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  1. #11
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    Trinironnie's Avatar
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    Trinironnie Phoenix
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    Balmung
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    Thaumaturge Lv 60
    I can get Abalathian Mistletoe every node but when i move to Red Quartz i always get twenty below. I use this rotation each time but it seems to only work for Mistletoe - Deep Breath
    Utmost Caution
    Discerning Eye
    Instinctual x 3
    Collect x 2

    G 561 P 564 without food
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    Last edited by Trinironnie; 06-29-2015 at 07:23 AM.

  2. #12
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    Wizel Balan
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    Gilgamesh
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    Gladiator Lv 60
    So what is a good rotation for the level 56 items? I have 501 perception with no food and 606 GP atm.
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  3. #13
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    Roth Trailfinder
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    Midgardsormr
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    Alchemist Lv 90
    Swing to reveal.
    Discerning Eye, Methodical Appraisal. Discerning Eye, Methodical Appraisal. Discerning Eye, Methodical Appraisal.
    Collect x2.

    That is what I consider to be the "basic rotation" and it only works when you have 600 GP.

    At level 57, if the item calls for a low enough Collectability and you have enough Perception, you can try exchanging one (or more!) Discerning Eye with Single Mind. This foregoes the 50% Collectability boost to the Methodical Appraisal, but it saves you a swing at the node, letting you collect more of the item. I can collect 5 300+ Collectability Old World Fig/Yellow Copper Ore items this way.
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  4. #14
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    Alan Turing
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    Shiva
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    Conjurer Lv 60
    My rotation for the 450 ones:

    Swing for reveal -> utmost + single mind + methodical -> utmost + single mind + methodical -> methodical -> methodical -> collect x3 (methodical must at least be 113 for each hit)

    for 360 and 400 I do:

    Swing for reveal -> single mind + methodical -> single mind + methodical -> discerning eye + methodical -> collect x4 (methodical must be 115)

    You must have high perception for it to work.
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    Last edited by Grotesque; 06-29-2015 at 07:56 PM.

  5. #15
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    Sigmakan Kaph
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    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Ninja Lv 80
    Here is my 450 rotation:

    Hit to reveal, Single Mind + Discerning Eye + Methodical > Discerning Eye + Methodical > Methodical > Collect x3

    Similar to Grotesque's method, you need 113 as your base methodical (or 169 for DS methodical)
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  6. #16
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    Aria Ashford
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    Gilgamesh
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    White Mage Lv 100
    Would people mind posting their stats along with their rotations? It would help some of us lesser geared folks out to know what to aim for. Thanks!
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  7. #17
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    Sigmakan Kaph
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    Hyperion
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    Ninja Lv 80
    I am at 586 perception and that results with 115 methodicals on Cuprite/Morel
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  8. #18
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    Seravi Edalborez
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    Hyperion
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    Gladiator Lv 90
    On Ephemeral nodes, is it "better" go get 1x of a 300 collect (2 purity), or 3x of low collect (1 purity) on the nodes you're not really trying on? I know it's not really of a huge difference but looking for inpit.
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  9. #19
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    Roth Trailfinder
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    Midgardsormr
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    Alchemist Lv 90
    There is only one reason to gather a Collectable from an ephemeral node : Aetherial Reduction. For that, from what little I've played around with it, you generally want the higher Collectability rating. Get too low a collectability rating, and you cannot even break it down.
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  10. #20
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    Seravi Edalborez
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    Gladiator Lv 90
    Uh, you only need one appraisal to get it as a bare minimum collectable. If you can't get it to 300 collectable then there's no point in doing more than one appraisal.

    What I'm asking is should I get 3 attempts with no effort, or 1 attempt with some effort. 1 purity is only crystals, 2 is crystals with occasionally clusters. You want higher obviously, but when I'm letting my GP recover or the node didn't have any hidden items I'm asking which is better: 1x3 or 2x1.
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