[dev1041] Relic Armor Upgrades

[saevel]

wow, well if that crap is the final versions of relic gear, im going to cry. Hopefully its the first stage DATs.

Winner: THF hands get +2

2nd rank: NIN hand get rid of nigh time.

mnk stuffs is situational crap ( lolchakra) . Counterstance shoes ok if the effect stays after equiping real shoes.

Honestly what did anyone expect. It'll be a bunch of side-grades and extremely minor +1s guaranteed. The "new new" SE doesn't care what we think nor what we want, Tanaka just does whatever he wants period. "No AH" on FFXIV pretty much says it all.

[Camate]

As I’m sure most of you are curious about the various upgrade possibilities for relic equipment, I bring you a tidbit of additional information to whet your appetite!

Currently the below is the direction the development team is heading in for relic equipment upgrades:

Stage 1: Enhancement of base stats creating a more powerful version of the original relic piece
Stage 2: Enhancements with unique properties that are different from that of other existing equipment (Example: enhancing merit point-related stats, etc.)

[ThaiChi]

Stage 2: Enhancements with unique properties that are different from that of other existing equipment (Example: enhancing merit point-related stats, etc.)

Merit point related stats huh? Does this mean I can put Crit. hit rate on my Koga Chainmail that's going to get a Dual Wield enhancement? Or will it mean that I'm going to get something silly like enhanced Sange?

[Olor]

Camate, thanks for the info - but can I just say this looks like a lot of work for some macro items? I was really hoping my monster set would complement my playstyle (like pet only damage dealing in things like WOE) - instead it looks really underwhelming.

If the 50 of whatever item is easy to get then no problem, but if it is going to require a ton of work for these pieces the devs are pretty much wasting their time cause people won't do it when empy armor is so much better

Honestly they should of just left it as is if they were going make it sub par to what is currently available.

My thoughts exactly.

[Dreamin]

Anyone who doesnt' believed VW and WoE current crapastic drop rate has anything to do with Tanaka must not understands the timeline on who was the producer/lead on FFXI and FFXIV along with what events/updates came out in assoications with FFXI and FFXIV. Wake up and look at the reality.

[Leonlionheart]

Well that's good news. I've seen the total crap that is the first version of this upgrade, and I'm happy to see that there will be more, possibly making some of these pieces quite useful (better than AF3+2 maybe, depending on the "etc.")

[Cowardlybabooon]

Whether they're easy to get our not, I'm happy about it as long as it doesn't require an alliance or something truly ridiculous. I would be willing to work about as hard as I would for a BLM magian staff. It would be ridiculous to add upgrades with better stats than the higher forms of Artifact, so I think this is a great way to make them useful without just adding another piece for a weapon skill macro or very situational armor. I definitely wouldn't mind an "Enhances Penance" or "Enhances Saber Dance" effect. If you're like me, in the current game state your favorite job likely has all the possible armor, and this would be a nice way to get a little boost. Hope nobody was looking for something amazing. I view this as more of an excuse to wear the classic AF too look cool (go rdm!) without looking like a gimp.

[Babekeke]

I'm now intrigued as to how they're going to add merit-enhancing stats to the BLM relic gear...

74 Sorcerer's Coat RareExclusive

[Body] All Races
DEF: 41 MP +12
Elemental magic skill +5 Enmity -2
Adds "Refresh" effect
[Aug] Ice potency +5
Lv. 74 BLM

is about the best they're going to manage...

[hiko]

I'm now intrigued as to how they're going to add merit-enhancing stats to the BLM relic gear...

74 Sorcerer's Coat RareExclusive

[Body] All Races
DEF: 41 MP +12
Elemental magic skill +5 Enmity -2
Adds "Refresh" effect
[Aug] Ice potency +5
Lv. 74 BLM

is about the best they're going to manage...

=>

Stage 2: Enhancements with unique properties that are different from that of other existing equipment (Example: enhancing merit point-related stats,etc.)

not restricted to merit

sorcerer's petasos +3
Def53 INT+8
Elemental Skill+9
Enmity-4
Refresh (+2's stats from mining)
- Elemental celerity(occult accumen)+5
- convert 5% dmg dealt into mp

[Belmonts]

First of all, even tho this information is in Japanese I wonder where it came from, since SE has been so secretive with all its stuff I wonder who leaked that kind of data. Don't get me wrong, I am glad I got a peek of what it possibly will be.

Secondly, if that's the last upgrade it's very disappointing. Because, honestly, they don't get anything good. In case of RDM would be nice to see another refresh piece of armor like empy body.

All I can hope for is that SE make relic something nice to wear again (at least, with the jobs it were actually useful, since DRK relic set stats are lol IMO).