I think I am just not accustomed to the new Sage system. I spent a month wandering around Dwilight in search of a Sage and found one once, but did not have the right common items.
With the new system, what is the best way of finding Sages? Do I sit in one region, search for items and listen to rumours? How far do the listening to rumours actually reach? Just neighbouring regions?
I lost my last item to decay, and would rather not lose this one as well.