I usually reserve Monday for clearing elites and dungeons. I was able to finish all the dungeons last week and finished the ex++ event this morning.
I do not need more 3* earth and fire orbs. What should I farm?
Should I S/L farm 4* NE/Wind/Lightning orbs, should I farm Vector to level up my gimps, should I farm the daily anyway?
What is everyone else doing in this situation?
Posted Aug 3, 2015, 11:02 PM UTC
I was in this same situation about a week ago when I finished the 6th update and previous challenge update.
I made up my mind then to hone my thundaja to r3. I've been having good luck in Deist Cavern, but it looks like Giant of Babil 2 and Fisherman's Horizon may be better farming grounds, according to FFRKI
Of course, farming 4* orbs should be easier. . . probably in about 3 months =)
I've started doing the dungeon quests I missed out, restarting the boss stage until I get a G. Orb drop. Should kill 2-3 days of stam.
The best non-orb activity that I can suggest is to make sure that you've got a couple of (fake) 5-star Black Cowls. I farmed up two of them. - They've already come in really hand for FFIV synergy, and there's more dungeons/events for FFIV on the horizon.
I also farmed 2*++ Mythril Rod for FFVII event. IIRC it's about 105 MAG with synergy, helpful for the Mega Meta that we'll probably need to use for all of the ranged enemies in the event.
Where'd you farm it?
Gizamaluk Grotto Classic (IX). 44 stam to get to the boss then 12 per retry with airplane mode trick. I think I burned like 300 stamina to get all three copies. And now I find myself contemplating going it again! Nah, black/power tomorrow then might as well run the event and see if I really need another.
Priority list (my version) for what to do each day:
Event encounters, mastery/clear.
Event encounters, farm any good orb drop rates.
Dailies.
Story dungeons, normal and elites.
Vector lowbies.
Grind newest RMs.
Orb farm, depending on what I am honing/crafting in prep for next dungeon.
Don't forget quests :P
Quests happen. They tend to be something I click before I touch stamina, rather than actually invest stamina on.
LoL yea I've completed all the content thus far as well. And really didn't want to farm Fire Earth yesterday or Upg Materials. So hammered thru like 3 Elite dungeon quests :P
Thankfully its Blk/Pow day today! And new event this evening.
Do the dailies anyway so you don't tire of the game. Airplane mode farming is incredibly boring, and the dailies give reasonable experience and a greater orb every 150 stam or so if you run all 3 stages.
do you mean a greater orb every 1500 stamina?
Because I am so confidently damn sure the average is not 150 stamina for a greater orb.
In my own experience it's something like 1/180 for stage ones and 1/140 for stage 2 and 3s. My sample size is limited, though, and i can't check it against FFRKI which I can't seem to get working.
I am honestly glad to read that Greater orbs do drop.
Have been farming dailies for as long as I remember, and apart from Tuesday dungeon Graeter Power, I have not experienced any other greater orbs dropping. Probably just my luck.
I've started farming dailies anyway. When we get the ability to trade up orbs I figure it will pay off. When? Probably about 3 months from now!
This. It's a long-term investment, but I believe it'll be a better return on stamina than trying to farm Greater orbs.
I don't think Japan has that yet, or if they do, it's really recent. So I think 6 months is a better estimate. But if you're in this game for the long run, it might still be a good idea, and you can even pick up a few 4* orbs if you're lucky. Then again, I'm not certain about the exchange rate, and in 6 months 4* orbs should be a lot easier to farm...
Personally, I'd go for the Elite 4* Orb farming for a more immediate reward.