Raider's Poulaines Where?

Luck does play a major role in whether or not you get an feet at all.
I spent 10hrs in an exp/AF farm party and didn't see a single pair of BLM feet. Following day during an Abyssea event got 3 pairs in 20mins, and we wasn't even farming gold boxes.

Also took me close to 2 weeks to get DNC feet, the drop rate is just crappy, and my luck with booties I actually want vs boots I don't give a toss about (im lookin at you cor) is pathetic.

Wow. :(

It took me less time than that to farm up a Refresh Hairpin and two pretty solid Dark Rings.

After the adjustment, it was a breeze to get myself and my friends the last AF3 bewts we needed. For me, RDM bewts took the longest to drop at 100 minutes (farmed solo).

Any suggestions on what can I effectively solo for the drops, if anything? No one on my server seems to have any want to farm for feet (in Attowha, anyway). :S

I have THF DNC BLM RDM, and I chose to farm on DNC. For THF, I don't know if I'd choose THF/NIN with 2 DD + 1 Regen Atma or THF/DNC with 3 DD Atma. You might need to do some experimentation to see what works best for you, but if you can con a DNC or mage to tag along for weapon/magic skillups (or a little pocket gil from gold chest drops), I'd definitely pick /NIN. Dual Wield 3 and Subtle Blow 3 are worth it.

Unless I had friends with me for azure, the farming sessions were a race against the clock. I built only amber and pearl lights while solo.

I farmed in the area with *** and coeurls (near Conflux 08), and I switched between them depending on the presence of exp alliances or other soloists/small parties. Upon arrival, I pop some food (mithkabobs or red curry depending on my mood) and start on amber lights. 80-100 amber lights should do the trick - it's enough to increase the gold chest rate without generating the large gold boxes (the large boxes just mean an increase in the number of things than can load in the boxes - small ones are best for item farming).

Obviously, kill with Aeolian Edge for the first 20-30 minutes. Ephemeral Murex do roam the area, and if comfortable, kill them as well (just beware the wind-based murex as THF cannot amber those ... they will have a green-dottish aura about them).

Once amber light is sufficiently built, just start killing *** and/or couerls as quickly as possible while avoiding weaponskill kills. If you have a Clear Demilune Abyssite, you can pop and kill any tier1 Abyssea VNMs that do sometimes appear in this area. Tier1 VNMs are nice in that they always give pearl light when killed the pearl way.

And that's it, really: build lights and then go on a bloodthirsty killing spree. I'm likely making this sound far more complex than it really is, but I know you'll figure it out with a little experimentation. :)

EDIT: My DNC's standard TP set caps Subtle Blow, so *** and coeurls never have enough TP to use those irritating moves on me unless a friend is also meleeing. The mandies on the east since of the mountain may be another good target mob, although I don't know if they give both pearl and amber lights (I can't check since I'm at work and taking a break from FFXI for the time being).

+2 or gtfo!

Btw Rictor did you end up getting them? I did a search for you earlier but you weren't on!