Don't get me wrong, guys - I'm aware that a lot of other games use the RNG to artificially pad out content and some have been very horribly handled, and FF14 is small potatoes compared to them. It's just a small rant from a newbie player who's just a bit tired of having steel ingots broken down or spat out as NQ despite one's best efforts - among other things. As I mentioned earlier, patience is not a particular virtue of mine despite my attempted to correct it, and the rant was just purging it from my system. I wasn't trying to sound particularly whiny or spoiled - just annoyed and irritated. I'm sorry you've had to deal with my complaining, and I highly doubt it'll be my last. But I know it can be much, much worse.