HQ Ooids?

[MiniPrinny]

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The thing with ephemeral nodes, is that they are always up somewhere in the world. They spawn every 4 hours and there is almost always either Leaf- or Landborne available. The exceptions are 12-4 AM (Leaf only), and 12-4 PM (Land only). And, since these nodes don't require any special equipment to get a chance of getting Leaf- or Landborne Aethersand (you only need 7/8 purity, for the record), there really isn't an issue. I actually have more Leafborne Aethersand than I sell or use. :<

[Aeyis]

The thing with ephemeral nodes, is that they are always up somewhere in the world. They spawn every 4 hours and there is almost always either Leaf- or Landborne available. The exceptions are 12-4 AM (Leaf only), and 12-4 PM (Land only). And, since these nodes don't require any special equipment to get a chance of getting Leaf- or Landborne Aethersand (you only need 7/8 purity, for the record), there really isn't an issue. I actually have more Leafborne Aethersand than I sell or use. :<

Still takes a while to get HQ tho. Because of RNG. To begin with RNG is required to hit enough for a land/leaf, and then more to actually it, with some last RNG on whether or not you will get it as HQ.

[Sibyll]

The thing with ephemeral nodes, is that they are always up somewhere in the world. They spawn every 4 hours and there is almost always either Leaf- or Landborne available. The exceptions are 12-4 AM (Leaf only), and 12-4 PM (Land only). And, since these nodes don't require any special equipment to get a chance of getting Leaf- or Landborne Aethersand (you only need 7/8 purity, for the record), there really isn't an issue. I actually have more Leafborne Aethersand than I sell or use. :<

As someone already said RNG is required to get 7/8 (there is no guaranteed rotation to get this) and even then you could still get Dusk, Dawn, or Clusters. The other thing is that ephemerals also require the use of GP skills while the Favor node require you to just gather.

I'm not saying either of these are engaging mechanics, but between the two I prefer Favor because I get to gather them on my own schedule rather than the game's schedule. My only irritation with this is the Roundstones are completely useless.