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 Bahamut.Badstreak
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By Bahamut.Badstreak 2015-11-20 13:13:59
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So what are some good ways to reach the 50k beads to start Aeonian quest?

I've done Escha several times a week for several months and I'm only at around 7000 beads with 200ish NMs killed.

I tried killing tier 1s solo but it's only about 60 beads per kill.

Has anyone collected data about how much tier 2+ are worth in terms of beads vs time and effort?

Which records of eminence award bead sacks, and how much is in each sack?

The thought of having to kill Cunnast 800 times makes me a little ill, even if each one takes about 5 minutes. I can make a few hundred beads per day but 50k is pretty long.
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By Bismarck.Ihina 2015-11-20 13:30:42
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Well it's supposed to be pretty long. Legendary weapons aren't something you can just stumble into.
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2015-11-20 13:34:40
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The easiest way to get beads is to be an AoE DD job and just go to the Dragons (Dominions) when they pop and AoE Spam till its dead.
even on WHM/SCH i can pull 1k beads solo, with banishaga spam.
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By Cerberus.Avalon 2015-11-20 13:38:29
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I'd be pretty close to the 50,000 requirement with as much Escha as I've done for my LS since its inception, but I've spent a lot on Lixir+2's over the previous months. Now, I have about 25% of what I need for Aeonic.
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By Sylph.Jeanpaul 2015-11-20 13:40:24
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Domain Invasion (Azi Dahaka, Naga Raja, Quetzecoatl) is by far the best way to farm beads for the amount of time you put into it. With the zone buff for double bead yield, you'll get 200-1000 beads per kill. A few notes about getting better bead yields:

- For simply being present for a kill, you'll get the minimum yield of 100 or 200 (depending on the zone buffs)
- Each Luck vorseal you have adds that many beads to any NM kill, including these wyrms, but is not affected by the zone buff
- Try to get there before it pops to get more time for evaluation
- Since trust buffs like songs affect everyone, you might want to use trusts that cover what you're not getting, like for status removal or Sambas
- Depending on your job, you'll want to focus on a specific task to ensure you get a better yield
- Melees will want to spam WSs and get in as many crits as possible. I like summoning Lilisette II since her crit rate is exceptionally high, though I can't say yet if the trust actions count towards evaluation
- Mage jobs may have a harder time here since most healing and buffing is done by trusts, and magic damage is just plain too slow with no consistency in SCs. However, enfeebling and enhancing provide good evaluation.
- Azi Dahaka seems to land if his dahaks are killed
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By Asura.Chiaku 2018-01-19 19:36:34
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Corsair - Mummu Gear - Rogue Roll - AFK = 1k Beads
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By Asura.Chiaia 2018-01-19 20:03:29
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Asura.Chiaku said: »
Corsair - Mummu Gear - Rogue Roll - AFK = 1k Beads
Woohoo another Chia doing my bead farming method this is weird
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By Chiaku 2018-01-19 22:04:10
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I'm you from the future!
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By Shiva.Afliction 2018-01-20 00:49:26
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Asura.Chiaku said: »
Corsair - Mummu Gear - Rogue Roll - AFK = 1k Beads
I will try this! Ty for the advice
 
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By Quetzalcoatl.Senaki 2018-01-20 08:52:13
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I always find that my biggest problem with farming beads is less so getting 1k per dragon kill, and more so finding people to help me kill the dragon in less than 20 minutes.
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By Asura.Chiaia 2018-01-20 09:33:37
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Asura is bit different gl having quetz last more then 3-4mins most nights
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By Leviathan.Comeatmebro 2018-01-20 10:37:49
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spamming t3 in a competent group with bead blessing is much much better than domain invasion, you get 180-191/kill depending on luck vorseals and you can kill them in under a minute with a good group

neak/yakshi are a bit harder but drop eschite ore, zitah t3s are super easy and have cheap pops.. haven't found a way to make maju time-effective but i'm sure there's one out there
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By Lakshmi.Buukki 2018-01-20 10:43:12
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My ninja can usually get the beads from just regular swings. If you're solo and trying to kill it within the time limit, I prefer to fight from behind and force Spike flail over that cyclone wing sleep spam nonsense
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By Cerberus.Goldenfoon 2018-01-20 12:37:04
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So forgive me I am still learning all the newer content since I came back, and I have only done these dragons during the campaign event with a ton of others, but are these dragons solo friendly with trusts? Thanks.
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By fonewear 2018-01-20 12:46:39
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By Asura.Geriond 2018-01-20 12:48:02
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Only Naga Raja flies when solo; Azi Dahaka only flies if there's multiple people, and Quetzalcoatl never flies.

Azi Dahaka is still difficult to solo, though, as all of his stats increase significantly the lower his HP gets, and hits pretty hard on non-tanks at low hp (1400 nukes and 100+200 physical attacks with 50% DT).
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By Leviathan.Nitenichi 2018-01-20 13:23:55
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Well I don't know a dragon that's "friendly" but easiest will be Quetz
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By Cerberus.Dierdren 2018-12-28 23:46:23
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Anyone ever received zero beads from this? Fought him tonight and survived the entire fight to have received nothing from him.
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By Lakshmi.Buukki 2018-12-28 23:48:26
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It's possible you received beads, just didn't get any message. I've never received "0" beads from a Domain Invasion, even when just walking in at the tail end of the fight (usually get a message for 200~ even without ever engaging). Check your bead count and make sure it went up (it probably did), and don't rely on the message from spam at the end, as that can be missed completely.
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By Ragnarok.Neyochimaru 2018-12-28 23:50:18
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The only time i have ever gotten Zero beads from either a bag, an event, or a dragon was when i was capped, and needed to buy a ki. Make sure you're not sitting on capped beads, or are lacking some key items for holding more beads. The cap is 50k. If you're not capped, and you did not see a literal message saying 'X recieved 0 escha beads' then it's as was said, and you got credit, Just no message. ^^
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By Asura.Datsik 2020-10-30 04:06:16
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By Aerison 2020-10-30 10:07:16
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//lua l quetz/azi/naga


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By Jetackuu 2020-10-30 10:10:04
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Aerison said: »
//lua l quetz/azi/naga


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some people prefer not to bot, ya'know
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By Aerison 2020-10-30 10:11:23
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Jetackuu said: »
Aerison said: »
//lua l quetz/azi/naga


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some people prefer not to bot, ya'know
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By crazy00 2023-11-18 05:59:28
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//lua l quetz/azi/naga tell me more.
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By Pantafernando 2023-11-18 06:34:33
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By gavroches 2023-11-18 07:00:59
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Lua might be a way, but that’s stupid. Real way is finding people and spam T3 zitah. In 1 hour can get 20K or so with 6 ppl cycling, I don’t know how many times we threw out pulse….
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