Everyone wants a great End Game Weapon-Item. But if you truly do not have what it takes, maybe you should be rethinking what you want out of this game and how you're going to get it. As Atomic_Skull said, not everyone who has tons of gil is some gilbuyer or anything of the sort. They just know how to make gil. Not to beat a dead horse, but gil is much easier to make these days than it ever was.

You don't have to play "a lot" to have a lot. You just need to spend your in game time a bit more wisely. My playtime is roughly 530 days, which is quite a bit. I started playing a few months after CoP release. Made 2 relics in 1 year and 7 months, from just making gil and buying coin.

Average players should not be able to obtain these items. Thats what empyreans are for.