Quote Originally Posted by Almalexia View Post
That's a fair point. I say we take a look at that equation.

12,000 seals = 8000 drops
2 seconds per transaction of 10 drops
800 transactions = 1600 seconds or about 26.6 minutes

8000 drops = 81 inventory spaces
2 seconds per transaction of 1 stack of drops
81 transactions = 162 seconds or about 2.7 minutes

Altogether it takes about half an hour to turn 12,000 GC seals into 8,000 drops into 1,000,000 gil. That's plenty of time to make 1M before the next Atomos pop. The only limiting factor is the rate at which Atomos spawns (about every earth hour).

Common sense tells me Atomos was hysterically lucrative.

Edit: I will just say I am skeptical you make an honest 1M every hour through traditional means.
5s is a lot more reasonable when it comes to buying drops >_>

EDIT: & Selling isn't nearly as quick as 2s either. At least 3~4 with lag. So you need to adjust your timing to really understand how slow it was...