So my retainer brought me Taffeta ClothFollow

Retainers hit lvl 50 over the weekend. Once you do that, three new 18hr exploration venture options open. One is for ilvl 50 retainers, the next is for ilvl 60 retainers, and the last is for ilvl 70 retainers. The hard part is that you can't deck these folks out in allagan or AF2 gear, because they do not have jobs unlocked. The best I could do is put my arcanist and marauder in CT gear with titan hm / moogle weapons. Have a hero's ring on one. Sold all the rest of my lvl 70 gear for seals like an idiot in my quest to get more ventures. Got Mrd to 64 and Acn to 77. For some reason I didnt have any more earrings or belts for the mrd. Something to work on.

Edit - I have been corrected, you can equip the retainers with allagan.

Anyway, sent the mrd out on a ilvl 60 venture and acn out on a ilvl 70 venture. Just this morning, happy to report that mrd on the ilvl 60 venture came back with 6 silver allagan pieces and 5 hq coeurl skins (not cool) but acn on the ilvl 70 venture came back with allagan pieces and a taffeta cloth. I put it up for 2 million, but then after getting to work and seeing what it actually makes, I'm thinking that I should have asked for more. If it hasnt sold by the time i get back, I think I'll up the price.

Based on the sheer fact that only a handful of people on reddit and official forums have posted about getting retainers to 50, and not seeing the soulflayer minion or taffeta cloth on the auction house in Lamia, I have to believe that this is a server first taffeta cloth.

And I promptly sent them out on another. Something like this every 18 hours I could get used to

And my mission continues to find ilvl 70-80 earrings and belt I havent already sold for seals to fund ventures


Edited, Apr 21st 2014 2:50pm by Valkayree

AF2 is job specific. Allagan isn't, and "Hero's" gear isn't.

This.

AF2 and relic line of weapons are about the only job restricted items from what I remember. The rest include jobs.

My level 32 slave girl brought me a Malevolent Mogwand yesterday. Too bad that I'll probably never level WHM or CNJ. I suppose it's better than the crappy furniture I can't sell for a third of the going rate on the MB. As far as gearing my slaves, I kept most of my stuff, and set both of the to Lancer so they can use it. When they hit 50, one of them is going full Onion set, the other full Darklight set.

Edited, Apr 21st 2014 6:18pm by Turin

The taffeta cloth sold for 2 million before I could get back online and up the price (thanks PSN maintenance). Still, I was quite happy with 2 million. Eager to find out what would hapen next, I waited on the next 18hr mission to clear at 1am. The ilvl 60 mrd brough me 6 allagan silver and ..... 2 hq coeurl meat? Forget ilvl 60 ventures (5 hq coeurl skins and now 2 hq coeurl meat). I immediately spent bought enough wolfram gear to push him to ilvl 70 and sent him on an Exploration XIII Venture. I then checked the Acn, the one who brought me the taffeta cloth the night before... and she brings me the Soulflayer Minion. There it is.

Lamia server first, I'm almost 100% on this one. I put it up for an unreasonably higher price, in good server first fashion. And I sent her back out on another Exploration XIII. Now I've got two out and 18 hours later I'll tell you if every drop is a taffeta cloth or a soulflayer minion. If it is... oh man. The bluegartr website only lists taffeta cloth and soulflayer minion as possible drops from the XIII ilvl 70 exploration venture, and that's all I have received (there than xp and allagan silver). As my sample size grows I can fill everyone in on the drop rates.

My miner is now lvl 45. I have no idea how I will make him ilvl70 since I can't even get my own gathering jobs past ilvl60 at the moment. I'll let you know what to expect when he hits 50 as well. I've got no idea how long I have before the rest of the server catches up. I'll try to stay on the top of the mountain as long as possible. Got two more coming off the presses today at 7pm.

Surprisingly, the XIII exploration venture brings in 245,000 xp for the already level capped retainer. I suppose they are doing this with intent to allow them to level higher in the future. We will see.

Mostly my retainers (both in their 20's, ones a botonist the other is arcanist) bring back house items quite regularly, followed by nq and hq mats... a few times i've gotten higher level gear (the level 35 bow from Qarn, a hq 38 crafter chest). Just today i got the i70 darklight healer pants (the ones that were previously bought with philo mats). I

They seem to do that most of the time for 18 hour ventures, coming back with a small bunch of HQ from the level range.

Question for the OP, do you have the targeted 1 hour ventures for extra stuff at the 60 and 70 level as well? I'm on pace to have my miner and botanist at 50 tomorrow night, I'll post up what options I get.

Once you hit lvl 50 on a retainer, there are no additional targeted 1 hr "hunting" ventures added. Instead, three new "Exploration" ventures are added. One, XI, requires that your retainer have item level 50 equipped. The second, XII, requires that the retainer is ilvl 60. The third, XIII, requires the retainer have ilvl 70. That's all we have for now.

Edited, Apr 23rd 2014 8:27am by Valkayree

Sample size grew. First time I had enough item level to have both go out. Here is my data. Needless to say, yesterday I was dissapointed. All returns come with 3 allagan silver, so I'll leave that off. Soulflayer minion still up for 2.5 million in auction house if anyone is interested. And thanks Kat, I saw the almond seeds, I went in and bought the last one that was left in addition. They should return today around 4pm, so I'll get another attempt in before maintenance. I'll keep this going until I can have some real data. I'm hoping I just didn't get super lucky my first two tries.

Turns out that I was Lamia server first by a fraction of a day. Someone put up another taffeta cloth yesterday and it sold for two million as well. In addition, someone must have received a light steel plate from their retainer as well, because the server first was posted and sold for 650k. Currently the board for both is empty, so the demand is there.

Ilvl 77 ACN
XIII Exploration Venture
1. Taffeta Cloth
2. Soulflayer Minion
3. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat

Ilvl 70 MRD
XIII Exploration Venture
1. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat


Edited, Apr 23rd 2014 8:39am by Valkayree

Good to know! If you start on the 18hr ventures, it would be good to know your drop rates. My miner is still at 46, but now that the quick ventures have been nerfed and I can no longer get super expensive furniture, I may opt for the 1 hr hunting option instead. I could use the guaranteed drops until I hit 50. Too many fish lately.

Edited, Apr 24th 2014 10:41am by Valkayree

Updated from my 4/24 run. No luck. Drop percentage is getting pretty low now.

Ilvl 77 ACN
XIII Exploration Venture
1. Taffeta Cloth
2. Soulflayer Minion
3. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
4. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
5. 3 HQ Hippogryph Skins

Ilvl 70 MRD
XIII Exploration Venture
1. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
2. 3 HQ Hippogryph Skins
3. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat


Edited, Apr 24th 2014 1:40pm by Valkayree

My first XIII ventures got me 3 HQ gold sand, and 3 HQ Dz tomatoes, both 1 star items...

The hunting missions are definitely influenced by your gear. Higher yield and more hq chance the higher you go. The quick ventures appear to be influenced by nothing. I'm thinking that based on my figures the exploration ventures are also not influenced by any gear level higher than the minimum requirement.