This is a rant. If ye don't want to read, move on. If yer going to flame me, move on. No, wait, go ahead and flame I'm pissy anyways.
I've been busy the last three weeks mining and synthing and mining and synthing to afford all my gear. (Yes, I realize blm gear is cheap comped to Sam/Mnk/Drk/Drg, etc.) I got to 67 without a pentinent's rope, but figured ah'd buy it anyway and use it, and let the blm in my static borrow it when we hit 60. 960k, been stable, okay no big deal. Bought the Druid's slops, price history at the time was 450k low 550k high. Had to spend 600k...... ::sigh::
Well been busting my tail trying to get 1 mil for the elemental torque. Got the money finally. None in stock. Been trying the last 3 days to get it. Every time I'm under my mule I've been checking. One went up this morning! Sweet! Bid all the gil I had. 1,062,000 and no go. Hop over to main to send myself another 100k, by time I got back it'd already sold at 1.1 mil.
Another pops up, 1.162 mil and still no go. My wife sends me some extra gil. Finally bought it at 1.4 mil. WTF is this @#$@#$? from 1 mil to 1.4 mil in 24 hours.
What is it with you greedy SOBs? Yeah, I'm the dumbass who paid 1.4 mil for an item. However, it's expected endgame. I'm going in to Dynamis this weekend for the first time. Hopefully at lvl 68 or 69. But either way I'm sure the mobs are significantly higher than me.
Stupid greedy sob's. None of the other torques even come close to the cost of this one. Is it that rare of a drop or is it the mentality of "Hey, blm is cheap, let's shaft these effers on something?"
This is my rant. This is my problem. Take it as you will. Not all of Shiva is greedy, but in game as well as out of game, most of humanity is greedy, miserly and stupid.