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

[Dekusuta]

The real issue here is not just the time and effort, but the IOUs relic and mythic holders will have to place on the community.

I said this in LS, but SE seems to not be aware that the community has changed a lot, and is no longer the same community that they had in the game's heyday in 2004-2006 when a vast majority of players were younger. Those of us who have stuck with the game have grown up, and we can no longer devote 'hardcore' play time, which involves spending 48 hour weekend slots organizing alliances of 18 to fight some NM and farming. It's interesting that while most games reward tenure to MMO with special items accessible only to longtime players, SE seems hell bent of punishing their long time subscriber base. What's worse is this came off a period where they seemed to have understood the needs of the community, with abyssea being a fairly accessible field with good rewards. Maybe a little too easy, but it was the right way to deal with the aging community. The sudden shift in tone since last year was disconcerting.

Here's a compromise, make T1 for relics,mythics killshots w/ weapon equipped. They can do whatever they want with Tier2. 10,000 Tanakites or whatever. I won't be doing that trial.