SE, We need to talk about Leatherworker ...

[QT_Melon]

No it was worse in HW until they put up a vendor. When a base leveling mat was time gated, it was a bit ridiculous.

[QT_Melon]

I made the suggestion pages ago that they should probably have a vendor, or upcoming beast tribe. It wasn't like it hasn't happened before.

[Maeka]

I would have to say that I am disliking leather very quickly.

This morning, my mission was "Get 6 Gagana Leather for a suit of crafting gear."

When I went out, my weekly Bosom Buddies II was 30/100.

It takes 3 Skins per Leather, so I needed 18.

Well, when I finally got 18 skins, I had 40 eggs and my BBII was ~85/100.

Seriously. For 18 skins to make 6 leathers. I would get 2 eggs, 1 egg, 3 eggs 2 eggs.... 1 skin..... 2 eggs, 3 eggs, nothing x10, 2 eggs, ... 3 skins. That's upwards of 10 kills per single leather, and very few LTW items need only 1 leather.

And let's not even mention that there's only like 5-6 of the stupid birds even there and I was only lucky there was nobody else farming them. And yes yes Ventures yadda yadda. What if I have something else I need/want my NPC to get? I should drop what I'm doing because ventures are the only "reasonable" way of getting them?

[Ziggyzapps]

I would have to say that I am disliking leather very quickly.

Really? That is surprising, you're usually so easy to please.

I agree though, grinding monster mats is pretty tedious. Dunno why people would do it... farm something more profitable, swallow your pride, and buy them off the market board.

[Maeka]

Really? That is surprising, you're usually so easy to please.

I agree though, grinding monster mats is pretty tedious. Dunno why people would do it... farm something more profitable, swallow your pride, and buy them off the market board.

I realize I've been kinda outspoken about my dislike of the difficulty spikes 50->51 and 60->61 (though the latter is not quite as bad as I originally thought from first impressions), that doesn't mean that I complain about _everything_, lol. Once you finally break that brick wall in front of you, it isn't Too bad. I just wish the transition was a little smoother.

But yes, Leatherworker... eeew. There's a reason I skipped the entire Velveteen phase back during the 30s in WVR (and Fleece too), lol. Kinda hard to do, though, when the entire craft is like that.

I just think that it'd be better if they would smooth the drop rates out a bit. Instead of having, say, 5% drop chance of 1-3, maybe make it 15% chance to drop 1. That way, you'd get materials on a much more consistent basis, even if you'd break even on current rates, it would just feel better.

[QT_Melon]

Really? That is surprising, you're usually so easy to please.

I agree though, grinding monster mats is pretty tedious. Dunno why people would do it... farm something more profitable, swallow your pride, and buy them off the market board.

You kidding? I made 30k PER Skin, on the first two weeks XD

[QT_Melon]

There's two areas where the gagana can be found. One is right outside the Reach where you fly up to the west side and find level 67 Gagana. The other is on the part of the Fringes where it becomes desert. Lesser Gagana.

I dunno why but the 67 ones like to actually drop leathers more for me than the Lessers. However it takes a bit more time to kill them. The eggs are used in some pretty handy recipes. Baklava and Egg Foo Young are CUL collectible turn ins, Tempura Platter...the godsend food for crafters also can be a turn in as well.

[Vandril]

I dunno why but the 67 ones like to actually drop leathers more for me than the Lessers. However it takes a bit more time to kill them.

It's most likely a higher drop rate because it takes a bit more time to kill them.

[QT_Melon]

It's most likely a higher drop rate because it takes a bit more time to kill them.

I dunno, that Cognitive Bias may be in play here But I don't find them taking that long imo, and it's less traffic in that area (ie other irritating mobs) so I kinda enjoy going to that hill to kill them.