Bomb Ash!

[Okiura]

Ok, so SE nurfed recipes i can almost live with that, new system is good but the recipes need a bit more depth.

Now the only thing to get BSM & ARM through the 20's is Steel and to make steel you need bomb ash, now i know this drops from bomb type mobs and i know i can kill these in Nana and Copper but, the ones in Nana have such a poor drop rate that i'd be better of grinding Iron @ 1/4 the exp of steel then waisting the time farming it, copper has a better drop rate but if your a new player how are you gonna get this from the R45+ bombs?

so i've been looking everywhere for a new group of mobs the SE as added in 1.19 that drop this reliabley but i'm unable to find one, either SE has made a mistake here or i'm missing somthing.

Has anyone found a mob that drops this at the same rate ish as all the other new mobs drop mats for the other new synths? or anyone know a NPC that sells?


Edit: Ok so i'm complaing about drop rate in this OP but that's not the reason behind the post please read my other post in this thread. i'm trying to confirm if there is a issue or not. and the bombs in Nana have very little to do with it. i just haven't been very clear here.

Edit: here's another post where i explain a bit better.

the point is that Bomb ash is an anomaly in the new system i have looked and i am yet to find a Synth mat that is not obtainable from a monster or gathering node of the same level as the lowest of the main recipes it is used in, in this case it's BSM lvl 20-30, so to follow the apparent rule for the new system there would be a group of mobs in the low 20's that will drop Bomb ash, but these apper to be missing.

this is the issue i'm trying to raise, it could be there is a group of lvl 20 mobs that drop and we just haven found them yet or it could be SE made a mistake and somting is ment to drop and doesn't, or though imo unlikley there isn't ment to be any lvl 20 mobs that drop and this 1 synth is ment to be out of sync with the rest of the system.

[Vahzl]

Errr, or Leves, which is what pretty much all crafters now use stacked up to grind the crafts.

[Okiura]

You missed the point, but granted i could do leves...

[EmeraldHill]

Level 30 bombs in Nanawa mines near Ul'dah.

[Okiura]

Level 30 bombs in Nanawa mines near Ul'dah.

The're not a new mob there a quest mob... and killing for 30 mins yeilds only 2 ash after 40 ish kills. didn't read my 1st post ^^

[EmeraldHill]

I still have around 40 bomb ash after making tons of steel bars. The drop rate is fine.

[Okiura]

I still have around 40 bomb ash after making tons of steel bars. The drop rate is fine.

i spent a hour there yester day and got 15 and 30 mins there today and got 2, they do drop but not enough to make it worth while. my point is every item for the new recipes can now be obtined in excess from eithr gathering or farming and as SE obviously want ppl to make steel gear now their should be a mob that drops ofter enough to make it worth while. atm i'm better off making Iron still because the drop rate compaired to other drops really suck. there is noway you can farm them to make enough steel to get from 20-30 as SE intends

[EmeraldHill]

Try switching to a more level appropriate class or bring some level 20-30s in your party with you.

[Okiura]

/sigh misisng the ponit i didn't want to get into a argument about this... i can gt out side LL as L50 kill sheep and get enough skins in 20 mins to keep me busy for a while, those bomb are there to complete a quest not to be farmed, i prob would get more if i was lower lvl, but where is the group of mobs that are ment to be farmed, those are not it i can kill them fast enough to prevent anyone from completing the quest ther're intended for and i doubt SE would wants that to happed, it's why they've added mobs to drop all the types of synth mats and the ones that don't drop are easily gathered. but either there is no group of mobs that drop or i have been unable to find. I'm just trying to get info on where these mobs are and if anyone has found. those bombs arn't it.

[Junpei]

I killed them at rapid "ferocity+circle slash" speeds as a 36 gladiator and got 25 bomb ash (including 5 HQ) in a 40 minute period.

You were unluck, im sorry but keep at it!

PS: the new steel armor set is pretty nice ;D