Provenance Watcher~

[Llana_Virren]

The most "sought after" item used to be byakko's haidate and is like 50% droprate and used to be killable fairly easily with a single party.

Byakko USED to be killed by an alliance, if you remember your history correctly. Honestly, I think a 50% drop rate is retardedly generous (at the time). The more awesome the reward, the more difficult it MUST be to obtain it.

The issue is that people want stuff handed to them, because they don't know what it's like to go weeks or months and getting a) out-claimed, or b) shit drops if they survive the claim. Sky Gods alleviated this to a point by making the end-Gods (Genbu, Byakko etc) forced spawns, but keeping the spawn items open.

Now you can kill Sky gods in low-man parties, but that wasn't always the case. You're comparing modern Abyssea to modern Sky, and that isn't the issue. The issue is that players no longer have to work for Lv.99, so they don't think they should have to work for gear, either.