By Caitsith.Mahayaya 2019-01-23 07:39:06
2-3 years ago I made an Almace. I got near the breaking point and nearly swore to never make another Empyrean again because of how much a pain in the *** I felt the Abyssea portion was.
The Gigas helms required running all over the map, dealing with farming pop items for three different mobs and after attempting to proc the NM, running all the way back up to the top of the map to pop NM and pray for 2 drops.
Misaraux Coast wasn't as bad - all NMs located close together, but there are three, including a time gated one.
Apademak though nearly made me want to stab something. You have to deal with three NMs, one is a time gated item drop that you can only circumvent by farming gold item chests. Have to be able to proc the pre-Apademak NM otherwise it's all a waste. And for them all being fairly close, ledges make you have to travel x10 the distance than if it were all one big open area.
Ok, come this year, I finally got enough therapy sessions to deal with that trauma of Almace and decided that I wanted both a Caladbolg and Masamune.. and I am pissed.
You Masa/Calad/Arma only owners don't know the true horrors of Abyssea (and I even feel sorry for Chloris bud / Glavoid shell farmers). For Carrabosse, a measly 2 NMs that you can farm pops for in minutes, located nearly on top of each other with the main NM in the middle. The only pain is to proc the fairy, that's it. Cerien, again 2 measly NMs. Oh no! One is time gated! No worries farm gold KI chest. Oh guess what? The other KI is also in gold chests for spawning the NMs... And the last, omfgbbq, 1 KI from gold KI chests, 50% chance it's the right KI too. I feel like I could do all three of these Empyrean weapons for the effort I put into Almace and still not be burnt out.
Anyway, why, WHY is there such a huge discrepancy between Empy weapons and the effort required to make them? Did SE really not think this through or are they just ***?