99 Weapons Rant (yeah yeah another)

[Geabrielle]

I would be fine with the 60 dross/cinder if: More than 2 mobs dropped them and the previous requirement wasn't a glaring 1500 items. From what I understand very few Empyrean owners made a stink because they were being told to 'shut up and spam VW you've got easy PUGable content'. Hopefully the next chapter will see more singles or dross/cinder clusters or even a decrease to 30 items.

Well ... I'd love to see those 1500 cut in half at least or perhaps 200 to 300? for the sake of correcting the glaring issue in the stages of progression. Yes, Empy owners are well ingrained and resigned to fetching x amount from PITA monster but at least the promise of 1 and the possibility of 2 kept tedium to a minimal. Increase the chance of obtaining single plates and the probability of plate pouches, because its sad when my bazaar stash of riftsand and silver mirrors over the course of a run is 10-20 while my plate prospects remains barely 1 to 3.

Everything else at this point is 'nod and smile' ....

[Hercule]

I would be fine with the 60 dross/cinder if: More than 2 mobs dropped them and the previous requirement wasn't a glaring 1500 items. From what I understand very few Empyrean owners made a stink because they were being told to 'shut up and spam VW you've got easy PUGable content'. Hopefully the next chapter will see more singles or dross/cinder clusters or even a decrease to 30 items.

Well ... I'd love to see those 1500 cut in half at least or perhaps 200 to 300? for the sake of correcting the glaring issue in the stages of progression. Yes, Empy owners are well ingrained and resigned to fetching x amount from PITA monster but at least the promise of 1 and the possibility of 2 kept tedium to a minimal. Increase the chance of obtaining single plates and the probability of plate pouches, because its sad when my bazaar stash of riftsand and silver mirrors over the course of a run is 10-20 while my plate prospects remains barely 1 to 3.

Everything else at this point is 'nod and smile' ....

SE said for the 10th anniversary of FFXI (+ the year of Dragon) they are planing big surpsie/new content, maybe new continent? we cant know now but, i think we should just wait and see...
Maybe all this stuff will be alot easyer...

Imagine if @ LV 75 SE said "ok guys for lv 99 we plan to get you a new WS! for unlock it you just need 100 Merit points! (+15 Merit to unlock the quest) " (When, back at that time it was a pain to get even 10 merit pts)