Wanted: Method for increasing HQ drops.

[disturbedcobra]

I know it’s not a complete list but can’t your combat retainers farm up hides and bone and whatnot and usually bring in a fair amount of HQ based on their gear?

My point made above. XD Best alternative currently for it yea.

[Felis]

The simplest method will be HQ drop Materias (only for battle classes). Or 30 minutes GC scroll

[Raldo]

What do you need HQ materials for? Crafting is plenty easy enough already.

I bet most crafters, myself included, would rather HQ monster drops be impossible to reduce inventory clutter.

[MsMisato]

Personally having to get mats from mobs alone is a real pain in the a**. So I had decided to go another method. Retainers. I have nine retainers and currently have at least 5 of them out getting me specific mats that are roug and usefl in major crafts from Twincoons, Manzasiri Hair, Gazelle Hide, etc. Had been able to get roughly near 300 in only a few days(reseting at max about 2-3 per day unless weekend.) And with each I had obtained at least 100+ HQ mats. He retainer brings back 10 total each trip. This is the best alternative imho to getting monter mob mats.

Definitely put those slave's errr hard working DoW/DoM retainers that are in your employ to work. Provide them with the appropriate gear, they come back with HQ stuff. Get your ventures from the GC with seals. You will be swimming in HQ mats.

[ADVSS]

I'd just rather have a 4th gather. Maybe called a trapper or something. Where they can just gather the items that are combat drops only right now. Idc even if it was rng similar to Fisher for the creature you get for those items.

Ive been saying this for years, not that retainers are an awful alternative but you do have to wait for them to return, thats not really good if you have something youre itching to craft or make, esp if youre trying to level. There used to be a Rog ability that increases drop rate chances. that helped a little-killing them with a rog/nin but its still a cd and takes forever.

[Penthea]

I know it’s not a complete list but can’t your combat retainers farm up hides and bone and whatnot and usually bring in a fair amount of HQ based on their gear?

Yeap. I rarely farm animal parts myself. I usually get my retainers to do it because they're far more likely to get hq drops than I am.

[Selova]

Farming HQ Wyvern and HQ Archaeornis skin makes me want to rip my hair out. I agree with at the very least increasing the baseline drop rate of HQ materials from monsters from what it's at to a additional 30% to at least make it bearable farming monster drops.

[RyuSaarva]

how about making HQ chance get lowered by 5% with every level you or you gear is above the enemy you killed, because the enemy just explodes when you kill it with 1 hit.

[DrWho2010]

keep in mind having hq mats rare is kind of the purpose of it being rare you know? keeps the economy active and up for those items on the market board.

[Xeronia]

If I remember right didn't one of the live letters show in the FATE changes for ShB that with the currency you would be able to buy HQ mats from the vendor? That is a very good start at least to help this issue in ShB.