Ok...let me level with you here SE...

[Insaniac]

My question is why you would want them to make a trial that is a huge buff to a weapon that you would never complete?

The reasoning is simple. Some people want rewards in a reasonable time frame. Some people want a feel of exclusivity. These trials kinda cater to both. Sure they don't get to feel superior because they do some insane thing that other people can't but they do get to freaking glow. It's just a trophy. That's all it should be. It's there to keep people who need proof of how hardcore they are happy without alienating the vast majority of people who just want their weapon.

Edit: I've already seen people excited about the trial. Those people as I said are clearly insane but that's what they wanted and they got it and they are happy.

[Anewie]

My question is why you would want them to make a trial that is a huge buff to a weapon that you would never complete?

The reasoning is simple. Some people want rewards in a reasonable time frame. Some people want a feel of exclusivity. These trials kinda cater to both. Sure they don't get to feel superior because they do some insane thing that other people can't but they do get to freaking glow. It's just a trophy. That's all it should be. It's there to keep people who need proof of how hardcore they are happy without alienating the vast majority of people who just want their weapon.

Edit: I've already seen people excited about the trial. Those people as I said are clearly insane but that's what they wanted and they got it and they are happy.

I'm more concerned with the logic behind it. You mentioned exclusivity, do you know the definition of it? There is nothing exclusive about glowing or offering very small buffs for your party. If it's so exclusive, why don't you want to do it?

Also.. I will agree with you.. those people are crazy lol. I'd like to know who they are because I'm seriously doubting they either exist or are serious.

Sounds like you got trolled tbh.

[Prothscar]

The playerbase turned FFXI into a game where you only do things with 2-3 people. These people are either too scared, too lazy, or too stupid to go back to doing things properly however, and now complain when content is released that actually requires other people to complete.

Relic 99 should by no means require 20 ADL kills, but there's nothing wrong with it requiring a group as long as it's within the realms of reason and doesn't end up costing that group millions of gil in the long term.

[Prothscar]

500-750 plates would be reasonable.

[Unctgtg]

Really SE, I have continued to defend you through the years as many of your dedicated followers have. But when you continue to ignore what we are saying over and over again, about what makes this game enjoyable for us, but still offer a challenge. It is a HUGE slap in the face for a fan base that has given so many years and countless millions of dollars to your company.

The comment Camate made (not going to be mad at him), but when you say oh we don't want to change it based off people already began collecting, is a slap in the face to your fan base. Please stop focusing on aspects of the game that are DEAD. Focus on what the player base wants at the moment and as you see there are 60+ pages on English forums, about 10 topics dedicated to this, and I am sure our counter parts from around the world have just as many telling you we don't want this, we want something else, something EVERYONE can ENJOY, not go completely mad over. You said it yourself SE, a MAJORITY can obtain, not just a few. Again I state a Majority is 85% or higher, but you seem to not get this.

People have been suggesting how to fix this. Don't give me oh that would be to hard to fix. I have seen your source code programming for FFXI. IT IS NOT HARD.

In closing, Either change the trial to something more realistic, or you will lose your playerbase as you can see in all these topics, and this one with over 600 posts.