Please do something bout this alexandrite issue dev team!!

[Byrth]

When mythics were released, they required 50,000 Alexandrite and there were no pouches. Give me a source.

[Arcon]

Anyway, if you kill all the archaic machinery, get the 4 pouches, and kill boss with TH3+ you will pull about 100 Alexandrite per run on average.

I even get 111/run on average (not fulltiming TH, just applying TH6 to all Alex mobs then dropping to TH3 again). I thought it was a nice enough number to mention. Those stats also include my very early runs when I didn't clear the west room on FL3, which I do now, so it's possibly even higher.

Also, you keep saying 6 times as expensive when you're obviously ignoring the cost of Marrows. It's more like 4 times as expensive all-told.

Less than 3 times as expensive on my server. Alex price has fallen a bit while Dynamis currency prices went up. Even with a relic loan a 99 relic will cost you about 35% of a mythic, without a loan closer to 40%.

[Shibayama]

When mythics were released, they required 50,000 Alexandrite and there were no pouches. Give me a source.

I do remember there was an interview posted on Allakhazam years ago - I think it was when the Vigil weapons were implemented in Nyzul but they had no function explained yet. I haven't been able to find that interview or Q and A session anywhere but I remember they used the phrase "Relic for casual players" when regarding the completed weapon.

For all anyone knows that was a mistranslation - hell people still think galkas are asexual because of the mistranslation in the manuals.

[Trumpy]

I also recall the statement "Relic for the casual player" and boy was i disappointed when i saw the ridiculousness of the actual quests. I did search for a good long while here tonight and all i could find was this article here before they were implemented. which only says what vigil weapons purpose was to be in the future. (please note this is the stage for the infamous "Cheese sandwich recipe plx" question)

http://www.ffxifestival.com/2007/developerspanel.php

and this released afterward with the reduction of alexandrite needed.

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...20/detail.html

please note this statement though

"Though the means of acquiring relic and mythic weapons may differ greatly in many respects, a number of factors were taken into account before the introduction of the latter to ensure that the eventual time required for obtaining them would be roughly equivalent."

makes me laugh cause I think mythic time =/= relic time.