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[Alhanelem]

I would never buy relic/mythic/ergon currencies , unless I was super rich and wanted to treat myself.

I don't see buying currency as "treating myself." I see it as making a long, eventually tiresome task shorter. Treating myself is buying an ice cream. I would not liken buying more RME currency to buying an ice cream. I am not and never was "super rich" but bought currency whenever I could because it sped up the process and for no other reason.

[Stompa]

I don't see buying currency as "treating myself." I see it as making a long, eventually tiresome task shorter. Treating myself is buying an ice cream. I would not liken buying more RME currency to buying an ice cream. I am not and never was "super rich" but bought currency whenever I could because it sped up the process and for no other reason.

We all have our own preferences. Mine is ; "I'm building a legendary weapon, I will farm the materials myself."

This means I can spend my gil on crafting, and helping LS friends with stuff.

So my base factory setting for RME mats is "farm it myself." My first Empy I farmed 1500hmp, did not buy a single plate, and it took me 2012--2015. The Riftcinder stage proved impossible to solo farm, as it is entirely luck based, I have bad luck, so cinders never seem to drop for me.

So my remaining Empys, I am going to buy the mats. Because my main job WAR, proc job, has spent half a decade proccing VW mobs, and going home with bits of flowers and stuff. This has killed my enthusiasm.

So while my normal philosophy for RME is to go and farm the mats myself, this is not practical when faced with a random drop system where unlucky people get punished. VW is like being reminded that I'm not very lucky. I don't feel <That way.> when I'm farming Relic or Mythic currencies, because those offer a basic drop rate where I will always obtain some currencies, and not go home with only bird feathers and tree branches, and cursing my misfortune!