Quote Originally Posted by GERM View Post
spending 500k (was 1m) per run and making gil off this was not a monopoly
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monopoly

Quote Originally Posted by dictionary.com
exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market
Although a ls leader keeping all the currency for themselves could be loosely defined as an "exclusive control of a commodity in a particular market", I'll agree with you that it's probably not strictly defined as a monopoly. It's still a BS system and a complete scam over all the other members of a ls that are doing equal parts work for little, to no reward for their effort.

As I stated above, most relic armor drops are near useless so what incentive does a linkshell member have to show up and farm a person his relic weapon for him?

I'll assume you're of legal age to hold a job. Would you go to work every day to make your company lots of money if they paid you with peanuts?

And regarding your comment that hosting linkshell runs to keep all the currency for yourself is the only way to build a relic weapon - there are plenty of people over the years that have built relic weapons by simply making money doing non-dynamis related content, and purchasing all the coins. There are linkshells out there that split the currency with their members to sell, and coins that drop in union pools - somebody is out there buying these coins.