New 99 trials

[Greggles]

@DrForester: I think any number of items from those particular NMs is pretty BS.

I don't understand why they don't want to make them kills. They want to make the weapons rare, and that's fine -- but it'd still take AGEs to kill 1000 ADLs / 500 PWs. The weapons would still be rare and at least you could team up and get them done together. This is a much better alternative than the items(but that's imo). I'd much rather do 1000 ADL kills over 1000 ADL items, though 1000 is still way too much even in that case.

[DrForester]

And just to clarify this is for the 99 upgrade? or the shiny weapon upgrade?

[Septimus]

The trial should have been simply to clear all of the Arch bosses once with your weapon equipped.

This would mean you "beat" new Dynamis and for said task you'd be rewarded with the most powerful weapon the event has to offer you. Encourages teamwork, throws a goal to clear all the new challenges and would be 10 days minimum invested to walk away with a 99.

But that sounds too reasonable.

But they have to go old-school with these weapons. You need the LS leader using the linkshell to upgrade his relic, stealing the LS bank, and quitting the game!

[Runespider]

Almost everything this team adds, adjust, or fiddle with is hated and stupid. It's like they want to alienate the entire playerbase and drive us all away.

Please give us back the Aby team...

[Alerith]

And just to clarify this is for the 99 upgrade? or the shiny weapon upgrade?

This is for the stage 1, level 99 weapon.

Stage 2 super special awesome glowy weapon trial seems to require the same item, just in larger quantities.

[Kimble]

Almost everything this team adds, adjust, or fiddle with is hated and stupid. It's like they want to alienate the entire playerbase and drive us all away.

Please give us back the Aby team...

You do realize the current Director of FFXI is the same battle director for abyssea right?

[amai]

japanese forum GM[Foxclon] says

こんにちは。
Hello.

レリックウェポン／ミシックウェポン／エンピリアンウェポンの強化に関する続報です。
The follow-up on strengthening Relic Weapon / Mythic Weapon / Empyrean Weapon.

先日、強化にあたってのメイジャンの試練に2段階のステップを用意するとお伝えしていますが、今週のテストサーバー更新では、その方針に基づいて各装備品につき2つの試練が追加される予定です。
Recently that are unbiased and have a two-step the test of Trial of the Magians with updated test server this week, will be added to the test of two per equipment for each based on its policies.

強化に必要なアイテムは以下の通りですが、必要数については現段階でも検証と調整を続けていますので、仮のものとしてご覧ください。
Items needed are as follows: to strengthen, the number needed to verify and adjust it continues to be at this stage, please refer to as provisional.

また、この試練の導入に伴い、花鳥風月において封獣板をNPC"Sanraku"にトレードした際に得られるモンの量を引き上げる予定です。
In addition, the introduction of this test, In addition, we will raise the volume of trade in Zeni NPC"Sanraku" obtained when the Soul Plate at Cosmic Elucidation.

※調整方針については、前回お伝えした内容から変更ありません。
※Adjustment policies have not changed from what we reported previously.


1st step　※Quantity is the value of any formal.
Weapons group Details of the trial
Relic Weapon Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Umbral Marrow 20
Mythic Weapon Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Mulcibar's Scoria 10
Empyrean Weapon group 1 Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Riftcinder 60
Empyrean Weapon group 2 Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Riftdross 60

2nd step　※Quantity is the value of any formal.
Weapons group Details of the trial
Relic Weapon Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Umbral Marrow 1,000
Mythic Weapon Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Mulcibar's Scoria 500
Empyrean Weapon group 1 Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Riftcinder 3,000
Empyrean Weapon group 2 Come collect a specified number of specific items. Meet criteria:Riftdross 3,000


Empyrean Weapon group 1:Verethragna Almace Farsha Redemption Rhongomiant Masamune Gandiva Daurdabla
Empyrean Weapon group 2:Twashtar Caladbolg Ukonvasara Kannagi Gambanteinn Hvergelmir Armageddon Ochain

[Dew]

Relic trial shouldn't even be arch DL. Should be Kill DL 20-30 times. Mythic trial should be kill beastmen kings like 10 times each. Emp trial should be something to do with Shinryuu, like 30 kills.

[Dekusuta]

I'll repeat what I said in other thread with a few additions.

1) community is older now we don't have the time to devote to farming in alliances of 18 for months and months
2) Asking people to get 18 players for kills to benefit 1 person is unreasonable
3) other MMOs reward long subscription with exclusive items to players who stay with the game; SE's reward is to tier players into those who can afford to stay in game 24/7 and punish their long-time tenured subscribers who have paid their dues years ago with trials like what is being proposed for mythics and relics.
4) Make tier 1 kills with weapon equipped so players work together. Actually just make both trials reasonable for the rest of the world, not by SE's masochistic standards.
5) With new consoles coming out in the next 24 months, I have no problem jumping ship and play other games instead, including Monster Hunter (JPs have mentioned this too) instead of spending $40 a month supporting this game.
6) Yoichi Wada should be fired for allowing the FFXI team to kill the goose the laid their golden eggs and financially propped up SE during their failure to transition into a HD developer

[Runespider]

6) Yoichi Wada should be fired for allowing the FFXI team to kill the goose the laid their golden eggs and financially propped up SE during their failure to transition into a HD developer

It's pretty sad hwo they turned a mostly happy playerbase during Abyssea into a hateful angry bunch we are now, putting the "old" team back in charge when they are so rigid and unmoving on their ideas was a very bad idea. They ruined FFXIV and now they put them back in charge of this game. The only problem I have with them is they just don't budge an inch on their ideas and their ideas are mostly to torture us.