User blog comment:Hoohah/Piggie and Rare Drops/@comment-2071518-20100822221953

Ok, check this. I've tested this a total of ten times, five with piggie, five without. Hunted Ceadeus. Here's the results for Dragongems:

Piggie: 5 Dragongems, total.

w/o Piggie: 5 Dragongems, total.

As you can see, petting Piggie didn't make a difference with me hunting Ceadeus. I decided to try it 10 times w/Jho

Piggie: 4 Gems

W/o: 5 Gems

This time, I got more Gems without using the "Piggie trick"

Then Alatreon:

Piggie: 5 Azure

W/o: 0 Azure

And vice-versa for Alatreon. I still haven't made Escadora, before anyone asks.