Quote Originally Posted by Fouluryu View Post
You either warp exploited or got help. It's physically impossible to pass a row of crabs (example: La Noscea) west side near Bold knoll and they're level 70. They only way you got "lucky" is switching to a gathering job throwing a stone to stun a monster temporarily, but even then recast time and not enough time to get away to get on shot hit from a distance.
I got all of my Aetherytes before 1.18 came out. A lot of other players did too. It can be done, with no warp exploit or anything. You just have to be patient. Just like the first time we all had to run to Mor Dhona for the main storyline quests. That took me a while cause they have level 60-70 mobs on the path out of the Blackshroud to Mor Dhona. I was level, i'm sorry, rank 36ish when I did that one. Not easy, but doable. You can do it too, just be prepared to be standing in one spot for 10 or 15 minutes at a time while you wait for an opportunity to pass.