You really expect players to do this quest on a weekly basis?
I mean seriously, now. I've ridden the ship probably 30-50 times during my entire playtime of FFXI, and I have only seen pirates a grand total of once.
Once.
Fact is, I still have yet to see a Sand Charm and as such, not been able to do the Inside the Belly quest because of that lame requirement, because the pirates refuse to spawn for me, in the many times I've tried to encounter them.
Some of the others (such as Bloody Robes) are also particularly annoying, especially considering the fact the mobs that drop them are not that plentiful and only appear during the night (you could have at least switched it, and made the Skull be weekly and the Robe be once, so that one could farm Gusgen for the skull).
And Sunsand Rush is also annoying because of the Earth Weather requirement to get the Sunsand, and Fusion on crabs is kinda LOL...
And 30 minute foods? I didn't mind it when it was Grapes because Grapes wear off in 5 minutes... but I don't really feel like having to buy antacids constantly to get rid of the food effects.
All in all, this newest batch of quests is "ugh"... the first ones were reasonable but these ones? Yuck.