As the tense atmosphere dispersed, it was swiftly replaced by one of excitement and awe. While rare equipment may be something within the reach of those top guilds, it was not yet something players like themselves could acquire freely. There were two main reasons for the lack of rare equipment in circulation among casual players.
The first was that the big guilds often monopolized any world bosses that were discovered or secret rare boss spawn areas. If a casual player tried to go near those spots that were constantly under the vigilant watch of the big guilds, they could only blame themselves if they no longer had a place to stay within RML.