If you really wanted Arise or Meteor soon, it really doesn't take *that* long to farm up 8~15 mil. The spells were meant as a "only select WHMs and BLMs will have it!" type thing from the get-go (Pretty sure that was stated by SE themselves when they were released, in fact). It's not like people don't invite you if you don't have Arise (Except, ironically, maybe groups trying to farm Mul).