99 Empyrean Trials.

[DrStrangelove]

Comparing the work/gil needed for a relic back before Abyssea and neo-dynamis, to the work/gil needed to make an empyrean, is pointless. There were no such thing as empyrean weapons back then.

I'm comparing what's needed to obtain a level 95 relic today with what's needed for a level 95 empyrean weapon. Just in case that totally escaped you.

Right-o! Let's not let the facts divert our attention!

Empyreans can be done from start to finish solo or at most duo. This is well documented all over every FFXI website with people explaining exactly how they did it. So the point is moot.

The only real point is that empys and relics and mythics done solo:

1) take longest for mythics and next longest for relics. So empys don't need to be made easier
2) are most expensive for mythics and next for relics. So empys don't need to be made less expensive.

There....you are right! We've summed up the issue nicely.

Kudos to SE for handing this well this time around. It took some work, but it finally makes sense.

Doing anything to make empys EASIER and CHEAPER now would not only be a a grand slap in the face to the hundreds of level 95 empys and many 99 empys, but a complete error regarding relics and mythics.

EMPYS are easy preezy to 90 that can be soloed/duoed quickly with no gil. They are excellent weapons at that point. Should anyone want to take the empys to 95 or 99, they would expect to work for it and not be given another easy road to the finish line.