Suggestion for 99 relics

[Oakrest]

As for what happens after you make 1, you make another, or you work on another job. I mean any time you try to be the best of something or make the most out of a job, once you hit the top of it where do you go? Well, you just climbed a mountain, time to climb another!

When we look back at how that happened in the past (obtaining the highest possible tier of equip/weapon), it was all very reasonably achievable - even some of the hardest stuff. The fact that the current 99-2 relics require such a massive leap to achieve (with a disproportionately small 'reward') means it's really like no other content we've seen thus far. Artifacts from 1 to 3 were all easily achievable - even the original 75 relics. In the example of AF 3's: as +1, and +2's were revealed so were the reasonable steps to achieve.

Imagine for a minute that we needed 200 umbral marrows to achieve AF3+2 equipment? Obviously we would all have said the same thing we're saying about 99-2 "that's stupid-hard and more so too time consuming to achieve", but my point now is that we also would have said "I guess that's it for Artifact+3, no more progress after that - not only for the artifact itself, but for any new content".

Using this type of rational, I don't think it's outlandish to think we will see Artifact3 +3 in the new expansion and the reason is because the previous step (AF3+2) was reasonably achievable. Therefore, I think it's fair to assume we won't see 99-3 relics in the new expansion: these items are then dead/stopped? If not, the step for 99-3 is just going to be even worse.

[Demon6324236]

Thats because you don't want the special little showoff upgrades, you want meaningful upgrades. There will not be a 99-3 upgrade because -2 is only for showing off. To make a -3 would be stupid of SE seeing as 99% of players either will have no interest in making a 99-2 or will not be able to. Think about the massive level of greed needed to make one of these. Marrows are 15Mil or more each, that means 3.75 Billion Gil worth for a 99-2 Relic, Cinder are about 1Mil each, so thats only 3 Billion gil for a 99-2 Emp, and I don't know the price for a 99-2 Mythic because I don't often see the items to make it in Bazaars. In either case it comes down to 1 simple thing, they are not meant to be obtainable, or upgrades, they are meant to show off.

AF3+2 was not to show off it was the real power of the AF3 gear as a set, but its powers were sealed inside, thats why at 1st they are garbage, and later become some of the best gear in the game. Now if they made AF3+3 which was glowing but took you farming 800 seals & 600 of the jewels/cards/coins/stones, then yes it would become like 99-2s, they would just add a sphere effect of regen, or something worthless like that which is minor and pointless, but in the end allows you to show off.

[Babekeke]

The afterglow aug on relics, empys and mythics is there purely as an incentive for people to not quit because they feel they've 'completed' the game. There will always be something more for them to achieve, for a couple of years more, at least.