Coarse Silk drops

[Xodar]

Devs don't need hacks! Devs can also just make another character... like most people..

Irony...Meet Lillanu

2 silks in DCS this morning, stayed killing repops after but got zone kicked just before we left anyhow, is it a 30 minute timer?

[Lillanu]

Irony...Meet Lillanu

2 silks in DCS this morning, stayed killing repops after but got zone kicked just before we left anyhow, is it a 30 minute timer?

Hi Irony! Nice to meet you!

Anyways... How long were you in the DCS instance? 2 silks is nice!

[Eanelder]

I'm probably going to be going off on a tangent here, so I'll apologize for that right off the bat.

Being a Mage I have farmed my Coarse Silk drops in Death Comes Swiftly and Clues, I prefer DCS because of the concentration of spiders and the blue cons. I have Grandmaster Sleeves and Wrists and FAILED 2 combines for a robe and have 4 for my next combine. So 20 silks farmed for myself and several more for other guildies.

I know Ive heard that the Devs have said they will be increasing the drop rate on silks (thank you for this), but I realized something yesterday that I havent before. It takes twice as many Coarse Silk as Metallic Drake Scales to make the same armor piece. I was totally blown away and very disheartened .

So Im curious, when its said that the Silk drops will be increased, will that mean they will be brought up so that drop as often as Metallic Drake Scales? Or will they drop 2x as often as MD scales given the disparity in the recipes?

[Gorse]

You are not the first to recognize the issue and it has been vocalized plenty by others. We will have to wait and see the outcome.

At this point, the drop rate and disparity are have been at least acknowledged, so we can always hope that when a change occurs it will be one that address both aspects.



Gorse

[Xodar]

Hi Irony! Nice to meet you!

Anyways... How long were you in the DCS instance? 2 silks is nice!

Probably a total of an hour and fifteen minutes or less. We were dps heavy with Pallie, Sham, monk, mage, nec, and ranger. Maybe 45 mins clearing up to the mama spider and killing her, then started at the zone in again and made it up to the last repops in the mama spider room before the zone kicked us.

Oddly enough, our mage said in group "I seemed to get most of mine from repops" after we got the win and both silks dropped on the second clear.

[Xodar]

Another note, the problem is both that not many people plow spider missions for crystal farming, and the 2x component requirement.

I understand that the global recipe for swatches always takes 2 silks, but is it possible this super ultra rare special coarse silk could be modified to make a swatch from a single silk? That would go a long way to making it more reasonable to farm silk gm. As it stands now we have half a dozen casters still in need, while peoples alts are getting gm chain and plate. We have most races represented in house with tailoring mastery, and we don't random them but give them where they are needed, it's just the drops that kill us.

[Lillanu]

Another note, the problem is both that not many people plow spider missions for crystal farming, and the 2x component requirement.

I understand that the global recipe for swatches always takes 2 silks, but is it possible this super ultra rare special coarse silk could be modified to make a swatch from a single silk? That would go a long way to making it more reasonable to farm silk gm. As it stands now we have half a dozen casters still in need, while peoples alts are getting gm chain and plate. We have most races represented in house with tailoring mastery, and we don't random them but give them where they are needed, it's just the drops that kill us.

What I would do is make drops of Coarse Spider Silk twice as common and announce it in patch notes, and in the MOTD so people wouldn't get ripped off because they didn't read patch msgs.

[SueliNecro]

I can constantly farm 20+ coarse silks in a day from any nest mission that allows you access to the ice area. Average level HAS TO BE SEVENTY.

Sueli CyberneticGhost - Tribunal

[filobeto]

I can constantly farm 20+ coarse silks in a day from any nest mission that allows you access to the ice area.

Spent some time there last night doing "Clues", concentrating on the spiders. Got notta. Ratio of spiders to other mobs is very low, but we could avoid most of the other trash between the few sets of spiders.

We'll try again later.

[Gaell Stormracer]

What is this ice area? Is it the other way across the bridge and through the doors?

[SueliNecro]

It is usually blocked off in most missions but from the zone in it is.. west, south, east... clues really isn't the best because it doesn't respawn... the time you waste getting another mission would be better spent clearing the mobs another round.

[filobeto]

clues really isn't the best because it doesn't respawn... the time you waste getting another mission would be better spent clearing the mobs another round.

What mission(s) would you suggest then?

[Lillanu]

I can constantly farm 20+ coarse silks in a day from any nest mission that allows you access to the ice area. Average level HAS TO BE SEVENTY.

Sueli CyberneticGhost - Tribunal

That's alot of silk.. and then you can sell it... and make a million plat a day... depending on server..

[Chakua]

I call BULL

20 in one day? Consistently? No way. I have friends who farm all those missions and zones day in and day out and if they get a single drop every 3-4 hours, they get so giddy I almost have to tell them to stfu.

[SueliNecro]

people have reported 1-2 on clues (doesnt respawn), find a mission that does respawn, get a necro have him clear every spider before repops, thats 0-2 every 20 minutes. Grind it for 10 hours and voila possible of 20.