Patch 3.3 is live, let the mining commence!

[Taint]

Someone try an Alexandrite map from the daily quest in Mor Dhona.

[Lujei]

Someone posted that you can trade an Amber-encased Vilekin for a crystal sands, 1:1. If that's true this is going to be the fastest relic stage yet if you've got 100 battle leves to burn; They come commonly enough from the chests you could probably pop a leve, sweep the area and then abandon it.

Are there any recommended Leves for this yet? Like, small area for minimum running around?

[The Stig]

It's all absolutely random, so pick any and hope a chest spawns.

[Katlan]

no music rip yet makes me sad, PM please and i give you lots of chocolate

[Alistaire]

Someone try an Alexandrite map from the daily quest in Mor Dhona.

Looking for anything in particular?

[Lyall]

It's all absolutely random, so pick any and hope a chest spawns.

I burned 4 temple leves last night outside of Idyllshire because the area is easy to blanket while flying, but didn't see any chests spawn at all.

[Edelweiss]

Looking for anything in particular?

Umbrite probably, given the absence so far of alternative sources besides Esoterics.

[Taint]

Yeah hoping for another source or Umbrite. 20-24k ESO does not sound fun at all for a casual quest. People keep defending how fast that is, but its not. Its the biggest tome grind by far of any relic/anima step.

[octopus]

It's about on par with the i210 anima step (not counting the poetics side) if you didn't spam alex/maps. I just did daily roulettes/hunts and while it was grindy I didn't think it was too bad.

[Katlan]

I burned 4 temple leves last night outside of Idyllshire because the area is easy to blanket while flying, but didn't see any chests spawn at all.

Chests have a much higher chance to spawn if you start a leve with a party.

I don't get why they gave like 10 different options for sand but yet umbrite is eso only. Its bullshit

[Taint]

It's about on par with the i210 anima step (not counting the poetics side) if you didn't spam alex/maps. I just did daily roulettes/hunts and while it was grindy I didn't think it was too bad.

You could get 20 map items in a day depending on the market board. That's a huge difference.

A second path for this stage would have made a lot of sense.

[Slycer]

People who have been doing Aquapolis probably realize this already but the odds of getting through each door is almost certainly better than 50/50. Perhaps the door closing and then opening is an additional RNG "save" or something when you pick the wrong one. Seems really unlikely that we would have gotten to room 4 or beyond in five out of ten runs otherwise (including one each to 6 and 7). Anyone have similar experience?

[agrotc]

Yeah.
We did about 5 or 6 runs of it last night, got to Room 6 on one, Room 7 on another, and then barring the one time we got kicked out of the first door never failed to make it to at least Chamber 4 on the remaining ones.

[Eleven19]

We got to room 4 or 5 more often than not as well. One such however was odd. The door after one kill took on a yellow dotted line glow around it. It was indeed the correct door. That only happened once. We thought maybe kill time was a factor but we couldnt trigger it again. We got a random goblin treasure hunter another time that got us an extra loot bag from, and a coincounter fell from the ceiling. Had a blast. Anyone else see the yellow door outline?

[Yukari]

I saw it, and it randomly happened when we killed a goblin treasure hunter. We thought it was correlated, but guess it isn't.

[Katlan]

How many people do you need for Aquapolis? A party of 4-5 good enough?

You know the XIV section is dead when the anima thread hasn't been bumped and no new threads for new content

[agrotc]

Been doing it with 4 and 5.
Most of the mobs don't hit very hard, and timer is very lenient so could probably get by with just 3 even.

[Munba]

People who have been doing Aquapolis probably realize this already but the odds of getting through each door is almost certainly better than 50/50. Perhaps the door closing and then opening is an additional RNG "save" or something when you pick the wrong one. Seems really unlikely that we would have gotten to room 4 or beyond in five out of ten runs otherwise (including one each to 6 and 7). Anyone have similar experience?

I think there are 3 different chances (rolls with %) to pass the door: 1) just you interact with the door, 2) when the door shut down and 3) when the camera shows the room. Maybe depending on the door you choose the % of the 3 chances could change but still not sure about it.

Btw i reached the 7th floor after 5-6 maps XD 4 minions drop lol.

[Eldelphia]

We did 3 rooms easily before we got kicked out with PLD, SCH & BLM. All decently geared.

[Alisha]

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