The Novus Grind

[Ginga_K]

The main problem with Novus now is the price of materia. I consider myself a rich player and I am simply not prepared to spend 10 million gil on tier 4 materia to get my Novus, it's not worth it. I imagine the time involved in earning that 10 million back is far more than farming a sands of time via hunts to upgrade a weathered soldiery weapon to i110. So I will likely sit with 75 alexandrite until the upgrade is worth doing.

Get a few items SB them (lvl 50 abv) to 100%, convert it to get ur Materia IV.
http://www.ffxivguild.com/ffxiv-a-re...materia-guide/

But conversion is rng...
esti ard 3-4 dungeon runs, shd get e item SB@100%.
Item will indicate whether its convertible or not.

Hence u see players trying to earn our hard earn gil!!!
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Needs-To-Stop

Such materia prices are discouraging gameplay... SE shd sell materia by M-tomes

[SoulBreedMimel]

1) While it's true that most of the chest monsters do not require a certain class, there are a few that are difficult for a non-tank to attempt. The key here is that you can't predict which one will spawn. There is this one spawn where it's a cyclops with a horde of mobs that simply shoot you down. That one is nearly impossible to solo.

2) The hunt craze will often preclude easy access to a group that's willing to do chests with you.

3) Spiritbinding will often yield the wrong materia, and always takes a long time to grind. The right ones on the other hand cost a fortune.

4) Alexandrites can be farmed easily if you get lots of myths from doing hunts. Hunts are frustrating, but at least you'd be doing two things at once (getting both sands and alexandrite).

5) If you aren't at the Novos stage yet at the start of 2.3, be very careful about investing in this project. Both the Atma and Animus phases require activities that compete with the Hunts for your attention and time.

[indira]

the mechanic is getting killed in one hit is the gearscore method. reason we dont get anything worth while is because people cried & moaned in beta they only have limited time to play and if anything last more then 10 secs its too long. they dont have time for MMO's so we get garbage content lol. SE is just giving us trash versions of FFXI content now
one reason i sub for only one month per patch to see if its gets any better. usually get bored after two weeks.

[Xenor]

Get a few items SB them (lvl 50 abv) to 100%, convert it to get ur Materia IV.
http://www.ffxivguild.com/ffxiv-a-re...materia-guide/

But conversion is rng...
esti ard 3-4 dungeon runs, shd get e item SB@100%.
Item will indicate whether its convertible or not.

Hence u see players trying to earn our hard earn gil!!!
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Needs-To-Stop

Such materia prices are discouraging gameplay... SE shd sell materia by M-tomes

No thanks, I can probably earn the 450k to buy the materia faster than I can spirit bind it. As you say, RNG. I don't have a shortage of gil anyway, I just don't feel the upgrade is worth the cost when far cheaper alternatives exist. Why spend 10 million on this when you can spam hunts for 15 hours and get a sand?