Remember mining Alumen out there for 6 Eorzean days straight (so about 4hrs-ish, not sure on RL-ET time scale) anyway this was back in 2.1 & I saw rain/no sun for about 2 of those 6 so can agree it does "feal" off concidering I live in a badlands/prarie region in reality, if u'r determined enouf u just get a hat & maybe some shampoo can't let all that free water go to waste right?

What I had to lv Miner to suppy Armorer... to try & keep up with my friend uber-lv'n GLD/PLD, swear I got 1 day to lv my GLD outa that grind then it was off to Mythril for lv40 gear -_-! grrr (good thing I cared way less for crafting by 3.0, like so little I just now worried about them gear-wise even thou their all lv60)