New weapons with higher base damage then relics

[Kojo]

I was looking forward to yesterday's update in hopes I'd had RUN emp or AF or something to farm up, maybe RUN merits, maybe even a RUN mythic WS, instead, all we got was rage, annoyance, and a deep depression. My pants are on, SE, you are seriosly not tickling my fancy at this point.

Jimmies Status
[ ] - Unrustled
[x] - Rustled

[Asymptotic]

I was looking forward to yesterday's update in hopes I'd had RUN emp or AF or something to farm up, maybe RUN merits, maybe even a RUN mythic WS, instead, all we got was rage, annoyance, and a deep depression. My pants are on, SE, you are seriosly not tickling my fancy at this point.

Jimmies Status
[ ] - Unrustled
[x] - Rustled

That was a pretty silly thing to expect

[Kojo]

That was a pretty silly thing to expect

Well, I also expected to be able to use a /sillywalk emote.

[Asymptotic]

Well, I also expected to be able to use a /sillywalk emote.

Was more likely to happen than GEO + RUN AF this update

[Kojo]

Was more likely to happen than GEO + RUN AF this update

I can dream.

[SNK]

I'm sorry I forgot MNK was the only job in the game

~Fixed that for you.

[Sparthos]

Seriously, that's one major butt hurt reason that you just can't get over with "Ohh, just go farm new weapon in new content, and get over it". Even if players do go farm new weapon anyways, most probably won't get over it.

I've been working for a Mythic(starting from scratch) since 2009, and planned to finish in 5 years. I farm dynamis about 3 times a week because that's the most I can spent in FFXI per week. I'm hoping after it's done it's going to be the best weapon in game that only have a few ppl across the server has, because that's how the game was when I started the project in 2009...ppl spent 4 years on relic to get the best weapon. And that's the real reason why I'm willing to spend that many years+majority of my free time on FFXI. If Mythic is completely useless, I wouldn't bother to invest YEARS of time that I could be spent on other games/rl job to get a pixel item.

I wouldn't give a shit about R/E/M being replaced if Mythic is obtainable in 1 month by avg players. In fact I don't give a shit if my lv 85 empy is replaced. But if you want players to spend years on getting a pixel item in video game, you better make it worthwhile.

I think the last thing SE shouldn't do, is to lower the difficulty to obtain them. If R/E/M is shit, then the only value is the rare-ness of it. If they're going to make it easy to obtain, then it lost the only remaining value in this game. However, I do believe they should make alex farmable solo, it just takes longer. Maybe make alex drop rate 1/3 but soloable? At least whoever want to finish Mythic still has a mean to finish it with dedication.

And tbh, if SE make Mythic another 1 month grind replaceable weapon after update, I probably won't stay in FFXI this long to begin with, like every other MMO I've played. A super rare awesome weapon that takes years to build, and only a few person have one across all servers, is what makes this game interesting, IMO.

You realize this entire "reset" is designed to move away from Tanakas 3 year grindhouse, yes?

Fact is, the game needed a reset button because when you NEED an R/M/E to compete at the content then something isn't right. SoA puts everyone on an even footing for the inevitable R/M/E buff but as per the usual people are too busy complaining a la Abyssea about how my EBODY IS RUINZORED.

Seriously people, since Abyssea the games paradigm has shifted. Quit worrying about being immortalized through ultimate weapons and enjoy the content.

[Oakrest]

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

This is the saddest most ironic message I've ever read on these forums. Any body who hit the like button on your post is ignorant and/or jealous. Don't you think if anybody in FFXI is going to get the new weapons, it's people who obtained a Relic/M/E? These are the players who always obtained the best-of-the-best, why would that change now?

The reason R/M/E holders aren't as much disappointed that their weapon is replaced, but that they have to do the work to obtain them and disband a legacy carried on for 10 years.

What a sad post.

[Kojo]

This is the saddest most ironic message I've ever read on these forums. Any body who hit the like button on your post is ignorant and/or jealous. Don't you think if anybody in FFXI is going to get the new weapons, it's people who obtained a Relic/M/E? These are the players who always obtained the best-of-the-best, why would that change now?

The reason R/M/E holders aren't as much disappointed that their weapon is replaced, but that they have to do the work to obtain them and disband a legacy carried on for 10 years.

What a sad post.

There's that post that makes me lol again!! Tee-hee-hee.

Honestly, I think less people would be table flipping and rage quitting if upgraded R/M/E were in the dats, even if unobtainable. Gives us something solid to look forward to, like "my relic may be obsolete for now, but I see and am happy with what it can one day be."

[Soidisant]

The Jagil's 2000+ damage en-spells are currently so ridiculously ridiculous that there's probably some trick there as well.

Blink tank it and make sure you don't get hit!