sands of time

[JTribal]

teach a person to fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a person to fish, and you feed them for life.

Wait, what? I get what you're trying to say though =P

[Nutz]

It's just a very odd question considering they've been in the game for several months now and the new method to acquire them (hunts) is a major topic of conversation, occupying a huge portion of the recent posts. It would seem difficult to post of these forums and not have come across that information incidentally.

[Eidolon]

Guys, I think you're overlooking a bit of the issue the OP Had with the way the response was presented.

There's a reason search engines were created. Try using them sometime.

Not many people will want to take advice from someone who provides their 'information' in such a condescending way. Just like in Duty Finders, if you're polite about it, people tend to have a better response than if you rail on them.

[Eidolon]

When people know how common a piece of information is, such as this one, ie where Sands of Time comes from. We usually know when someone hasn't even bothered to look. We have this vast repository of knowledge called the internet, that people worked to build and fill with information. That OTHER people, ie the ones who have to answer these questions, went and found. This same information can be found by others, but they don't. They "leech" off of the people that ARE willing to find it.

However, what justifies common information? I have a number of friends who are JUST now getting to 50. They might easily get an unidentified Tomestone before they even know where the Sands of Time come from. Or perhaps they were looking to see if there's an undocumented source you can get the tomestones from - there's been a number of times where I googled something and it was either outright wrong, or it had incomplete information.

[ispano]

However, what justifies common information? I have a number of friends who are JUST now getting to 50. They might easily get an unidentified Tomestone before they even know where the Sands of Time come from. Or perhaps they were looking to see if there's an undocumented source you can get the tomestones from - there's been a number of times where I googled something and it was either outright wrong, or it had incomplete information.

And how many sources did you look at? One? Two? Ten? Searching for something and taking the very first hit regardless, is something you learn to not do. Something people should teach themselves to not do. In the case of this game, you have the forums as well. You even have the lodestone -> http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/2cfbd0893e8/

[Eidolon]

And how many sources did you look at? One? Two? Ten? Searching for something and taking the very first hit regardless, is something you learn to not do. Something people should teach themselves to not do. In the case of this game, you have the forums as well. You even have the lodestone -> http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/2cfbd0893e8/

Aye, and I've already learned how to look across multiple sources and how to look up all the information I need. I know basically what I need to know about the game, and I know how to get more information if I need it. You don't really need to explain the process to me =p

However, I DO Think that there are people who might either not be as savvy with the internet, or is looking for more input from others on a live/interactive level.