I enjoy the direction this game is going

[Beetle]

I agree... it can't be all or nothing. Most people who do in fact enjoy the game feel that themissing link is open world content.

Furthermore, drop rates in the ff series are notorious. Try getting high level non crafted gear in ffxii (zodiak spear) ochiudos kote (sp?) Was no higher than 5%. LOTRO drop rates for epic gear in open and instanced content was awful as well... so yeah op exaggerated but lets not act like none of us have never done that before.

O kote contunes to be best in slot until lv71 still... even after 11 years. Also people found out can obtain zodiak spears in a single shot now someone found out that its not random its based on a set number where you can actually change during gameplay. If your on right number you get zodiak spear when you open the chest. Can change the number with cures or something cant remember anymore.
@12:40 for chest open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLJW6RQaxo