How is the number of 99 relevant ? What matters is how many people want an empy at a given time on a server. Apparently there are 15 Vere 95 and 7 Ukkon 95 (census). So on average you have one MNK seeking 60 cinders on a given server and 1/2 WAR seeking riftdross. For all weapons there are 33 cinder-empy 95 vs 16 dross empy 95. So Basically twice more people are looking cinder than dross : on average 2 players seek cinder on a given server, one of them being a MNK, and 1 player seeks dross, 1 of them being a war on half of the servers. This alone tells a lot on the state of the game balance and explains the price discrepancies.
The fact that there are about as much Ukon 99 as vere 99 only shows that among all real DDs having a 90+ empy (about the same for both wpns), you have the same proportion or rich players which is not surprising seing as the guy that did the 95 trial should find the 99 one easy. Honestly 40 millions for a 99 cinder-empy vs 18 millions for a 99 dross-empy is not much different seing as the level 95 trial costs about 170M.
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