It's more a case of in order to be geared up to be relevant in endgame content you'll end up, by proxy, being able to one-shot basically any field mobs. You can't do one without having the other happen.
Maybe wait until they're back at work instead of off for the holidays. According to the ms2 cm, it's a corporate-wide thing that they get the holidays off work. Not even the Korean overlords are at work right now.
If you're away from home for ten months then why does it matter anyway? You'll rarely, if ever, be making use of your own suggestion.
And honestly? Something like this would never happen because nexon sells pets and pet skills to pick up drops. Why would they shoot themselves in the foot by selling one method of picking things up while also offering a free, less obtuse method of picking things up?
