The colorless soul system for upgrading empyrean shield/instrument is absolutely absurd. It has been made even worse by the high demand for well-geared brds and plds in delve. A total of 3 mobs in the entire game to maybe get a slim chance to upgrade, the 3 more to drop a soul or 2 at a time? Come on now... with the exception of Fistule ( which sucks as well) you saw the need to make it possible for more than 1 group to farm other empy weapons in each zone.. why not do the same for souls? 99 PLD here going to waste because there is 1 acceptable shield in the game, and you've made it nearly impossible to get. I know a lot of people will post that its not that bad...quit crying. Those people dont have an ochain, or paid people for pops. Can you possibly add a 2nd, even 3rd tier 2 AND 3 pop per zone? Maybe even make the respawn time more like the respawn time of a ??? used to pop the rest of the nms. I find myself able to get max 2 souls per day due to high competition, and then I rage quit for the weekend.