First off: As a career Dancer, I have spent the last 4 years praying for the update that makes Mandau usable for me. In the meantime, I have desperately wanted a Mythic. I don't want or care for Twashtar for any reason other then it looks cool. Rudra's Storm is not as good as Evisceration in a decent critrate/DEX build, especially in Abyssea. However, all I would have to do is this:

/check friendlist
/tell "Hey, I'd love a Twashtar. Lets go make one"
*3 days later, after killing the Timed NMs*
/p "Awesome, lets finish this up!"
*1-7 days later*
/p Kewl!
Reply: Grats!


Now, lets see the same with Mythic/Relic{for SMN}

/tell "Let's make a Mythic!"
Reply: "Good luck with that!"


In short: People will help with the least time-consuming option. Due to entry restrictions on Salvage and Dynamis, they are not only ridiculous to obtain, but you end up spending so much gil trying to overcome it that you bankrupt your character and they become the sole focus of your attention. Abyssea has NO restrictions, Abyssea has NO limiting factor, Abyssea does NOT impose a forced RL wait in between upgrades. All arguments stating Empyrean are hard are made by imbeciles who have never attempted something truly difficult. Relic/Mythic should be better by virtue of what they represent, not what they are. I still respect players with legitimate Relics far more than I respect Abyssea-nubs who (judging by the vast majority of opinion) burned the job from 30+ to cap and then had their LS get them an Emp "for the hell of it."

Oh, and I hated SMN burning too. Before Abyssea, I soloed all the way to 68, because SMN is expected to magically break the job gap and be a main heal because "they have lotta MP!". I'm a shitty WHM, I'm willing to admit that. Why would I want to be a shittier one with more mp?