There should be other ways to obtain the Field notes.

[pinkribboncandy]

I am currently on my 73rd run of the Dalriada. I have gotten the Lyon note 3 times and the orchestrion roll twice. No raptor, no Menenius. At this point my rng luck has become a meme so I feel this thread most acutely and have decided I need an extended break from this game. I really wish there was another way to obtain these, aside from dueling.

[RaviAstorio]

I'm on 54 runs of Dalriada with neither note dropping and no mount. I really don't want to do the duels but I see no other option as my luck is that bad.

[Jonnara]

On my 2nd week farming for note 11 as well, if it doesn't drop today i am going to give up.

[Splat]

I started farming these notes a month ago, needed ten and now am down to my last one, that one being Sart. I've spent about 12 hours a day on average in southern front. I would attempt the duel but in all that time I've only seen metal fox complete once, most times only like 9 people join and it just ends in a wipe, so no duel. It's gone past the point of pain.

[Lunafreya]

I'm sorry but I just had to come back to these forums in hope that Square Enix can see how painful this grind is. I have done close to 50 runs of the Dalriada now and I think i'm just going to quit. I dont care if Square Enix thinks it is working as intended but this is downright sadist. First of all, the raid is not always 30 mins as you can have people not using essences and lots of new people that can make it close to an hour. Diablo takes a huge chunk of time sometimes and most players like myself are just there for the field notes. I have 10 stacks of Valor now and I haven't seen even ONE NOTE drop. I have collected 48 out of 50 notes and the remaining ones are only from Dalriada or duels. I have over 150 platinum coins and as a huge FFXII fan that just wants the mount I think Square Enix is finally getting me to stop grinding. This is not fun at all. If you thought waiting for Dalriada to pop and hopping various instances when people are already rank 25 and have nothing to do but grind for resistance honours and the last 2 field notes was fun then you need to seriously rethink your game design. This is DOWNRIGHT CRUEL. You waste HOURS UPON HOURS just waiting for various Dalriada to pop and you dont get the notes because the drop rate is a joke and probably 0.1%. I'm not even joking right now with how pissed I am about this. Everyone is pissed except the lucky people in every instance. Everyone in my instances think the field note drop rates are far too low and yes I KNOW I CAN DO THE DUELS but getting in one is another story. I have never been in a Zadnor duel despite qualifying for various CE because my notoriety is only at 2 and even then the system is complete rubbish. Picking random people from the instance for one duel that you have to wait ages for to spawn is incredibly stupid. I'm at my wits end with this content. This is worse than any other relic grind and even Atma books. This is a complete waste of time so please I implore you to give us the option to buy the remaining two notes with platinum coins. The time commitment is insane and I just can't do it anymore with endwalker still incredibly far away. I want the mount and this is the only thing I do everyday. And I know someone that has done 108 runs without a single note. I'm sorry but 200 runs for potentially 1 note that drop from the same chest is too much. Either increase the drop rate or increase the chances of getting into duels or better yet make Dalriada Q ABLE.

Thanks for listening.

[WhiteArchmage]

I got my bike 2 weeks ago and am just hopping in to say I STILL support this. There's a point where I had so many coins I didn't know what to do with them. So far I've been getting enough for the hairstyle and selling it (because Viera), making them buyable with coins, clusters, or whatever would be miles better than leaving it to RNG or better RNG with a lot of pre-planning.

[DrWho2010]

I have said this before already in this thread. They will increase drop note rate in a later patch. It's inevitable. Although yes it's a different flavor than EX Totems the same principle will apply later on. If you cannot get it RIGHT AWAY don't burn yourself out over it.

[Vahlnir]

I have said this before already in this thread. They will increase drop note rate in a later patch. It's inevitable. Although yes it's a different flavor than EX Totems the same principle will apply later on. If you cannot get it RIGHT AWAY don't burn yourself out over it.

I hope you are right, but you will have to forgive me if I take what you're saying with a huge grain of salt. Do I personally think that they will? Yeah, but I have no idea when that will be. In my opinion, it would better serve them to do it sooner rather than later to keep players engaged instead of giving up for now like I and many others have. Players bowing out of some of the only content there is to do until November isn't a good thing, especially for SE.

[juicybug]

I am missing 2 from Bozja. Have been for months, and with the new incentive/mount to try and get them, I gave it another try for a few weeks since it's release until recently- and still the same thing. So, I gave up bc I want to enjoy the game and not lose my sanity. Good luck.

[RaviAstorio]

I'm sorry but I just had to come back to these forums in hope that Square Enix can see how painful this grind is. I have done close to 50 runs of the Dalriada now and I think i'm just going to quit. I dont care if Square Enix thinks it is working as intended but this is downright sadist. First of all, the raid is not always 30 mins as you can have people not using essences and lots of new people that can make it close to an hour. Diablo takes a huge chunk of time sometimes and most players like myself are just there for the field notes. I have 10 stacks of Valor now and I haven't seen even ONE NOTE drop. I have collected 48 out of 50 notes and the remaining ones are only from Dalriada or duels. I have over 150 platinum coins and as a huge FFXII fan that just wants the mount I think Square Enix is finally getting me to stop grinding. This is not fun at all. If you thought waiting for Dalriada to pop and hopping various instances when people are already rank 25 and have nothing to do but grind for resistance honours and the last 2 field notes was fun then you need to seriously rethink your game design. This is DOWNRIGHT CRUEL. You waste HOURS UPON HOURS just waiting for various Dalriada to pop and you dont get the notes because the drop rate is a joke and probably 0.1%. I'm not even joking right now with how pissed I am about this. Everyone is pissed except the lucky people in every instance. Everyone in my instances think the field note drop rates are far too low and yes I KNOW I CAN DO THE DUELS but getting in one is another story. I have never been in a Zadnor duel despite qualifying for various CE because my notoriety is only at 2 and even then the system is complete rubbish. Picking random people from the instance for one duel that you have to wait ages for to spawn is incredibly stupid. I'm at my wits end with this content. This is worse than any other relic grind and even Atma books. This is a complete waste of time so please I implore you to give us the option to buy the remaining two notes with platinum coins. The time commitment is insane and I just can't do it anymore with endwalker still incredibly far away. I want the mount and this is the only thing I do everyday. And I know someone that has done 108 runs without a single note. I'm sorry but 200 runs for potentially 1 note that drop from the same chest is too much. Either increase the drop rate or increase the chances of getting into duels or better yet make Dalriada Q ABLE.

Thanks for listening.

I feel this on so many different levels. I'm pretty sure we've been in a group before. I'm at 58 and still trying. I got Menenius to 5% last night. No clue when I'll get in the duel again. It's extremely infuriating to see an FC member already have the bike and got BOTH notes on run #12. How. How can RNG be this bad?

But, hey. I got the derpy raptor on run #55!