Alexandrite, Cat's Eye, and Mythics Complaint

[Tarage]

Dear SE,

Okay look, I've been playing FFXI for a very long time. I joined before Chains of Promathia was released. I've watched gear come and go, completed every mission and important quest available, and obtained almost every piece of gear I could ever want... except one.

I know you have heard numerous complaints about the rarity of Alexandrite, but I do not believe you have taken our concerns to heart. You have said you will be making adjustments, but will neither be lowering the amount of required Alexandrite, nor increasing it's drop rate. This is unacceptable. You need to understand the shear difficulty of obtaining one of these weapons, and how they are rapidly being outclassed by existing gear, or were obsolete from the start.

1. The quests and requirements outside of Alexandrite are already one of the hardest in the game. Even with the level increase, it still takes quite a bit of time to complete the trials, far longer than Relic weapons and Empyrean.

2. Supply and demand dictates the price of Alexandrite on any given server. While Salvage buffs MAY(This is a BIG May, considering it would take quite a bit to make people return) help lower the cost, but with so many people wanting a Mythic weapon, the price per Alexandrite is unacceptable. The cost for the weapon is far outside the scope of even players who spend almost all of their time playing.

3. Even if the cost for Alexandrite fell, the supply does not exist. Even when Salvage was in it's heyday, there was simply never enough supply to provide all but linkshell leaders with the number needed. Even if a person kept every single Alexandrite they received from when Salvage started until now, it would not be enough for a weapon. This is unacceptable.

FFXI has always had a problem with artificial stopgags. I should only have to invoke the names Pandemonium Warden and Absolute Virtue to explain. The unacceptable level of grind expected to achieve a Mythic weapon cannot continue in a game where the playerbase shrinks by the day. Three years is more than enough for the luster and novelty of these weapons to have worn off and the requirement needs to change. If the Alexander limit was decreased by even a power of 5, the improvement and morale of the playerbase would instantly increase.

Do the right thing SE. Fix the problem before this becomes(continues to be) another case of FFXI's mismanagement of grind. I'm begging you, please take this to heart.

Thank you.

PS: Not being allowed to transfer Cat's Eye across accounts is a slap in the face at this point.

[Mittenz]

I agree cat's eye should be tradeable I am currently sitting on one on my mule hoping that eventually SE will see this needs to be fixed. There is far to little alexandrites to even consider doing mythic these days and to make the one thing that would complete mine stuck on a mule for all eternity is rather annoying to say the least