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Explain in detail Connoisseur Catalog vs Collectors


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-Which one will give me better "rare drops"?

 

-Do catalogs work if you have them equipped on someone not in your party?

 

-Is 3 Connoisseur Catalogs equipped better than 1, or is it the same?

 

-Does Connoisseur Catalog and Collectors cancel each other out?

 

-What is the best one do equip (and how many) for farming gil.

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-Which one will give me better "rare drops"?

connoisseur catalog.

 

-Do catalogs work if you have them equipped on someone not in your party?

ofc not.

 

-Is 3 Connoisseur Catalogs equipped better than 1, or is it the same?

they do not stack.

 

-Does Connoisseur Catalog and Collectors cancel each other out?

nope.

 

-What is the best one do equip (and how many) for farming gil.

Well, depends on the enemy you want to kill and what drop (rare or normal) you want more. I'd say just use both lol.

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With both Collector's and Connoisseur's equipped I got 2 Traps and 15 Plat Ingots while farming in Eden.

 

Then, when I went back to farm gil and equipped only the Collector's, I got 4 Traps and 18 Plat Ingots in less time than before.

 

So yeah...in my personal experience too, equipping just the Collector's was better. This is just how roll chances work though. They average out.

 

It is general consensus that the game rolls for Rare drops, then Common drops, then Shrouds. So, if you equip the Connoisseur, you are decreasing your chances of getting a common drop by 4% No matter what else you equip.

 

That is (ignoring shroud drop for simplicity's sake):

 

Nothing Equipped: 24% common, 1% rare, 75% nothing.

Collector's Equipped: 37% common, 1% rare, 62% nothing.

Connoisseur Equipped: 20% common, 5% rare, 75% nothing.

Both Equipped: 33% common, 5% rare, 62% nothing.

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-Do catalogs work if you have them equipped on someone not in your party?

No Accessory will work when not equipped on somebody in your battle party.

 

-What is the best one do equip (and how many) for farming gil.

Monsters don't drop gil, you'd get gil for selling what you get given. If you are farming Toises, the 33% chance for getting an Ingot and selling the 1 you get once every 3 battles will probably be better than selling the 1 trapezehedron you get every 20 battles.

 

Basically if 6.67 x the price of a Platinum Ingot > the price of a trapezohedron, your set, use Collectors catalog. If not, use Connoisseur catalog.

 

Although i daresay you'll be wanting gil to buy Trapezohedrons at 2 Million gil each. I'd say use Conoisseurs catalog.

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