Or people found they can get the clears with the constant PuG shouts.
As stupid as I think a raffle is, this is -not- the case. You ever join an asuran shout helm, *** disaster.
*No SMN No Shout for you.
It's a combination of price too high, risk to great, no *** given, PLD GEO WHM and COR don't need or want Aeonics, and that's the entire population right now. (when they're not on smn, which also doesnt care about aeonic)
*disclaimer: this is to say that cors don't care about fomal as the majority of usage a cor gets is as a melee using savage blade while using magian gun.
**only slightly hyberbolic.