Lot's of Questions

[Jaedon]

Ok, like the title suggest I have quite a few questions:

1) I've farmed in Konshtat Highlands for a good 4-5 days strait. Mostly beehive chips/lightning clusters/ram horns/honey is what I find and sell. I'm a lvl 31Pld/Thf15 Galka, I make decent money but I'm not sure if theres a better place?

I've noticed that more likely then not, most days I farm there I get close to zip for my effort. Iceday & Lightday, I could run around for hours smacking Bees and maybe 1/5 drops something, its really discouraging. I'm wondering if this is normal or just plain sadistically wrong?

2) I bought RSA gloves, less defence then the other gloves at my lvl but it adds a whopping 30+ mp. Is that tiny bit of defence (4 maybe) make that big of a deal or am I alright?

3) I've tried lvling my Greatsword quite a bit, brought it to dunes and smacked everything walking. Now I can't really lvl it up much more there, i'm wondering if there a good place after that I can lvl it up? I really would like to use it farming, but at this point my sword is faster in the killing department.

Are people cool with equiping a greatsword in a exp PT? I like to think I do my job really well, keeping the hate and all, but will it effect my performance greatly?

4) I've been thinking of taking a craft or two. From what I hear you really need to spend money to make it. Considering i'm a Galka Pld I was thinking Cooking (mostly for my own benefit), and Fishing (hopefully for gil, complimenting cooking). Any of the others I should seriously look into (once I have more then 5k gill :spin: )?

5) I have a 4-leaf madragora. I hear some crazy things like how it raises your chance of higher drop, more critical damage, etc etc. Can anyone confirm it does anything?


I can't think of anymore atm, but I'm sure I'll have a few brewin' in my head later.

Thanks,
Jaedon

[Cuer]

1) Farming is very sporatic, although as you get to higher levels you'll be able to kill higher level mobs, which do drop (slightly) more on average than the lower ones.

2) As a Galka paladin, the RSE gloves are terrific, usable pretty much all the way up to your AF gear. If you get a lot of other +MP equipment you could swap them out for higher defense gear, but as a rule they're what most Galka pld use unless they're spending a lot of gil.

3) If you can't level a weaponskill in the Dunes anymore, head to slightly higher level mobs in Junger Forest or some similar place. As for using greatsword in xp groups; you really don't want to fight this way as a paladin, since you give up a great defensive skill (shield) in order to do so. Greatswords are terrific to skill up for farming and for some fights later on in the game, but for many dozens of levels, you'll want to stick with the sword and shield combo.

4) Cooking is cheap and perfect for paladins. Most other crafting skills are honestly not worth the bother unless you have a good bit of gil to sink into them; Alchemy is the only other one that allows you to make relatively low-level consumables, but even there you'll rarely be able to craft them for cheaper than you can buy them in the AH. Fishing is it's own little thing; if you can do it and it doesn't drive you buggy from boredom, it can be a way to eventually make some nice gil.

5) It's all speculation, and given the relative ease with which it can be obtained... probably false speculation at that. If it does do anything, it's incredibly minor at best.

Hope that helps!