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I've been farily lucky i guess, as I've been able to find several of the purple quality gemstones with treasure hunting, but I *always* have at least 1 companion, if not 2 out on treasure hunting missions. Check the GTN on your server for them, I've been selling them like hotcakes!
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Funny enough, I've got 5 of these crystals between Archeology (125) & Treasure Hunting (202). Though my Artifice is only 80 or so, so I haven't needed them yet, I just banked them. I assume these are for high level item crafting?

 

On an unrelated side note; which craft skill is best for making implants? I've heard that both Cybertech & Biotech have them.

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When you reverse engineer a green recipe item, you MAY get a blue recipe, which needs fire node. When you reverse engineer a blue recipe item you MAY get a purple recipe that requires wind crystals to make. Blue is better than green and has the same level requirement. Purple is even better with same level requirements. I am still doing low level crafting (level 83 Arifice) so there is most likely more higher tiers that require other special items to craft blue and purple items.
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The purple, rare gems used for creating artifact level Artificing gear appear to only come from companions that have a +Crit in Treasure Hunting.

 

I can not prove this, but in maxing my Artificing skill, I NEVER got a artifact gem mat from any companion other than Kira and Vette. Not even once in uncountable missions on the way to 400. Kira seemed to get them on a rare occasion.

 

Also, since Sith Warriors get a +5 Crit and Jedi Knights only get a +1 Crit, it seems that Sith Warriors might have a significant advantage.

 

Again, this is only my personal experience, so it can't be taken as proof.

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For the people who get wind crystals more often... You are likely using companions with a higher treasure hunting critical rate, like Vette +5 crit. I've found more wind crystals that I knew what to do with using her. In opposition, when I'm playing as a jedi and trying to find wind crystals, none of my companions seem to come back with any. The theory is roughly proven, as I have gone back to Vette and keep bringing them in. Hope this helps, if you have crappy companions, you receive crap.

 

Good luck out there.

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Use Mission Discoveries. Get a lvl 110 Treasure Hunting mission schematic from the Market, then run it. Provided the mission is not a total failure (which happens very rarely), you WILL get a few purples, usually 2 to 4. So far, that holds true for every mission skill I used.
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