New WHM spell, Araise. It will be extremely difficult to obtain.

[Runespider]

If they want to make something that is "extremely difficult to obtain" then so be it. I don't like the general direction FFXI is taking either, but I can tell you this:

If it turns out to be an EX scroll, then "extremely difficult to obtain" damn well better not just mean "extremely low probably to drop from something". Because so help me god, if they implement this in such a way that it is nothing but dumb luck and "winning the lottery" strategy to obtain, I'm not going to be happy.

Seeing some assclown's gimptastic abyssea-leeched WHM mule get a scroll by dumb chance, while someone like me who's been playing WHM as their main job since NA lauch ends up going 0/6000 on it, is going to make me rage harder than I ever have before.

Voidwatch and career paladins trying to get the -dt body from kaggen says hi, this is exactly what happend there. Was always seening gimpy wars full timing that body, or peoples mules walking around with it while main tank players could not get it or went months and months of spamming to finally obtain it.

Would be really nice if they just told us what they have planned, we all know they plan this stuff way way in advance so they know what hoops they are going to make us jump through already. Far better to tell us now and maybe evaluate th eplayers reaction at a point when they can possibly make some changes than wait till the last minute.

inb4 "if we make the spell easier to obtain we will have to nerf the spell for balance issues!"

I suppose really the problem they are seeing is they don't want to keep giving us better and better gear because that can only go so far, so instead of actaully giving it to us they give the illusion of giving us better stuff...without actually letting us get it. Floor 100 nyzul gear is a perfect example.