Which job for gold box farming?Follow

After watching a tarutaru sash with TH+1 get snatched up a second before i could grab it in a worm party yesterday, i have been wondering what the best way to go about soloing gold boxes in la-theine would be, hoping to get the fast cast neck and TH waist.

I have three jobs which i could do it on, PUP, SCH, and DNC, all three are fully merited, and my pup and sch so far have fairly good gear with my dnc using mostly pink.

My question is which would be the best for getting augmented items from gold chests in la theine, My pup is by far my best damage dealer, but he gains ruby waay too fast for that to be effective (are there mobs in la theine that i could farm that dont give ruby, after i have capped amber?

With sch i would be able to build azure fairly easily, could also use aoelian edge for amber (havn't capped staff yet), and i read that kaustra gives pearl, (do helices give pearl as well?) I am also wondering if i kill a mob with an immanence sc what light would that give off? So with sch i could build amber/azure, and then find a nuke that drops a mob to a few percent hp and finish it with a helix, or i could take them out with a sc.

Third option is bring my dnc and just aoe spam aoelian edge not worrying about any of the other lights.

What would you guys suggest?

Also any strategies on farming lights for augments in la theine specifically would be much appreciated, ^.~

Thanks, Fantus

I did all my gold box farming on BLU. It's able to do all the required lights on it's own quite reliably.

Oh, sorry I didn't read the OP. Just answered the question based on the name of the thread.

Ok, thanks for the ideas so far,

So i am wanting to definitely cap amber/pearl, and get azure higher than 128 but not cap it?

I went for a trial run just to see how sch was doing and got amber to 150 without too much trouble than tried to kaustra down 15 frogs and ate it pretty hard,. Using VV/Apoc/MM, along with adloquium and gaining TP every nuke i was able to nuke them down to low hp fairly easily and then i normally had tp for an AE ready to go. Going to try pup next and see how much faster and easier the going is. Wish me luck!

Thanks, Fantus

That depends on your kill speed. If you can kill mobs fast enough in big groups, you can cap out everything and still be ok.

If you want the TH sash just be aware the drop rate is pitiful, like .1% out of the gold boxes, I had some friends farm up a few of them it took them months of 8 hr+ days doing it (couple times per week). I helped some and just leached levels a lot. They took a few of my jobs to 99 that way.

Yea, i know. That's one reason i got really annoyed when i was 2 seconds too late in getting one from a gold pyxis, i swear in worm parties everytime there is a chest 4-5 people rush it, which is why i want to figure out how to solo them.

I'm also farming for the Fast Cast neck which makes it much more worthwhile, having two items i am going for will help keep my motivation up with my normal crappy luck. I figure if i am willing to spend a million gil for 2 fast cast (prolix ring), i might as well try and get 3, with the added incentive of a TH waist that i can use on pup to farm dynamis, 8')

I tried out pup last night and made the mistake of capping amber first then worked on azure and timed out before i could get any stone fragment. With only 10 minutes left i found out i can have my pet azure nuke down the clionids in the worm camp for quite a bit of azure, so next time ill probably kill worms for pearl/amber grabbing azure everytime the clionid pops.

I put on the inhibitor using the tank pet to avoid ruby but he still got a couple shield bash kills >.>, only way i can think of avoiding ruby completely is using the whm or rdm pet which will slow down kills considerably but keep my ruby free.

2 quick questions, what is the trashiest/easiest mob i can burn down the quickest in la theine once i cap lights? Worms work well but then i have to compete for them. Second question, do frogs give pearl? I swear i was mowing those guys down trying to get pearl and wasnt seeing it go up at all, o.O

Thanks, Fantus

The alternative is that you can join a regular party that's on worms or frogs, build up your azure/pearl while just "meriting", and then leave the party to finish your amber (or even build amber while in the party). That would work for DNC or PUP.

By the time your lights are high/capped you'll probably also have a big chunk of time banked and can then go farm other mobs at your leisure.