Desynthesis Endgame Guide

[Alistaire]

Yeah the difference will be that some people don't have certain retainer types and that would dictate what you could gather that way, and now people with fisher retainers have an option on that path.

edit: idk if I'd call the volcanic rock salt limitation a big thing, if you have miner it's an easy 35 rocks each window; it's one of those ones that starts @ 5 per swing.

[Kalsam]

Just cause I was curious about their level while they were selling so cheaply, I ended up finding that the Bloody items for the relic precursor's seem to fall in the same range as the items you can buy from the Bazaar (rlvl70-80ish)
Depending on the price of them on a person's server, this may be a better alternative for BSM, CRP, and LTW if just starting out/behind on leveling desynth.

Thought you may like to know

[Nyalia]

Just cause I was curious about their level while they were selling so cheaply, I ended up finding that the Bloody items for the relic precursor's seem to fall in the same range as the items you can buy from the Bazaar (rlvl70-80ish)
Depending on the price of them on a person's server, this may be a better alternative for BSM, CRP, and LTW if just starting out/behind on leveling desynth.

Thought you may like to know

Good to know, thanks! Are they all desynthable? I know the ones that are actually weapons themselves are (the Blunt Aeolian Scimitar), but are the others? It'd make sense for the Bloody Cesti Covers, Bloody Axe Head, and Bloody Grimoire Binding to be, but I'm pretty sure the Pinprick Pebble isn't...

(And they should all be r55, which is the same as the Silver Bazaar items)

[Kalsam]

Good to know, thanks! Are they all desynthable? I know the ones that are actually weapons themselves are (the Blunt Aeolian Scimitar), but are the others? It'd make sense for the Bloody Cesti Covers, Bloody Axe Head, and Bloody Grimoire Binding to be, but I'm pretty sure the Pinprick Pebble isn't...

(And they should all be r55, which is the same as the Silver Bazaar items)

As long as it says "Bloody", it's desynthable.

BSM => Bloody Bardiche Head, Bloody Lance Head, & Bloody Knife Blades.
LTW => Bloody Cesti Covers, & Bloody Grimoire Binding.
CRP => Bloody Bow Rim.

As Wanderer's Palace (Normal) is fairly easy to solo on any class up to the second boss (which gives you all the chests that drop these items), it could potentially be cheaper overall depending on how much someone wants to run WP.

Of course, a crafter could then also turn the Aeolian Scimitar and Pinprick into their precursor relics for desynthing, this way too. For BSM and GSM.

[Nyalia]

As Wanderer's Palace (Normal) is fairly easy to solo on any class up to the second boss (which gives you all the chests that drop these items), it could potentially be cheaper overall depending on how much someone wants to run WP.

I guess it all comes down to what gil value you place on your time. While you totally can farm for the items, every class has a 3k vendor-bought item at r55. So, how long does a run take? Six minutes? How many bloody items do you get on average? Two? So, that's 6k gil per 6 minutes, or 60k per hour of farming. Is that a good trade for you? Also, those vendor-bought items can yield items that get you much of the money back, depending on the class (and how many people are still running the zodiac quest). I'm not sure what the bloody items can yield.

[Kalsam]

-snip- I'm not sure what the bloody items can yield.

That's why I specifically said it could 'potentially' be cheaper. Not that it was. On PLD, at least, I can do the run in about 3-4mins if I just kill what I need to, zone the rest on the boss, then death run to the other two chests.
With the amount of time it takes to sell the items from desynthing the bazaar items, it's been a better turnout on the bloody items for my BSM and CRP. At least monetarily. lol

And ah, sorry. Meant to give you the list of what they give too. >.<
The BSM items turn into Darksteel Nuggets, Cobalt Ingots, Battlecraft AND Fieldcraft II Demimateria.
The Bow Rims turn into Rosewood Lumber, (very occassionally) Yew Lumber, and again the Battlecraft and Fieldcraft II Demimateria.