Well there are maps like the entrance to Ranmaru that force-unsummon, but I digress...
At the very least, for the maps that force-unsummon, they should refill the stamina of the familiar. It sucks to go into a Fritto portal and basically play the 1/3 roulette that it's NOT the eagle hunting so that you don't get screwed and not be able to resummon your familiar afterwards.
Yup, totally agree with Arcane River Droplets needing an overhaul. I would personally be fine with daily quests, or even if Lucid herself dropped 3-5 per run. The current system as it is just does not work - it is far too time-consuming to do.
I can’t offer any reason why it might happen, but can certainly corroborate that for some reason the second half of the skill doesn’t activate for me either. Doesn’t seem to be any rime or reason to it, and as you’ve mentioned it’s rather infrequent, but definitely sucks when it does happen.
Depending how avidly you boss, it is impossible to sell all the power crystals you get per week. I usually only sell the ones worth 1m or more - that means I throw away the RA and Normal Zakum crystals. Usually by the end of the week I have 1-2 slots left (because I don't do OMNI-CLN unless I have a hyper rock), with which you can sell some RA crystals.
I agree that it is stupid though - since they took away the pots/mesos dropping in lieu for the crystals, they should at the very least remove the limit so that we can actually take advantage of all the crystals we get. =/
I really think Lucid's entry limit needs to be reduced. All other major bosses have a 30 minute time between runs - so why not Lucid ? It is extremely crappy to plan a run and either die/d/c and have the run be essentially wasted because you now need to plan for an entirely new day. I would even be understanding if it was an hour between runs instead of 30 minutes, but once a day is far too restrictive and needs to be changed to be more accommodating for players, especially when trying to coordinate with people from other timezones.