The test server is more fun than the real game.

[Modoru]

All stuff that has a very low reward-to-investment ratio nowadays, both relative to Abyssea and in absolute terms.

Depends, people still desire certain items, Suppa, Ethereal, Rajas ring, Tamas ring, not to mention people also desire the Atma of the Ultimate from proto-ultima, if I'm not mistaken...

[cidbahamut]

Tamas ring

No. No no no no no.

[Modoru]

No. No no no no no.

Just because you don't, doesn't mean others don't~.

That said, I obviously don't. I was just listing end-of-storyline rewards.

[Mirage]

No. No no no no no.

Maybe if you have 0 melee characters. If not, I agree with cidbahamut.

[cidbahamut]

If you ever, ever, intend to hit something with a weapon, you choose Rajas Ring. Tamas Ring does nothing for you other than free up an inventory slot which you should be filling with a superior ring anyway.

[katz]

Happy medium is what FFXI is now. I remember when it took a week to get from 74 to 75, exp is way too easy now. "You get soo many players saying "Im bored cos I dont have any imagination" I was talking to an ex player about skillchains, something that seems long gone (Please SE make some skillchain trials to make people party again lol or better still make it part of getting a limit break)(joking incase someone thinks its serious cos I know some certain tinhat persons would believe it) Suddenly the rush of exp to get a level 90 job doesnt really seem worth the loss of game play that we used to have. Were are all the skills in making parties gone, dont need any of those any more. Chains of 230 mobs were not unheard of. This madness of abyssea has lost something and I dont know how we get it back.

[katz]

Anyone who wants a raise 3 can buy me the spell. Why would I waste a million on something that isnt useful for me. Now a million on Ni...hmm Id think about it, then go duo the bcnm to get one or two or three lol

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Ah Ijust remembered why the lazy people dont do BCNMs, Abyssea dont drop beastmen seals.

[Deadvinta]

Ah Ijust remembered why the lazy people dont do BCNMs, Abyssea dont drop beastmen seals.

Not a good excuse for them now-a-days either. Kindred Crests can be traded in for beastman seals!

[Solonuke]

Not a good excuse for them now-a-days either. Kindred Crests can be traded in for beastman seals!

I don't know about you, but a lot of people seem to prefer Royal Jelly, Under Observation or Up In Arms. All of which I've done a ton of times before and no longer poses as a challenge for me so I prefer doing something else and I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling like that. I think it's stuff like that, long traveling to the BCNM and low drop rates are keeping the pricetag on Ni so high. As for Raise III I have no clue why that spell isn't cheaper as it means less than Ni and can be soloed, maybe it's because of the weight switchs in Quicksand Caves that are keeping it at that level.

[Soranika]

No. No no no no no.

Three mage jobs, one melee job.... my choice was obvious. I got a tamas ring and never looked back.
There's a lot more useful rings for melee job than mages I fine. At least the ones I play. I absolutely detest HP to MP gear. Only reason I own a bifrost ring is because some one gave to me for WHM.