Finally got my Linen Cuffs +1 after 2 weeks of searching. I had several HIGH level crafters attempt this using all their best HQ crafting tricks: Moon Phase, Day, Direction, Moghancement... still nothing!
The most ridiculous example of this was a level 88 Goldsmith, and level 60 clothcrafter in Jeuno on Darksday New Moon. He tried it 8 times, and not a single HQ!!!
Is this a glitch in the game after a patch or game update where you can't make these anymore?
Anyway, I finally tracked down a player who had bought one of the only pairs ever listed for sale on the Auction House. I ended up paying 20,000 gil for them, and I can't thank the player enough.
So, once again, thanks FORBIN for your help. Just glad you didn't want these as badly as I did! And, by the way, if anybody ever wants to meet with a totally cool player who doesn't cop the superiority attitude that so many high-level players pass out like candy on Halloween, just send a /tell to Forbin. He's one of most friendly players you'll ever hope to meet on the Fairy server.
Hey man, thanks for all the kind words. Hope you enjoy the cuffs as long as you have them, and have them as long as you enjoy them. Keep in touch, and well make the friendship registration worth more than the cuffs. p.s. hey man....Lets Party!
I don't think these are used that often because of battle gloves. Sure, +1 Str is awesome, but, so is +3 Acc and +3 Eva. So, it's either these or battle gloves. And battle gloves are also a lot easier to get a hold off. Besides, battle gloves look better. And yes, I usually let how something looks influence me. I wore all bone armor through the dunes, except for the subligar. Why? I hate subligar, why bone and not lizard? Because I hate lizard. So I ended up with all bone armor + lizard trousers. So, there's my story.
I tried to get these on midgardsormr for a long time (too long) clothcraft's 60 now, gonna see how many i can HQ outta 12, put all but one up for sale, so someone else doesnt have the hellish time i did finding em...