Recently returned but having trouble getting into post 99 content, please advise ...

[Aysha]

No coffer spawns. The additional drops are just added to your personal loot / added directly to your inventory. (So make sure you have plenty of room before hopping on the train!) Sometimes the lag/chatspam can overload the chat log so nothing is displayed, but the loot still drops into your inventory, so if you don't see even 'lixirs in your chat log make sure to doublechechttp://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/51892-Recently-returned-but-having-trouble-getting-into-post-99-content-please-advise-.../page15k your bag. Sadly, the drop rate on the campaign drops is not stellar, so going 0/4 is not surprising in the least. Just keep plugging away and you should get something cool eventually. ^^;;

Well, I'm more like 0/8 now, so... meh.

You pay once to buy the vorseal which unlocks it permanently for your character. When you enter an escha zone, you get a buff also called "vorseal" (which includes the effects from all purchased vorseals,) that lasts for 1hr from the time you zone in. After spending an hour in the zone, the buff wears off, but if you rezone it will get refreshed to the full duration.

I was thinking that might be what the wiki meant, but then I was like "naaah, that doesn't even make sense."

Which leads me to ask.... why even have it wear off, if all you gotta do is re-zone to re-apply the buff? Does that even make sense?

[Diavolo]

Which leads me to ask.... why even have it wear off, if all you gotta do is re-zone to re-apply the buff? Does that even make sense?

Probably to dissuade people from idling there all day or running AFK for long periods of time, somewhat similar to Abyssea.

[Nyarlko]

Probably to dissuade people from idling there all day or running AFK for long periods of time, somewhat similar to Abyssea.

^ This. Plus, it's likely an anti-bot mechanism and/or a forced excuse to get us to walk away from the game for a bit.