Quote Originally Posted by Sartori View Post

And what the heck is an Asian grind lol
Grinds commonly found in Korean or Japanese MMOs. I don't know if you've ever played Monster Hunter, but the MMO (Monster Hunter Frontier, haven't played it myself, but this is from what I've read on /r/MonsterHunter) can require over a dozen of one material obtained by killing the monster, this item has a drop rate of about 1% from each carve or item reward, so a 1% chance spread across 6 chances in a fight. Each fight taking 10-15 minutes if you're experienced, and one mess up can cost you a death (of which you have 3 before losing). Probably the reason the game wasn't localized. A more recent example would be ArcheAge where you can continually upgrade an item with very costly materials. If you happen to fail, you lose the item and have to start from scratch (I guess this could be compared to a failed meld, except with a far, far greater loss.

FFXIV has nothing on the "asian grind".