New weapons with higher base damage then relics

[Kojo]

These weapons we're all pissed about, they'll be useless next month.

[Hayward]

It's so fun to see people get their egos crushed when they're posed with the idea of not being the top dogs anymore. Of course, S-E will once again cater to these folks by making sure Delve yields as few rewards as possible--not to mention being as inaccessible to as many jobs as possible--to make sure these new weapons are as unattainable as these insecure folks' precious level 99 weapons are now.

How high a wall do you want S-E to erect, guys, until you're happy?

[Kojo]

It's so fun to see people get their egos crushed when they're posed with the idea of not being the top dogs anymore. Of course, S-E will once again cater to these folks by making sure Delve yields as few rewards as possible--not to mention being as inaccessible to as many jobs as possible--to make sure these new weapons are as unattainable as these insecure folks' precious level 99 weapons are now.

How high a wall do you want S-E to erect, guys, until you're happy?

Cool story, troll.

[Yinnyth]

It's so fun to see people get their egos crushed when they're posed with the idea of not being the top dogs anymore. Of course, S-E will once again cater to these folks by making sure Delve yields as few rewards as possible--not to mention being as inaccessible to as many jobs as possible--to make sure these new weapons are as unattainable as these insecure folks' precious level 99 weapons are now.

How high a wall do you want S-E to erect, guys, until you're happy?

The wall obviously isn't high enough if trolls are still getting in.

[Hayward]

You can take that attitude somewhere else. I'd have asked you for your online gil receipts if I wanted to wind you guys up. I'm just hoping some of realize that this game cannot always be about "R/M/E only" jobs getting into endgame content.

If you were looking for sympathy over your not being king of the endgamers anymore, you're in the wrong forum. Most of us are too busy trying to improve our own characters and gain some enjoyment in the process.

[Camiie]

It's not just the uber high-end people. Every weapon from AH fodder to fire-based magian has been rendered instantly obsolete. Whether it's something that fell in your lap or you slaved over for months, it's essentially crap now without warning or good reason.

[OmnysValefor]

It's not just the uber high-end people. Every weapon from AH fodder to fire-based magian has been rendered instantly obsolete. Whether it's something that fell in your lap or you slaved over for months, it's essentially crap now without warning or good reason.

This too, while there's salvation for the people who 99'd their R/M/E, it's a giant middle finger to all the AH gear and all the other quested gear. The only RME stuff safe from this, so far, is Shields, Horns, and tanking weapons. DT -11% weapons (pet astolfos, katanas/swords--for supertanking, because you won't be holding hate with that).

As someone else pointed out... this further gimps pets.

[Kojo]

What are the chances this was a massive oversight though? Look at how the armor DEF is a slight increase from what we already have. Maybe the ridiculous damage is a mistake?

[Yinnyth]

It's not just the uber high-end people. Every weapon from AH fodder to fire-based magian has been rendered instantly obsolete. Whether it's something that fell in your lap or you slaved over for months, it's essentially crap now without warning or good reason.

They did sorta the same thing with Abyssea. It outmoded a lot of stuff in the game. Because they kept adding new trials for relics/mythics and kept their power balanced with their empyrean cousins, those weapons didn't get completely replaced. And they intend to boost RMEs now so... pretty much the same thing as happened in Abyssea, just on a larger scale.

[Asymptotic]

They did sorta the same thing with Abyssea. It outmoded a lot of stuff in the game. Because they kept adding new trials for relics/mythics and kept their power balanced with their empyrean cousins, those weapons didn't get completely replaced. And they intend to boost RMEs now so... pretty much the same thing as happened in Abyssea, just on a larger scale.

Thing is it was more expected with Abyssea because we were going from 75-80-90-95-99


It would have been silly for level 90 to be a sidegrade to level 75