Is it just me..?

[Panthera]

If you don't like the tread then get out.

your ability to impose consequences if I don't overwhelms me

I've already discussed how it's not really an Empyrean problem, it's an Abyssea problem. The issue with light dynamics that I already discussed not withstanding, we're talking about 18 guys vs one mob. As often as not, the mobs are weak enough such that alliance might split up into two or even three groups, or more with soloists, and the mob dies within ... 10-15 seconds less say, without an Empyrean Weapon. With an Empyrean Weapon, let's say 5-7 seconds. The problem is that fights are too short anyway, Empyreans or no. The Empyrean weapon is only shaving off 5-7 seconds; that's actually not that much fighting time when the time it takes to kill the isn't that long in the first place.

But, Empyreans work as they do, and Abyssea works as it does. We are not beseeching for change, we are merely lamenting the immutable status-quo. Or just being a <expletive deleted>, as you say.