Empress's Minions drop Lv.140 equips.

If by any chance being the important words. The integral words.

Keeping in mind that if I sell my gear to make this money, i'd lose the strength I use to actually earn mesos to be 'rich'. Stupid argument, herp derp.

You're arguing with the dictionary definition of rich, which is having a lot of assets or money. If your equipment makes you money, it's practically the in-game equivalent of a bond, which means you're rich. At least, compared to someone like me, who might have ~500 million between all of my characters with all their money and their equips.