WoE is impossible during GMT "Prime" times!

[Mirage]

This is a problem for me as well. How to fix? Rewards need to become better. Either in the form of spells, rare/ex gear, or by making the WoE mini-empyreans better.

In the case of mini-empys, the level 95 version of those should probably outperform lv90 empys by 20%, excluding the aftermath. Lv99 mini-empys should *definitely* outperform lv90 empys even when you include the aftermath.

There are numerous ways to improve on lv95/99 mini-emps. You could give them a sort of mini-aftermath (occasionally deals 1.5x damage?), add fancy stats like store TP or crit damage on the actual weapon, increase the base dmg by a lot. The possibilities are endless, but what's important is that they become better than they are today. The way it is now, a lv95 WoE weapon is still weaker than a level 85 empy, and that simply isn't fair. Looking at how the base dmg of the WoE weapons have increased over the last few level increases, it looks like even at 99, these weapons will be weaker than lv85 Empys.

In reality though, this isn't a empy/woe issue. I don't think that a level 85 Empy should be insanely much better than lv95 AH weapons either, but they are. Even at level 99, the best craftable or NM-dropped weapons are unlikely to be stronger than lv85 empys.

A level 95 empy should be a bit stronger than a level 99 NM-drop weapon, sure, that's fine. A level 85 empy should not.

I love graphs, so I think i'll make one to show how i think it should be
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1132077/imag...powerchart.png