Foreword: Yes, this is my first serious post on the BG forums. No, I'm not a total fucking noob... Just for background information, my LS is currently 2/2 on Tiamat, 1/2 on Jormy and 0/2 on Vrtra. It should also be noted that these attempts were many months ago and we have recently picked up many new recruits as well as lost a few core members since then.
Ok. So recently my LS has been discussing ways we can farm gil as a group because the kitty (bank) has been running low. Money drops from sky Gods just don't cut it these days...
I came up with the suggestion that we could farm Jormy and/or Vrtra for their money drops (considering thats all they really are good for). On our server (Kujata) these NMs go largely uncontested for days/weeks/months at a time. Tiamat on the other hand is a different story but we'd never even think about selling the gaiters/kote anyways so she won't even be considered in this discussion.
By my estimates, at current market rates, defeating Jormy and Vrtra would net approximately 10m and 20m minimum respectively.
Here are my questions to you.
1) What is your LS's minimum kill time (including gathering) for each of these wyrms? Please include the numbers present for argument's sake.
2) What is the minimum number of people your LS has used to successfully defeat each wyrm? Please include the kill time for argument's sake.
3) What could you use as primary damage source when low on SMNs? Melee or BLM?
4) In your opinion, is this a worthwild use of LS resources in terms of gil earned versus time spent (including the time it might take to sell the drops)?
Thanks alot, I appreciate any usefull input.
Footnote: I estimate 2 pages before this gets derailed...