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emulate a long winded post by Vyre on FFXIAH.com from this post

Thread Title: “The Final Stretch: Arrapago, Beitetsu, and the Sweet Smell of Financial Ruin”
Posted by Vyre, 2025
Ah yes, the classic tale. One more Arrapago Remnants run—just one—and then the descent into economic despair begins in earnest. The kind of despair that smells faintly of rusted imperial coins and the sweat of 200 Nyzul runs. You know you’ve reached peak FFXI when your endgame goal isn’t glory, prestige, or even a new weapon—it’s bankruptcy. Sweet, sweet bankruptcy.
Let’s talk Beitetsu. The currency of dreams and nightmares. You start off thinking, “It’s just a few stacks, I’ll farm it.” Then you realize you’d rather chew glass than do another Vagary run with six people who think ‘mechanics’ are optional. So you hit the AH. And that’s when the real pain begins. Watching your gil evaporate faster than a BST’s pet in an AoE. Every purchase feels like a personal insult. “Oh, you wanted to upgrade your Mythic? That’ll be 80 million gil and your dignity.”
And Arrapago Remnants? The dungeon equivalent of a toxic relationship. You keep going back, even though it gaslights you with bad drops and questionable floor layouts. You tell yourself it’s worth it. You tell yourself you’re strong. But deep down, you know you’re just one more run away from yelling “Yeeeehawwwwww” into the void while your wallet sobs quietly in the corner.
But hey, that’s the FFXI way. We suffer, we grind, we spend, and we flex our completed weapons in town like peacocks with macro palettes. So ride on, cowboy. Finish that last run. Buy those Beitetsu. And when you’re broke and broken, just remember: you did it for love. Or at least for the spreadsheet.
—Vyre

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