(12-09-2014, 10:37 AM)Gegenji Wrote:(12-09-2014, 10:32 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Collecting lights takes 16-30 hours minimum. How fast that goes will vary on how much time you log per day. Without a preformed group (and looking as a tank, which made it harder actually) I was averaging 120~ lights per two-hour block, give or take, and my playtime consisted of approximately three to four hours a night discounting weekends.
What's the recommended approach to this? I haven't done any of the Extreme Primal fights, mind, and was thinking of just sticking to mad ST runs on Saturdays or something (which would also let me try to collect some i100 gear for all my other classes along with sands and oils). I've also been under the possible delusion that it won't be so bad for me since my Zodiac is for Scholar, a healing class.
When the update first landed, if Garuda HM was bright light that was the go-to place to farm. Turn 4 was also a popular spot if it was bright, but you're stuck with wave timers (I think, I haven't done turn 4, well, ever).
A chainsaw group can enter, kill, and exit Garuda in 3 minutes~. With lights sticking in place for 2 hours, and if your group never breaks or stops, you can make a good dent that way snagging 4 lights/run. I've also heard that fully-geared groups can do Cape Westwind in under 40 seconds, but I've never seen it myself.
My best time doing this with i110 were Garuda in 2:30, Ifrit usually took around 3:45, and I've done Westwind in 46 seconds.
Westwind will only ever be feeble light (1 point) so doing 2000 of them, even at a rate of :30 per run, isn't fun. Doing Garuda/Ifrit at 4/per is a bit better. I think my spreadsheet at home (yes, I tracked everything in a spreadsheet in excel) showed something like 1200 of my 2000 lights were 4 points, which were basically all Garuda/Ifrit windows.
And yes, desynth being "required" but not required was pleasant to hear about.
Edit: "Windows" refer to two-hour blocks changing every even-hour that dictate where the "bonus" lights are. This link (http://www.reddit.com/live/tlfmtjl4fteo) is semi-regularly updated to track where you "should" be farming, and this block of data stolen from Reddit shows the values.
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