Waterproof cotton cloth

[Wiccan692015]

Not trying to seem whiny, but I legitimately have a question about why this material is so difficult to obtain...... I desperately want the coeurl bikini but in order to craft it I need 2 of these, and after hours of farming up the right fish for desynth I still had no luck, 3 days of farming, waiting around for proper weather and time and even checking every world on my data center Aether, I STILL had no luck desynthed maybe 20-30 of these fish and nothing, Its a level 50 crafting material so why is it so hard to obtain, even the fish are hard to obtain in the time alotted I maybe get 2 or 3 of these fish and the desynth gives me nothing. The material is so hard to obtain that its been jacked up on the market board to excessive amounts, unless you buy RMT to cheat the system (don't worry though i've been tempted i've never done that) its hard to obtain that amount of money through normal means, especially when you are a struggling crafter, just to clarify these fish are only lvl 50 and I'm a lvl 72 Fisher, these fish should not be that difficult to obtain...... If any dev is reading this, can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix this material drop rate? Its ridiculous that any crafter should have to be a millionaire or have incredibly lucky RNG to be able to obtain this material....... if any Fishers have any PRO tips to get this apparently LEGENDARY material easier,I would be glad for the help..... thanks ^_^ P.S. Talking about Waterproof Cotton Cloth, not Waterproof Cloth.

[Aurida]

Try fishing for Shriekers in the Ruby Sea by Hells' Lid instead. It's a mooch fish off of ruby shrimp, and you'll need the regional folklore book, but it's a lot easier to aim for those than it is to try for some very annoying big fish instead.

[Wiccan692015]

Try fishing for Shriekers in the Ruby Sea by Hells' Lid instead. It's a mooch fish off of ruby shrimp, and you'll need the regional folklore book, but it's a lot easier to aim for those than it is to try for some very annoying big fish instead.

I spent a whole day in the Ruby sea and only managed to snag 2 or three shriekers, i went through about 200 Live shrimp and used every fishing abilty at my disposal, im in level 70 gear....... and my line still broke more times than i care to count, i tried pulling the line soon and giving it a leash before pulling and it kept giving me grinning anchovies or breaking my line used precision hookset and still my line kept breaking..... frankly its a wonder that anyone has ever gotten even one of these cloths...... :/

[Caitlinzulu]

I got mine of th

[Shadygrove]

What is your CUL desynth level? Is it high enough that you see the "increased chance of rare items" message?

Tinker's calm and bacon broth aren't useless in desynth now....

[Hasrat]

Not trying to seem whiny, but I legitimately have a question about why this material is so difficult to obtain...... I desperately want the coeurl bikini

Kinda answered your own question there, eh? It's difficult to obtain because it's used for a desirable glamour.

[Espritduo]

I spent a whole day in the Ruby sea and only managed to snag 2 or three shriekers, i went through about 200 Live shrimp and used every fishing abilty at my disposal, im in level 70 gear....... and my line still broke more times than i care to count, i tried pulling the line soon and giving it a leash before pulling and it kept giving me grinning anchovies or breaking my line used precision hookset and still my line kept breaking..... frankly its a wonder that anyone has ever gotten even one of these cloths...... :/

The problem is that you are using Precision instead of Powerful Hookset. Shrieker is a large fish with a large fish tug, so Powerful is the one you want to use. Also timing when you cast or reel in the fish has no effect on fishing in FFXIV. And just having level 70 gear doesn't really mean guaranteed success against a level 70 fish. Are you using crappy NQ base level 70 gear or the best level 70 gear HQ? There is a huge difference in stats between NQ Gazelleskin and HQ Yamashi gear, not to mention melds.