Diorite

Anyone noticed any bugs with the dropping of Diorite?

We use to be able to get 1 maybe 2 drops a night now it takes us about 3 runs just to get one. Is this a bug from SE or just stubborn drops?

just stubborn we get them quick sometimes others none its just luck.

I just got two in a row last night when I was duoing with a friend. I think you probably just have bad luck.

SOOO glad I don't have to do that anymore!

Anyway, it's all luck. I have gone literally 4 night of farming (roughly 16 hours) with nothing then the next day we get 3.

Just what I thought,

Wishful thinking it was a bug, thanks guys for checking with me.

Was starting to think the same.

The last month we have only gotten 1 water and 2 diorite. for the entire month. when we can normally get 5-8 of each a month without a hitch.

Really bad luck on our part I guess.

Two words - Tachi: Koki

lol

LOL Welcome to sky.

1.5% chance of dropping
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Aura_Statue

I wonder why Autumnstones are 700k.

Farming Dios are very easy to solo, and it gives you alone time if you want to get away from the stupidity that is whitegate....

While they aren't too hard to solo for a decently geared BLM, there will always be that one statue that resists everything=/ They can be *** sometimes. Probably easier for RDM.

Also, if you are solo you don't have TH.

I'd vouche for that. Even with 8/8 enfeebling those things will resist a gravity every once in a blue moon on my BLM. =\

There isn't that "one statue" who resists everything if you have an enfeebling set.

My enfeebling magic skill with my set is at 294.

If that statue resists a Sleep II, it won't resist a Sleepga II...

Your enfeebling set is what saves you...

Yeah I know. My enfeebling set and 8/8 enfeebling merits fails hard.

And be careful of the ele's who magic aggro, don't cast too close to them.

you don't camp near the dark elementals on the way to The Celesial Nexus.

You camp at Ulli pop....

Ah, I see. I've only ever gone thf to farm dios, they always send my group to the Celestial Nexus. I forgot about the dolls in Ulli's room. My bad!

My enfeebling set looks simular, except:

I use stole instead of torque.
I use Snow Ring/Omega Ring instead of your rings.
I use Phantom Earring instead of your Novio (I always will keep Phantom JUST for enfeebling).
I use Witch Sash instead of Rope.
I use Ixion Cape instead of Prism.

And I rarely get resisted.

I've doued / trioed chain 6 on Aura Statues with RDM BLM BLM. I have found that TH doesn't really affect the drop that much but thats just my experience. It seems to be all luck, I have been there for 12 consecutive hours w/o seeing a single diorite and the next day kill for about 15 mins and get 1. I have also killed Ullikummi then right after decide to kill 2 monsters and it drop on the 2nd kill I mean its sorta like Kraken Club BCNM. You can go 0/50 or some bull crap and your friend and other people go 1/1. I feel your pain but I hope you and your linkshell have some better luck. Have fun~

Oh yeah, and I use AF body instead of Errant...

Why don't you use AF body?

its just as quick to solo dios as it is to sit around and wait for a solo rdm to wipe to his pop and steal it!

Because of limited inventory space. If I ever get around to doing limbus I'll hq body and hands and request/store the rest.

I know I'm a little late to this, but Diorite has always sucked and is just pure luck based. I used to duo Aura's near Nexus for outside farming points as WAR and RDM, and drops just weren't that great most of the time. I remember once we went a good 8 hours (2 hours a day for four seperate days) without a drop. Then we FINALLY get one, and she goes to tele us out, and aggro's another statue. We kill it and a second drops.

Moral of the story: Diorites are not bugged. They just suck something fierce.

Diorites don't exist! They are a myth! Like Unicorns... and blonde virgins. Also, women on the internet -.- ... /poke Aly

But in reality, the drop rates just suck bad. I've seen 3 in the same treasure pool once, and another time I've been up there for 6 hours, no drop. (did make a few thousand gil in mythril ingots...)

Soloing is risky up there. There is always the risk of a resist. Even as RDM, you can get a resist (It happens. It's come to be known as Square's Law. If SE can find a way to kill you, they will). HOWEVER, you have a saving grace... use your environment. Sharp corners are your friends. You can put enough distance between you and the golem to safely get off a sleep or gravity.

Even making soloing safer up there, you're still likely in for a long night, or several long nights.

Good luck.

If a Galka dies, your chance of a drop increases 10x. True story, Galka BLM died and we got Diorite on 3 of next 4 statues.

I'd believe it. It seems at least 4 BLM tarus have to die each dynamis before we see armor drops, and 4 taru = 1 galka... and they are all BLM. Makes sense to me!

/em puts the "factual" info on wiki.