So, I've always been a fan of Verethragna over Spharai or Glanzfaust. To me, it just looks bad ass.
Anyway, last year, I really wanted to 99 my Verethragna and so I poured a lot of time in to farming Dynamis currency to sell so that I could buy heavy metal plates. I finished the plates and started buying Riftcinders, but long story short, real life got in the way and I just recently was able to come back to the game a couple months ago.
Here's my dilemna - Riftcinders don't sell like they used to. Back in January, they were selling for 1.3 to 1.5 mil each. Now, the few I even see are 3 to 5 mil and I still need about 50 Riftcinders to complete 99 Vere.
So how should I go about this? I figured I have 3 options:
1) Gather a group that's willing to farm Morta or Botulus Rex.
I don't know which one has a better drop rate for Riftcinders, but I figured with the price of Phase Displacers having dropped, then perhaps these guys can be taken down with one party? If this is possible, what kind of jobs should I take?
I was thinking WHM, BLM or SCH, BRD/NIN, COR/DNC or BLU/DNC, WAR, and MNK
2) Farm the gil
This isn't really practical, not only because the cost would be 200-250 mil, but there just aren't enough Riftcinders being sold.
3) Give up on Vere, throw it away, and start Spharai.
What do you guys think? Please keep in mind that I'm not interested in which weapon is better. I just don't want to be another bandwagon Oatixur Monk. I would prefer the Vere but I don't have 18 or even 12 people willing to farm VW just for me.