Hairspray wrote:
From what I could tell you have to be i80 or better to get a chance at these from ventures...
I made my guys miners since I thought it would be best to have them go gather materials for me so I don't have to go mining... which I find mind-numbingly boring. Maybe I should have made them dragoons or white mages... >.<;
You need to get gatherer retainers up to the cap recommended to do XIV field explorations in order to qualify to get the rare items from quick ventures. I accomplished this with about a million gil between them over this last weekend to speed up the hunt for dyes. I gave each of them my level 50 tool (then went and bought it back from the calamity salvager), and gave them full hq gathering gear. I used any level 41+ jewelry that had a slot free (crafting, battle, it doesnt matter as long as it has 1 slot free and is 41+). I think each piece of jewelry holds +4 gathering. The hq off hand tool holds +10 gathering, but the second meld on the hq off hand tool has a 35% chance and is the only spot where you can really fail. The hq boots, hat, gloves, belt, and body can all be capped in gathering within the allowed 100% slots. If done right, the retainers will be exactly 1 gathering over the needed mark.
Edited, Oct 14th 2014 3:31pm by Valkayree