of cash (if you live in the US). Also, i'm done arguing with children that have a negligible fraction of my intelligence.

1.) You weren't really arguing, you were posting and we were making fun of your:
a.) Heavy usage of improper grammar
b.) Inability to at least use spell check
c.) Difficulty focusing your thoughts in a productive, clear, and effective way
d.) Difficulty in defending your irrational statements
e.) Becoming defensive and making irrational remarks
f.) Inability to understanding you were being trolled

[StateAlchemist]

Just noticed this is it odd that three of the posters here about alchemy are all named in relation to fullmetal alchemist? (Fullmetal, Mustang, State Alchemist) hehe i have no imagination i guess...

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

well, this sucks, what are alchemists going to do to break down their crystals to shards now? Will we have to level our goldsmiths to make it? the recipe for it is very expensive considering we need massive quantities of fine sand and the synth only produces 1!!! They reduced the yield of so many of our synths, but have not adjusted any of our alc recipes accordingly and on top of that f*ck us with this.

It seems like all of these changes were not thought out fully, am I missing something?

Clear your inventory of items you don't think you'll use, stock up on LOTS of Fine Sand, if that's your preferred crystal breaking method. Based on what Bayohne said, you should be able to use the current synthesis in the new patch until SE decides to axe all old recipes.

[StateAlchemist]

THey never said they were removing the recipe, just that it was not going to be sold by the npc. Personally i already have one retainer on a mule with 100+10 stacks of fine sand on it... I think 11000 fine sand will last me a while ^^