Quote Originally Posted by Kalandros View Post
Also desynthed 20 + 2 carbuncle chronometers.., mainly for fieldcraft IIIs and only got 1 from the 20 and one double from one of the other 2 I crafted from returned mats..

Bloody hell. Still doing Spicy tomato relish and getting better result but still not enough for all 11 supras, argh
So, 22 successful desynths and you got 3 FC IIIs? That's not too far outside my expectations. Out of 39 successful desynths on my part, I've gotten 8 FC IIIs. With my server's prices for Emery (15k), that's only 50k per attempt. With my numbers, that's 250k per FC III, and with yours, 367k per FC III. In contrast, my data suggests the drop rate on FC IIIs on Artisan's Spectacles to be about 14% (sample size: 100), and the mats for Artisan's Spectacles run at 80k per Spectacles (the HQ Dzemael Tomatoes alone cost 5k each). That means that, using Artisan's Spectacles, it costs about 575k per FC III, which is more than double the price with my numbers and 50% more with yours.

Btw, combining our findings, I get an 18% drop rate, which gives a cost on my server of 278k per FC III, which is still less than half the cost of FC IIIs using Artisan's Spectacles.

But, Spectacles can get you Mastercraft and Rose Gold Ingots, and prices vary per server, of course. So, choice is yours, but I'm sticking with my cute ticking things unless the price of Emery shoots up again.