Aetheric reduction crystal yield?

[Ayerinn]

It was nerfed on 4.0 SB release.

You can get about 700 crystals per Ephemeral run (4 Eorzean hours). With Hi-Cordials used on cooldown, just use Single Mind, don't spend any GP on Discerning Eye, unless you also want to get Aethersands.

It was only "nerfed" if you simply look at the number of crystals you receive per reduction. If you consider that ALL levels of gatherables are *always* present on every ephemeral node (as opposed to the lowest one level always there and higher level options a *chance* at being there) it is actually a buff or at the very least, roughly equivalent. You never have to sit there waiting for GP or "fish" for the high level gatherables which was a huge QoL improvement.