Quote Originally Posted by Malacite View Post
Why should weapons from 2004 be on par with gear from 2010?
Quote Originally Posted by Siviard View Post
The only people that are "upset" are the people who are relic owners who use their relic/relics as an excuse to feel they are superior to other players who have yet to obtain one, so lets keep it real here shall we?
It has nothing to do with superiority. It's the simple fact that many relic holders have spent 1-3 years obtaining their relics, only to have the relic outclassed by some weapon that only takes 1-2 months at most to complete. Because the endeavor of attaining a relic is a long one, many players who have finally finished their relic feel that it was unfair (or unjust) of Square to allow a player to sink up to 3 years to obtain a weapon/shield/instrument which was supposed to be the best, only to add something significantly* better (and easier to acquire) shortly after obtaining it.

*Significantly, as in most of the relic weapons don't even come close to being equal or on par with their counterpart empyrean.

I personally have no issue with empyrean weapons being powerful and easy to obtain for casual players as they are now. But Square should at the very least balance these weapons more properly (i.e.: Rather than nerfing anything, just boost the weapons that take more work and dedication to get, which in this case, relics).