Damn! I totally missed this thread and the train wreck that came from it.

Since I did the original run in 2 weeks of non-stop grinding, I already had all the original weapons and both old mounts with extra generic medals. I just used my extra medals and bought the 4 minions and continued on getting the 4 new weapons and mounts within 2 days. I started late in the day and got 3 of the 4 weapons on day one. Got home from work and got the last weapon in minutes and finished it super quick. The best part was I was finishing off my 1st ARR relic weapon and used this as an opportunity to do the last step doing these Fate trains. Awesome!

This time around is so easy, I already completed this with My main, 2 alts and my wife’s character. Gonna start another round today with another character.

One thing is I never had any real issue with the Blue Mages. They helped out by halving the boss and we finished the rest. There was one Blue Mage I encountered that was one shotting during the slow down on one of my Alts, but after doing it twice, he must’ve realized I couldn’t get any credit and stop doing it. On my last Alt, I didn’t have flying unlocked yet in Stormbringer, so I had to travel by ground. Even with people flying, I still managed to reach the Fates and get Gold rank. There was even a nice player who decided to join me on the ground and travel with me, Fate to Fate. Overall, I’ve had a nice experience doing this.