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While one has always been required to run ultimate to get the SSRs in advent events without blowing tons of half-elixirs, the requirements have gone down noticably. For what it's worth, pre-Ixion (1st time) was worse. Ixion to now basically asks for 30/635/375/275 materials to max out the two SSRs. Launch to Rahab (1st time) asked for 30/740/460/360. Although, drops were highly variable over the first few advents; it took until... Typhon or Medusa to settle down to what we see today, I think?

Speaking of which, raids also sucked back then. Part of it has to do with game age; fewer strong players around to bail others out. Other is system-related; mainly that stupid division into blue and red raids. I maintain that Jormungandr is the roughest raid event we've had in terms of number of failed raids.

At any rate, back to Sphinx/Vritra... Vritra, how/why are you so much less threatening than Rahab? 0.o
Was Vritra always like this? I could not remember her event at all.
I don't remember exact values, but on Rahab i was farming not ulti but experts and had MLB eydolon withount tonns of HE (only several quest HE were spent). As i remember, almost all rewards were mats, fodders were rare, just exp/mats ratio was worse because experts. The only + to Vritra comparing with Rahab is that boss is simplier, just high damage, nothing special, like Sphinx/Meduza. I don't know, what was at previous Vritra/Sphinx events - i hadn't played yet during that time. If the prices were redused somedays - it's good, but chance to loot high rade mats less then 50% is definitely fail. I'm waiting for new prices on advents, like on DMM, only a month left. It will be much better then now.