Please increase crystal sand amounts

[LunarEmerald]

It does suck for those that don't have a gatherer or crafter at 60. The alternatives aren't that good and very time/gil consuming.

[NaesakiAshwell]

I've also found sitting and fishing for the Illuminati Perch is quite fruitful, able to get em at max collect so 48 blue scrip per. If I want to idly play on my 3DS or if I'm chatting to friends its a more relaxed way of tackling sands. (I can usually get about 2 rounds of Patience II in before my Mistletoe/Morel/Cuprite routine run) which can be about 5-10 fish depending on my rng with the tugs.

Though today I did use all 100 leves to get 16 amber and sitting on 90 blue tokens (combination of gather/crafter) which is 34 sand right there... with some hope I might only need 30 more if bonuses happen. and I am building a collection of beastmen coins should I need to use them to get the unidentified to get sands that way since it got added in and my spare poetics (got all of my pneumite ready for the later stage) goes towards that 5/5 item.

The sand part really isn't as bad as I remember it to be.

[MeoTwister5]

1 real time hour will get you 3-4 sands on blue scrip gathering. In my rotation I have a 30min window before the next respawn. Enough for a Gubal HM.

[Dzian]

Zhloe is the fastest especially if you don't need red scrips for anything else. 6 items for Zhloe and you have capped red scrips and have 900 blues. Together that's 54 blue tokens. Or 10 Sands. And can be done in about 10 minutes if you chug a cordial or 2.

[alimdia]

1 real time hour will get you 3-4 sands on blue scrip gathering. In my rotation I have a 30min window before the next respawn. Enough for a Gubal HM.

You should start going to Diadem, 1 hour = 10-11 sands.

I really feel bad for the people without gatherers leveled, Diadem made crystal sands ridiculously easy to get.

[TheChemicalCat]

Umbrite is definitely the more bothersome of the two items needed due to the many mentioned ways to get Sands, but literally only one way to get Umbrite. Possible suggestions:

-A Daily/Weekly quest like Singing Clusters
-Multiple payment methods (Poetics, Seals, Scrips, etc)
-Obtainable from maps or something like with Alexandrite

As it stands the only way to get Umbrite is with lore and even at a reduced price it's 12,000 total, give or take if you ever get bonus (you won't).

[Mayoyama]

use Airships to sell materias and junk.

You're assuming I am able to simply use my FC's airship purely for my own personal gains? Maybe your FC is fine with that, but my FC isnt...

[Keyln]

It takes about 20 days of work to complete this stage of the anime weapons. You need to get about 600 tombstones every day, and 4 sands from any source. I get my sands from gathering, although I think crafting might be faster.

[ManuelBravo]

You're assuming I am able to simply use my FC's airship purely for my own personal gains? Maybe your FC is fine with that, but my FC isnt...

Your FC won't lend you airships? wow that sucks. Anyone in my FC is free to use it as long as I get a notice in advance and are willing to repair it after use. Sorry if your FC won't help you.

[Claviusnex]

I found sands to be one of the easier things to get. I used blue gathering scrips the most but I also farmed Astral and Umbral Materia in The Diadem. This is also where I obtained most of my Botany and Mining materials for scrips.