ya, i agree there =D ***let pretend that don't exist =D (just to do my sheeeeeeeeeeeep) hehe
Well, Coil is the only reason right now, when PvP get out, it be even worse i would assume. I mean if you really think about it, if you just joined the game, you already 2 month behind from myth farming, and you cannot catch it up, your only option is GIL "2 Star item" synth. All the concept of this cockblock is real BAD if you ask me, but what can i do about it.
You can't hide the fact that majority of player will examine player and say: "OMG, your gear sux, sorry". Unless that player have his TIME MACHINE and able to go back 2 month ago and do his myth farming. And keep in mind this will go just from worse to worse, unless SE add new content that out date the Allagan/Myth gear, and lulz, you think people will love the concept of this?
Allagan = t1 to t4 = 8 piece of gear for 8 player (so in average 1 piece / week ) (a bit more if you also clear T5)
Myth = 300/week you need (495+825+495+375+825+495+375+275+375+375+900 for relic+1) = Total 5,910 Myth dived by 300 = 19.7 week
And that is for only 1 job, so in best scenario, if you get 1 allagan piece / week, you might finish the whole set in 9 week ***that only if you are ubber lucky.
The only way you can avoid that down time, is to buy the 2 star synth that is close *but not always better*, unless you real patient and love to be rejected from FC/LS. (Or run a time machine if that an option for you :P)
Like Ksenia said, is the game concept/mechanic that feed the RMT bizz. We in 2013, people love performance, they only believe in that, i see many player shout for 1 hours long just to do a 15 min WP run so it meet they EGO. You would say, don't buy GIL from RMT, just farm it!!! Gl with everything at 10~30 gil each because RMT are botting everything in the game =D GL synth ring that need 18 ORE at 25k each (450k) and Disconect in middle of the synth, and all that for a 40k profit... I mean is by far not that simple.