Quote Originally Posted by Cream_Soda View Post
So would you be happy if emps just amounted to farming a lot of gil to pay for some sort of upgrade item to go w/ the trials?

Cause that's basically what a relic is. As far as all of the non gil work that goes into making a relic, it's not something that takes an incredible amount of time.
I don't pay to be spoonfed equipment. There are more than enough free MMOs that can do that for me. Relics take MINIMUM 1month, 1week, and 1day if you completely exclude gil acquisition. That's 5x the amount of time for an Emp. There is a clear difference. Including Gil adds anywhere from 1 day (RMT) to a few Months (if you have a reliable supply) to a few years (if you spend time actually playing and not grinding gil). I'm siding with relic because relic requires being a real player, not a gear-whore or an abyssea-spammer.