This is what i hate about FFXI endgame (not counting abyssea), they are far too in love with randomness that it means that endgame isn't about working hard for drops or being a good player. It's just about being lucky, you having the best item in the game that took you 4 months of hard work is no more impressive than the person that joined a shout and went afk the entire fight going 1/1 on the drop.Biggest problem with this game is the randomness of equipment.
Some people go 1/1 E Abj: body, then go 1/1 on HQ synth, then go 1/1 on +3DA +6STP
The next guy could go 1/12 E Abj: body, then go 1/50 on HQ synth, then go 1/320 on +3DA +6STP
One guy laid down, at most (if payed for ABJ), 25ish mil. The other payed (without buying ABJ or pop items) around half a relic.
That's not a good foundation to build new 99 endgame on, and the really horrible part is we all know the rest of the endgame stuff they add is going to be just as retarded.
It's really sad that no matter how good you are at these fights, no matter how many shouts you organise there is still the very real possibility that with randomness and drop rates as low as these are that many people that are trying to get these will NEVER get them.
If you actually think about it that way, that there is the very real possibility you will never get that item your trying for from the VWNM because of this drop system, no matter how good you are at the fight, no matter how many times you try and someone else that doesn't care about it and maybe won't even use it will then maybe you will see the reality of it and why it really does need to be changed. Assuming some people don't understand the rage about it right now anyway.

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