Dear Dev Team: I love you.

[Psion]

Thank you so soo much for giving us massive reductions in entering content for relics and mythics. (once you get the appropriate K.I. of course.)

Now I might finally accomplish my goal of getting a kenkonken despite having a job and classes!

[Mnejing]

I wonder if similar reductions is forthcoming for empyrean and ergon weapons..

[Psion]

Its quite possible that the moogle shop III bonus you get from the last KI sells heavy metal plates or something. :x

[Ritsuka]

how do you get this key item ?

[bungiefanNA]

It says you get them by progressing through Rhapsodies of Vanadiel, which should mean that they are mission completion rewards. Just do the missions.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...838#post548838

[Shirai]

This update... wow... color me amazed.

[Tidis]

In the short term, this update is very rewarding, in the long term though it just solidifies the concept that this game is going to die shortly after RoV, all these changes removed grind, which in essence is what extends the life of this game, no grind means people accomplish things quickly and then lose interest and quit.

Makes the whole fact I got a Mythic a month ago seem a lot like wasted time but there ya go. Also consider people who farmed Salvage and Dynamis for gil, that's out the window, currency and alex are going to be worthless now, always have Skirmish upgrade stones I suppose.

[bungiefanNA]

Unless Rhapsodies in Adoulin makes skirmish stones more plentiful... People on BG are betting on Heavy Metal Plates being up there with an additional and more plentiful method to obtain in the next one.

[Afin]

In the short term, this update is very rewarding, in the long term though it just solidifies the concept that this game is going to die shortly after RoV, all these changes removed grind, which in essence is what extends the life of this game, no grind means people accomplish things quickly and then lose interest and quit.

Makes the whole fact I got a Mythic a month ago seem a lot like wasted time but there ya go. Also consider people who farmed Salvage and Dynamis for gil, that's out the window, currency and alex are going to be worthless now, always have Skirmish upgrade stones I suppose.

these ki's are certainly both a good and bad addition to the game, i can see they're reducing entry stuff as it's on its way out, but you gotta look at it this way too, if all currency dies out, will there be much need for mass amounts of gil in the days to come if everything becomes simplified?

[Dale]

In the short term, this update is very rewarding, in the long term though it just solidifies the concept that this game is going to die shortly after RoV, all these changes removed grind, which in essence is what extends the life of this game, no grind means people accomplish things quickly and then lose interest and quit.

Makes the whole fact I got a Mythic a month ago seem a lot like wasted time but there ya go. Also consider people who farmed Salvage and Dynamis for gil, that's out the window, currency and alex are going to be worthless now, always have Skirmish upgrade stones I suppose.

I would usually agree with you.

But the mythic grind on this game was so bad most players lost interest with it and quit it anyway. So the end result was the same as if it had never existed in the first place.

I'm all for long-term goals. But they need to be reasonable enough to where players are actually willing to do them. It does suck for people like you though who got them the old fashioned way. I think SE owes you some compensation. But I do support these changes.