Minion drop rates are horrible

[Jennah]

I'm curious why people want minions so badly.

... I mean, GENUINELY curious. I've been sending my retainers out on quick ventures, turning them into GC seals, and making insane money on the minion lootboxes.
I have no idea why the prices are so high. Especially since nobody can use more than one.

[Krotoan]

I'm curious why people want minions so badly.

... I mean, GENUINELY curious. I've been sending my retainers out on quick ventures, turning them into GC seals, and making insane money on the minion lootboxes.
I have no idea why the prices are so high. Especially since nobody can use more than one.

wait.. I can.. SELL the lootboxes? That's an option?

*looks at his pile of mudpie pets*

well.. CRAP.

[Starshower]

I'm curious why people want minions so badly.

... I mean, GENUINELY curious. I've been sending my retainers out on quick ventures, turning them into GC seals, and making insane money on the minion lootboxes.
I have no idea why the prices are so high. Especially since nobody can use more than one.

Excuse me, you can BUY the lootboxes?? I've been capping my poetics all this time trying my luck at the copycat bulb, and now it's finally at my reach! At least this gacha won't cost real money haha. Time to have some fun!


EDIT: you can't buy the lootboxes from the marketboard, you meant you sold the minions you got... dreams crushed xD

[Krotoan]

Excuse me, you can BUY the lootboxes?? I've been capping my poetics all this time trying my luck at the copycat bulb, and now it's finally at my reach! At least this gacha won't cost real money haha. Time to have some fun!


EDIT: you can't buy the lootboxes from the marketboard, you meant you sold the minions you got... dreams crushed xD

Ohhh.. sell the minions.. Yeah.. nobody wants these. The prices tanked like hell on my server.

[Gemina]

Ohhh.. sell the minions.. Yeah.. nobody wants these. The prices tanked like hell on my server.

I've made about 100k so far on Garlic Jester's (sold about 5) from the loot boxes over the coarse of a couple of weeks. Nothing that changes the tides, but I was surprised that these guys and the other garden minions still sell pretty regularly. They probably need to stay out of kitchens xD

As for Starbird, I don't have her, but have only run The Dead Ends maybe 4-5 times since the initial run. It comes up in roulette more often than not right now, so I don't bother farming it. If I get it, I get it.

I never got Shoebill either, and I actually really want that one. The mount from Ala Mhigo I had to buy with moogle tomes to finally get as I never even saw the key drop, let alone got a chance to roll on it. I'm fine with the RNG for things like minions and mounts, but can understand if there are certain minions a player will want to fit with their character's overall aesthetic.

[RobynDaBank]

I'm curious why people want minions so badly.

... I mean, GENUINELY curious. I've been sending my retainers out on quick ventures, turning them into GC seals, and making insane money on the minion lootboxes.
I have no idea why the prices are so high. Especially since nobody can use more than one.

Ever since I started playing the game, I decided the only things I wanted to 100% - or at least, get as many as I could outside of FOMO events that I missed - was Triple Triad cards and minions. Not much deeper than that.

[Kamishawe]

I've literally run the dungeon in DF since Endwalker dropped and have yet to even SEE it as a drop option, let alone be able to roll on it.

It's been 14 months SE.

Hell there's some dungeons I've run Unsynced for relic grinds over 200 times and have never seen THEIR minions.

Enough is Enough.

Dec 2023 update: I stopped counting the DF instances after 600-ish, but it's now 2 years and no Starbird as a loot option in sight. REALLY, SE? REALLY?