True, we have always grinding on FFXI for years but aren't we meant to be rewarded for all that grinding, instead of being punished with a load more? It's just spending an hour in Sortie each day, not getting much gal, may not be worth it in the end apart from getting empy+3 gear. In the olden days, we used to get quite a lot done in a few hours, like getting to lvl 99 via WOTG campaign battle cycles (which crashed on occasions, lol).