New weapons with higher base damage then relics

[Taint2]

Why not just increase the base damage, like now...? You already made skirmish weapons stupidly easy to get. I was sure these adjustments would come on Monday. Major failure if they don't.

They already said it won't happen right away. The idea is in place but they are no where near ready to implement.

[Zumi]

Yep. Everything for ARR.

Yea most of the team what was doing XI moved on to XIV. I been playing XIV as well because there isn't enough content in XI too keep me busy. Willing to give XIV a chance whenever they release ARR.

[Kojo]

Why not just increase the base damage, like now...? You already made skirmish weapons stupidly easy to get. I was sure these adjustments would come on Monday. Major failure if they don't.

Remember all the Relic owners complaining about Emps at the lv 90 cap? Look what happened, the 90-95 trial is horrible. with enough complaints, R/M/E will be raised above Skirmish weapons.

[Lotto]

So you had the time to think about releasing over powered weapons that are easy to obtain and you even enhanced one after 1 update (H2H went from 59 to +74 DMG) but you don't have the time to think about enhancing the R/E/Ms? Don't you just realize that the problem is how trouble it is right now for R/E/Ms holders rights now?
When I read how vague your explanations are, it seems that system won't even be ready before a while but meanwhile some people can get a better weapon in 2hrs than a R/E/Ms 99 which may take months to finish.

[Horadrim]

Yea most of the team what was doing XI moved on to XIV. I been playing XIV as well because there isn't enough content in XI too keep me busy. Willing to give XIV a chance whenever they release ARR.

I'm going to give it at least a year after release ... I gave FFXI way more than that.

Currently, though, I'm trying to teach myself to enjoy Guild Wars 2 so I can save myself from SE forever...

So you had the time to think about releasing over powered weapons that are easy to obtain and you even enhanced one after 1 update (H2H went from 59 to +74 DMG) but you don't have the time to think about enhancing the R/E/Ms? Don't you just realize that the problem is how trouble it is right now for R/E/Ms holders rights now?
When I read how vague your explanations are, it seems that system won't even be ready before a while but meanwhile some people can get a better weapon in 2hrs than a R/E/Ms 99 which may take months to finish.

Not sure why this has to be explained, but SE puts of all of their consideration for End Game weapons until it is time for the new End Game content to roll out. Delve and Skirmish aren't end game -- as is evident by them constantly referencing "top players" as a separate entity whenever they talk about content.

RME weapons have been on their mind from the beginning -- they've been thinking about and working on how to include them, but they still have the priority of giving content to people who aren't focused entirely on keeping their RME's on the top of the food chain -- that, actually, is their real priority.

Just because the system isn't done doesn't mean they just randomly came up with it a day ago and decided to update people. It is likely part of a more intricate End Game system they plan on rolling out in a later update and they neglected to mention it previously purely because of how far out it is. It wouldn't be the first time they forgot to bring something up specifically as a result of how long it will be before they plan on releasing it.

[Kojo]

So you had the time to think about releasing over powered weapons that are easy to obtain and you even enhanced one after 1 update (H2H went from 59 to +74 DMG) but you don't have the time to think about enhancing the R/E/Ms? Don't you just realize that the problem is how trouble it is right now for R/E/Ms holders rights now?
When I read how vague your explanations are, it seems that system won't even be ready before a while but meanwhile some people can get a better weapon in 2hrs than a R/E/Ms 99 which may take months to finish.

The H2H wasn't the only one raised.

[detlef]

I don't think any RME 99 holder is concerned about tackling Delve with the current weaponry. All planned content that is balanced around Naakual and Skirmish level gear will of course be doable with RME weapons. Speaking for myself, what I was looking for was the assurance that this was not the end of the line and that SE would not be changing gears and phasing in superior and easily-acquired weapons.

And Matsui has spoken.

[Kojo]

I need to bring up, I forget who said it, but someone on these forums said awhile back that "Relic owners just have to face the fact that they can't have the highest damage weapons anymore." I want to thank you, whoever you are, I often think of that post, and I laugh. I laugh as hard as a little boy who's just farted in church, sometimes at inappropriate times, like when I'm in line at the bank, or at a funeral. All thanks to you. Thank you, random Forum-goer, thank you.

[Zumi]

I need to bring up, I forget who said it, but someone on these forums said awhile back that "Relic owners just have to face the fact that they can't have the highest damage weapons anymore." I want to thank you, whoever you are, I often think of that post, and I laugh. I laugh as hard as a little boy who's just farted in church, sometimes at inappropriate times, like when I'm in line at the bank, or at a funeral. All thanks to you. Thank you, random Forum-goer, thank you.

You see there is no reason to piss off the a large portion of your most loyal player base who spent upwards of 100m+ getting these weapons to 99. When they can do a easy event and get something better that might took 2 hours of farming an item and 30 min of doing an event.

People that have relics invested so much time in them and to have it be outdone by something that takes 30 min to get just doesn't sit right.

[Kojo]

You see there is no reason to piss off the a large portion of your most loyal player base who spent upwards of 100m+ getting these weapons to 99. When they can do a easy event and get something better that might took 2 hours of farming an item and 30 min of doing an event.

People that have relics invested so much time in them and to have it be outdone by something that takes 30 min to get just doesn't sit right.

I'm glad they aren't ending Relics with SoA. I'm not sure if you're explaining to me upon misunderstanding or just saying, but yeah, I agree with you and found the aforementioned post laughable.

EDIT: I found it, actually in this thread!

no soner or later people with relics need to realis they cant always have the best weapon in the game