So I got yet another sad "can't get <x> tale" to tell, here.
It is yet another glaring reason why Nadia should _not_ have been removed until all of the Tier revamps were done.
So, my Biped's cleric is Level 40 and the same character's Warrior is Level 39. I will need a new weapon soon, and that usually means techs as well. Getting through T1 with no techs wasn't too bad, T2 was starting to get "ugh..." as it takes too long to kill anything... I'm definitely finding myself wanting techs on my Tier III and beyond gear.
Well, I look at the tech list... let's see... I can put 2 techs on it, and if I'm doing Cleric and Warrior, I'm going to want a mace. Why make two different weapons (sword and mace), when that means hunting for comps for two different weapons... nah, I'll just make the stupid mace and be done with it...
Hmm, mace... well naturally I'm going to put One-Handed Crush III on it. Checked my dragon, cool, I got the comps required for OHC3... lucky me.
What else to put on this mace, I wonder... Socket? I don't have any Tier 3 crystals, and even then most of them are "10% chance of extra damage" or some-crap... oh wait, Smash III ... Smash is something I use constantly, so that'd be cool.
Red-Backed Spider Eye? Oh I have lots of those on my dragon already!
Snow Beetle _mandible_? Eh? I have Carapaces... that's odd, didn't know mobs could drop 2 different tech comps... heh. Ask around, turns out that yes, snow beetles drop them, but rarely.
Oh well I'll try for it, I thought... so I took my Lv70 dragon out, and getting 400-700xp per kill, I racked up some 40,000 XP (work that out...) and I got...
5 Snow Beetle Carapace
20 Small Snow Beetle trophies
4 Snow Beetle trophies
5 Charms/trinkets/etc
6 Hoard Items (Bell, Bracelet, 4 axes)
3 Moneybags
4 Formulas
2 Techs
and... *drumroll*
ZERO Snow Beetle Mandibles.
Nice.
Yet another "impossible-to-find" tech comp. Seriously, guys, is there some reason why these stupid things are that dang hard to get? Is there something utterly overpowering about "Smash III" that you decided that it should be ultra-rare? I mean, honestly.....
This is why we _need_ Nadia.
Sure, sure, T1 and T2 revamps have been done... T3 will theoretically come in the future... but what about now when we need these and other comps? I'm sure that maybe, maybe, when T3 revamp is released, maybe the drops will be better balanced...
But what am I to do in the meantime, I wonder?
Nadia should NOT have been removed until the T5 revamp was done, and all of the content re-balanced, and all loot tables fixed. Honest, and straight to the point.
Killing trivial mobs for hours on end for _one_ drop is about as fun as having my teeth pulled without anesthesia.