Quote Originally Posted by Sadonix View Post
The only real reason I ever went through the pain of coil and ex primal is because it's a gating to progress further into FFXIV story. The loot is just a bonus,as in,it's nice to have it but I don't feel the necessity to farm the heck out of them until you get those loots.
This is probably true of a great many players. Gear is secondary, the content itself is more important.