Do you still make use of Poetics tomes?

[RokkuEkkusu]

I have seen people use them. I have seen people dismiss them.

What is your current stance on poetics tomes?

For me, I still use them for the following:

1. Gearing up alt classes below 70.
2. Buying and turning in shire accessories to GC for GC seals and FC points.
3. Relic (Zodiac and Anima items, though I just put them on the side until I need them).

[hynaku]

Nope haven't used them for over a year. All of my job classes is between level 60 to 70. Also already have full set of ilvl 270 for all my classes that level 60. wish could trade them up for creation tomestones.

[Darrcyphfeid]

I'm mostly finished with Poetics at this point. I have all the Ironworks and Shire gear upgraded and stored on retainers, I have all of the items I need for the last bits of my Zodiac and Anima relics, and I don't really care about GC seals/don't need Topsoils. About the only use I have left for Poetics are to purchase the Mahatma for the Zetas since you can't purchase them in advance. I need about 2,400 total for that; I'm currently sitting capped.

I'm not advocating for their removal and I don't especially want anything else added to them for purchase (until next expansion when they move the i390 Tomestone gear into them) either, though. It's good that there's a defined endpoint since they're really useful for getting leveling gear.

[Driskus]

If I don't need them for gear, all of mine go towards Grade 3 Shroud Soil, which in the end becomes loads of shards & Demimateria when all is said and done.

[Paladinleeds]

If I don't need them for gear, all of mine go towards Grade 3 Shroud Soil, which in the end becomes loads of shards & Demimateria when all is said and done.

May I ask, how does grade 3 shroud soil become demimateria? Just what are you doing for them to become demimateria? And what sort of demimateria (and if they're different levels, for example fieldcraft demimateria 1-3, what levels)? This could be a godsend for me, but I'm truly lost on how you do this.

[Driskus]

May I ask, how does grade 3 shroud soil become demimateria? Just what are you doing for them to become demimateria? And what sort of demimateria (and if they're different levels, for example fieldcraft demimateria 1-3, what levels)? This could be a godsend for me, but I'm truly lost on how you do this.

The way I do it personally involves mostly using the shroud soil to grow a combo of voidrake & water/lightning shards. Mostly grow the shards with the grade 3, use grade 2 if you have it available for the voidrake, otherwise 3 works the same as 2 for it. I then turn in the voidrake for lots of volcanic rock salt, then buy half that amount in vitriol from the kobold vendor. Synth all that into HQ spirits of salt (rotation is superfast & easy with ala mhigan gear). Every 5 of those gets me an Artisan's Alembic (from Talan in Mor Dhona), which desynths into darksteel, fieldcraft III demimateria, or mastercraft demimateria. Whatever you can get the resources for from growing things is what you turn into desynths. This can work for most of the artisan tools.

CRP: not going to work this way since it needs spruce plywood.
BSM/ARM: get darksteel ore instead, make the needed products.
GSM: get gold ore, make rose gold cogs.
LTW: not gonna work. needs hippogryph leather.
WVR: get silver ore, make ingots, combine with silk thread to make brocade.
ALC: volcanic rock salt, get vitriol from kobold vendor.
CUL: need dzemael tomatoes. probably not the best way since it needs multiple other ingredients to make the final product.

I typically do it in batches of 1000 volcanic salt/500 vitriol. usually takes me a couple days of crafting to get it done since i just make them whenever i'm waiting on queues and stuff. I used to think demimateria hell was real, but now, its not so bad after all. (aethersand still sucks though)

[XiXiQ]

yeah, I've just been getting unidentifiable ore and trading that for thanalan soil with them, so they are useful for something. Just

[Sacred_Nym]

I burned through a bunch recently with several of my lower level jobs closing in on 50 and working on a BRD anima for glamour. I expect though that soon enough I won't have a use for them anymore.Can you even get mats from them anymore?

[Fynlar]

I still need an asston more umbrite and poetics are still the only way to get them, so yes.

[BillyKaplan]

Getting relic maps to try and spawn Agrippa the Mighty >_>