Phaenna Ex+ missions

[Edweirdo]

The crafter ex+ missions are a bit too tedious , like what kind of overmelds from hell, do you even need to complete these missions? Best i can do is bronze, on certain missions(with food and tisane) ! And even that is unreliable !
Most crafters I know don't even bother with it anymore , they just do gatherer ex+ missions which are a lot easier to actually do.
I just think that the bar is to high for something that is essentially just a grind anyway.
And having ppls time wasted with these undoable missions is just annoying !

[yesnt]

I have the latest MB gear and no pentameld and I have no idea how to farm for the Cosmoboard. I don't want to spend 9 mio to buy it off MB. Is this gameplay really fun for anyone or is this just another Gil farm for bots? lol <3

[yesnt]

Okay, so some research and I found out that gathering is supposedly much easier to farm the token. You just have to wait for rain and then switch to Botanist. Except that... ah... been waiting for 20 min now and it does not rain. I don't know what to say. Game is either wasting my time with time gating or forcing me to waste all my Gil on someone who botfarms 24/7 for profit. Honestly, I hate Phaenna, there is nothing fun about this.

[Doki]

Even with full penta 750 they are full RNG luck on when you get goods. ANY points nets you about 36 tokens, 144 for silver and 180 for gold. Even with specialist it was about 25% chance of success. I dislike the way it has been done immensely, but I guess it's just to put an artificial barrier in place until 8.0 when higher gear will trivialize it all...except it's ALREADY trivial since even bronze farming will get you the mount in around 5 hours.

[yesnt]

except it's ALREADY trivial since even bronze farming will get you the mount in around 5 hours.

Gathering or crafting? How? I didn't have the chance to get rain weather and every crafting attempt fails. Please educate me.

[UkcsAlias]

Depending on how you geared your gatherers (miner/botanist - fisher is too much rng to be reliable), you can complete each mission in about 2mins with gold, giving about 110 each time. Bad runs are 3mins. But do note, it needs quite some overmelds for this. Basic melding isnt enough. Lets say 3mins average for gold to make odds worse, that then means about 2000 possible in an hour when the missions are up. I think even here 5hours of farming is a realistic estimate. And they are quite often up if you can do all 3 types (fisher might be the worst, but its still not bad once you know which abilities to use to increase odds).

Also, dont be afraid to finish missions early when odds are against you. Being at 0gp and cordial on CD with silver at 1min left, just complete it to get full gp and cordial cd refresh and start again. Even just bronze is enough for this effect.

[Calysto]

Oh, hey, it's the first thread I see on that content.

I haven't tried crafting outside of a few red alerts (easy), but FSH missions now are way too easy with the 30mn timer.
They kinda have the same problem as they had on the moon (have a good memory/learn and spam one/look it up if you want to maximize efficiency) but the timer make most of them (even the time limit ones) way too easy and/or uninteresting.
There was only 1-2 timed/weather I couldn't get gold (but still completed) during my 3 days. Couldn't do all the specials, but every regular (EX included) wasn't much, even going blind.

[NaoSen]

I don't bother with the EX+ crafting anymore, its ridiculous, no matter what your melds, or using 750 relics etc... its RNG.
I have not tried gathering but someone I know got 1k in 30-40mins for the gathering version.

RNG + The pain that is Expert Crafting = No thanks, no mounts worth that.

[yesnt]

Depending on how you geared your gatherers (miner/botanist - fisher is too much rng to be reliable), you can complete each mission in about 2mins with gold, giving about 110 each time. Bad runs are 3mins. But do note, it needs quite some overmelds for this. Basic melding isnt enough. Lets say 3mins average for gold to make odds worse, that then means about 2000 possible in an hour when the missions are up. I think even here 5hours of farming is a realistic estimate. And they are quite often up if you can do all 3 types (fisher might be the worst, but its still not bad once you know which abilities to use to increase odds).

Also, dont be afraid to finish missions early when odds are against you. Being at 0gp and cordial on CD with silver at 1min left, just complete it to get full gp and cordial cd refresh and start again. Even just bronze is enough for this effect.

Alright, thanks for info, I am trying to get my gatherer equipment overmelded now for this.

Even with full penta 750 they are full RNG luck on when you get goods. ANY points nets you about 36 tokens, 144 for silver and 180 for gold. Even with specialist it was about 25% chance of success. I dislike the way it has been done immensely, but I guess it's just to put an artificial barrier in place until 8.0 when higher gear will trivialize it all...except it's ALREADY trivial since even bronze farming will get you the mount in around 5 hours.

I agree. I think that content should be playable when it releases. Failure despite the right equipment and knowing your rotation isn't fun. If someone does all the work, they should be rewarded, not punished.

[Merton9999]

I got my board on release day and have sold three since. I know that sounds jerky, but my intent here is to show how easy it can be with full info.

Forget crafting EX+. I can get gold on those with pentamelded crested gear but it's still too rng-heavy and frustrating. I would only recommend it if you really enjoy expert crafting for some reason (with food, tisane and pentamelded crested)

EX+ gathering (MIN and BTN) I can gold every single time with ample time left. Here are the details:

-Pentamlended crested gear but use the relic main hand for the collectible bonus.
- Rain weather botanist mission, cloudy weather miner mission OR
- 12:00-3:59, 20:00-11:59 time restricted missions
-Weather missions are best imo because weather can last a long time and, unlike time restricted, you don't have to reduce. The mission just scores as you collect.
- I only use 4 abilties. Only meticulous for increasing collectibility. Only spend GP on the plus integrity ("extra whack") and use the bonus when it procs. The forth ability is the duty action, which you can just use before meticulous whenever it's available. Use Hi-cordial after the first node.
-For the time restricted missions, aim to begin your reductions around 3:00 to meet the 2:10 gold time. As you do these, you will get a feel for when you can start reducing earlier based on luck at your first couple nodes.

Good luck! Gear is important. I have shared this with many people in game and testimonies are that getting even silver with everseekers is difficult. With penta crested, it's gold every time.