Caravan Defense repeat times

[Estellios]

I tried out the Camp Drybone Caravan defense yesterday, and it's kinda fun and rewards some nice seals. However, repeat attempts have you waiting a looooong time.

You have to wait for the Company NPC to start shouting, then you have to wait for the recruitment time to run out, and when you finish the Escort, you are too late for the next one and have to wait 15 minutes. I think lowering the amount of time you have to make people wait between attempts would make it more appealing and make more people stick around for some seals. Maybe the number of Caravans going on at once could increase to 2? It would lower the chance of the "behest getting full" situation happening and people would be able to run the caravans repeatedly.

[MariyaShidou]

You can finish the Escort before the next recruiting and do one escort every 15 minutes. It's doable with party of 2-3 people. And if you have a Full Party (8) you can actually do more than one escort every 15 minutes, but you have less time to finish the escort.

[Estellios]

Hmm I'll have to try it out some more, Unless my groups have just been taking too long to finish.

[MariyaShidou]

Hmm I'll have to try it out some more, Unless my groups have just been taking too long to finish.

Yes, you are. Just go THM and blast Fire->Fira all the way.

[Raldo]

Now, keep in mind that I haven't done any caravan escorts since 1.20, so the answer to this may be obvious to some, but...

when you finish the Escort, you are too late for the next one

Didn't they say that you can teleport back to camp when you're done? Do you still not have enough time to make it back for the next one?

[Estellios]

When I tried it we teleported back but when I talked to the recruitment npc she didn't offer to let us join the caravan, so I'm guessing we were just barely too slow.

[Estellios]

Tried it again, and you both were right, we were just being too slow earlier in completing/talking to the npc. Thank you!

For anyone else that does these, the "Time Remaining" in the escort is essentially the "time until the next caravan starts", so if you finish under 5 minutes left you can talk to the NPC afterward to join the next caravan.