Many of you seem to have misinterpreted my point of this post so I will clarify.
This post was not about that we need to get +5 or higher on gjallarhorn or 5+ songs
on daurdabla. It was not about afterglow and how to make it work.
Yes Gjallarhorn and Daurdabla are still powerful and nothing delve has outdates it.
My main point was to address the inequality between the original relic weapons
and Gjallarhorn. All oringinal weapons had a unique weapon skill associated with the
weapon. That was only accessable if you wielded that weapon.(till the weps that allowed
you to do them from abyssea appeared)
Gjallarhorn and Aegis were the only 2 that didn't get a unique ability with the aquisition
of the instrument/shield.
I'm just proposing that SE finally give Gjallarhorn something unique to distinguish it, other
than being the ballad instrument. All other relics, aside from bow and gun are shown on the character. And you can then distinguish a relic owner visually or by when they perform the weaponskill in party. Gjallarhorn is the only relic that you have to either check the person, know the person has it already(from server rep), or see the person singing the song to see the Gjallarhorn skin. Giving Gjallarhorn a unique song would be akin to seeing the relic weaponskill during party.
Since SE said in the previous post that they will be giving Massacre Elegy(100% slow, which IMO
would be helpful), but they didn't want all bards to have it.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-Job-Manifesto
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So why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone. By putting Massacre elegy on the 99 version, it
1) won't be for everyone
2) fixes the inequality that existed since 75 relic when weapons got something unique, and
3) includes us in an update where the relic weapons get boosted to higher power.
On Asura for delve, bards seem to be in high demand, but not that many people want to be bards. Perhaps if SE did add a unique song(worthwhile song) more may want to play the job.
Just because SE wrote themselves into a corner(see my post about Brd EMP+2 armor), should not exclude Gjallarhorn/Aegis from an update. They are still relics, they were just as much work as relic weapons.
An IRL analogy is that all those that have relic are employees of the same pay grade. Then the company gives a bonus out to all employees BUT the ones who are marked aegis and gjallarhorn.