Quote Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne View Post
The general sentiment back then, pretty much.

I do however want to add how antagonistic the RNG involved to acquire even the basic essences against player who do not necessarily levels all their jobs. I personally did not felt the impact as much because anytime I ran low of Aetherweaver, I'd switch to either Tank to burn Martialist or DPS to burn Skirmisher. People who do not 'omni-role' did not have this luxury and I think that's a bit unfair to place the blame solely on them.

I think it would be better if AT LEAST the essence acquisition system allows the player to choose which one they want to stockpile rather than selecting randomly from the loot pool. I.e., 2-3 fragments of awakening can be traded for 1 skirmisher.
Hmm okay yeah, fair point on the omni-role thing. I forgot not everyone do that.

I suppose that's the trade then, phantom jobs are more easily acquire, but you have to level grind them (and imho, currently feel less fun than lost actions/essence)