Players severly under cutting shards!

[Orbital-Dragon]

I noticed before that shards were selling pretty easy for 200-300 gil a piece. Now I see them all over being sold for 50 gill a piece, sometimes less. Seems like the shard tactic is dying down.

Any advice on other mats worth grinding?

[Zeronic]

The only thing I can say about this is... check the marketboard. Look for whatever items you can farm with your DoW/M/L and see whatever sells well.
Sure, it might take some time to discover what's making a profit atm, but once you discover it, farm it, sell it.

[Rhona]

I guess we each need to do the leg work to discover what works for us and NOT post it on the forum or youtube. I saw a video advising farming shards for selling on the market place so probably loads of others did too and hence the price drops with a thump.

It's easy to want to share with others that are obviously struggling when you find a 'good thing', but chances are it will just ruin it for you and others making it public like that. Many people who are not prepared to do the research for themselves will just use it. Unfortunate but true.

[FTNIceberg]

i just don't understand why people pay that much for something they can harvest, but then again people pay hundreds for NPC item when the NPC vendors are right next to the AH board

[Ihm]

i just don't understand why people pay that much for something they can harvest, but then again people pay hundreds for NPC item when the NPC vendors are right next to the AH board

In that logic though, why buy anything?

[busere]

i just don't understand why people pay that much for something they can harvest, but then again people pay hundreds for NPC item when the NPC vendors are right next to the AH board

Because people are lazy.

[Mezolitik]

i just don't understand why people pay that much for something they can harvest, but then again people pay hundreds for NPC item when the NPC vendors are right next to the AH board

I can understand it from one perspective: IIRC, you can only buy NPC cotton bolls in Ul'dah - at the Weaver's Guild. If you're in Limsa, for example, the market is the convenient option.

Also, while I'm here: who drops Cotton Boll and Diremite Web? I haven't had much luck with Diremites so far.

[DRRosen3]

Also, while I'm here: who drops Cotton Boll and Diremite Web? I haven't had much luck with Diremites so far.

Cotton Bolls can be farmed up starting at Botany level 11 just outside of Bentbranch Meadows (Lv. 15 Harvesting Point). As for the Diremite Webs not all levels of a mob drop the item(s). For example, I went 0/50 trying to farm Bomb Ash from the level 10 Bombs...but 99/200 farming the level 28 Bombs. Hope this helps a bit.

[Mezolitik]

Cotton Bolls can be farmed up starting at Botany level 11 just outside of Bentbranch Meadows (Lv. 15 Harvesting Point). As for the Diremite Webs not all levels of a mob drop the item(s). For example, I went 0/50 trying to farm Bomb Ash from the level 10 Bombs...but 99/200 farming the level 28 Bombs. Hope this helps a bit.

That's great. I just got into botany. Thanks for the help!

[Conradus]

I can understand it from one perspective: IIRC, you can only buy NPC cotton bolls in Ul'dah - at the Weaver's Guild. If you're in Limsa, for example, the market is the convenient option.

Also, while I'm here: who drops Cotton Boll and Diremite Web? I haven't had much luck with Diremites so far.

Diremite Webs don't drop from Diremites. Surprise! They drop from Banemites.

I don't know if anything drops Cotton Bolls. If they do, it's not worthwhile to farm because Botanists can gather it. It's a Grade 15 Harvest item in Bentbranch Meadows.