Level 99 Relic, Mythic, Empyrean, and WoE Weapons

[Vold]

The second reason is to reduce the time and resources for enhancements. When looking into enhancements for these weapons, we found that if we were to split them into two groups (those with afterglow and those without), it would require a higher amount of resources, which would cause the development time to increase. In order to avoid this from happening, we decided to adopt the current plan that we are moving forward with.

Heh yeah. I rather you spend that development time on new conten- ....ooooooh. Right.

I think I rather you just take longer and do two paths. I really don't feel like being punished with doing some super expensive and or time consuming quest to upgrade my RMEs yet again because you thought it was a good idea to make people farm 250 marrows for vanity. Seriously, guys. You frickin owe us a bone after all the money and time we've thrown into these weapons that you absolutely insist on not being that great so everyone else can at least try to compete to be able to get party slots. You just remember that before you go and implement a dead quest to everyone but the people that actually did the afterglow trial because they're gluttons for your punishment.

Do not punish me and the vast majority of players because a select few took the time to farm their vanity afterglow. Let us have our easy, semi cheap upgrade path for a change and let aeonics have the spot light as a tradeoff. I don't care, as long as I'm not asked to essentially farm an afterglow because a few people bothered to do it before if I want the best RME possible. That's just BS. I didn't want to do that much farming for a glow effect, and I don't now.

Seriously now, you guys have been "adopting" development paths that best suit you since the start of this game. I just want to point that out. It's never what's best for us, but what's best for you. No one blames you for that, but frankly you owe us a break. Dammit, you owe us for our many years of paying you gobs of money for little dev support in return.

[datbig]

Greetings,

I have a bit more to add about the upcoming enhancements.

After enhancing Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean weapons via the new upgrade path, an afterglow effect will be applied to each one.

The first reason for this is to enable future expansion of this content. The afterglow effect on weapons is tied to the completion of Trials of the Magians, and the data for these quests are stored directly on the weapon itself. This data record occupies the same space as that of the weapons’ stat expansion, and in the event you haven’t completed Trials of the Magians (i.e. have not obtained an afterglow), it would not be possible to increase the weapon stats or expand on the special properties.

The second reason is to reduce the time and resources for enhancements. When looking into enhancements for these weapons, we found that if we were to split them into two groups (those with afterglow and those without), it would require a higher amount of resources, which would cause the development time to increase. In order to avoid this from happening, we decided to adopt the current plan that we are moving forward with.

If you already have a weapon with an afterglow effect, you will have an advantage as the next phase for enhancement will be easier to accomplish. On the other hand, those that do not have an afterglow will have quite a challenge ahead of them.

The development team is working hard on adjustments so that they can implement this content, so please stay tuned for more details!

This message is to add my perspective to the conversation. Like so many other adventurers, I have been working hard creating ways to purchase 3000 riftross to add afterglow to my empyrean weapon. I am a solo ffxi gamer, I craft with three fully capped crafting characters, I farm and battle on my three accounts and I do business with High End Linkshells. I meet many hard working solo gamers on the field, many saving up for an afterglow on their weapon. An afterglow would be an ultimate gift to my best friends in battle and also it would help me to get invites in high end battle content easier.

I have worked hard to save 800M and I am closer than ever to my target.

Many solo gamers are unable to battle in static groups because of their personal lives. They have busy professions, they have married lives and are often parents and some gamers might be disabled physically or mentally. My fiancee has multiple sclerosis, I also work. For me to reach the point in ffxi to be close to an afterglow effect has been extremely difficult and time consuming and I have enjoyed every single moment of my quest. I have never made so much gil and it has been amazing rush.

Now I'm left with a dilemma, two choices.
1) Finish my one billion + afterglow before the update
2) wait until after the update and reward high end gamers a few mil to finish this new trial if it is battlefiedl/NM based. . . . .

Square enix have let me down in the past too many times and I simply cant trust them. I gladly reorganized my life around my ffxi aftreglow quest and I at least expect SE to reorganize their lives to come up with a better plan. I am going to hold onto my gil, I'm folding.

They need to create an "Afterglow Moogle" that offers an afterglow quest to any stage of RME.

The creators of Final Fantasy I - X dreamed of a world where people from all cultures could have characters that lived and grew in a fantasy world. Here we are in this apocalyptic - end of game - manipulative hook propaganda.

[Jerbob]

The second reason is to reduce the time and resources for enhancements.

I don't think I fully understand. It sounds like you're pushing an upgrade that no-one (Afterglow users and non-Afterglow users) is going to be happy with because it'll be cheaper and quicker?

I know you guys are super-stretched now, but that seems like a pretty awful idea?

Also, it'd be quite nice if the weapons were upgraded so they actually helped the non-melee jobs that can wield them in the role they'll be playing 95% of the time - though, having seen the Aeonic weapons, it seems that something that still doesn't make sense to the developers. Pretty disappointing really.

[Creelo]

Greetings,

I have a bit more to add about the upcoming enhancements.

After enhancing Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean weapons via the new upgrade path, an afterglow effect will be applied to each one.

The first reason for this is to enable future expansion of this content. The afterglow effect on weapons is tied to the completion of Trials of the Magians, and the data for these quests are stored directly on the weapon itself. This data record occupies the same space as that of the weapons’ stat expansion, and in the event you haven’t completed Trials of the Magians (i.e. have not obtained an afterglow), it would not be possible to increase the weapon stats or expand on the special properties.

The second reason is to reduce the time and resources for enhancements. When looking into enhancements for these weapons, we found that if we were to split them into two groups (those with afterglow and those without), it would require a higher amount of resources, which would cause the development time to increase. In order to avoid this from happening, we decided to adopt the current plan that we are moving forward with.

If you already have a weapon with an afterglow effect, you will have an advantage as the next phase for enhancement will be easier to accomplish. On the other hand, those that do not have an afterglow will have quite a challenge ahead of them.

The development team is working hard on adjustments so that they can implement this content, so please stay tuned for more details!

How is all of this going to work with Ergon weapons, which don't have an Afterglow path?

Is there some kind of currency we should try to be saving/gathering as we approach February?

[Mnejing]

So no afterglows for ergon weapons? Will ergon's upgrade path be as hard?

[Shirai]

Ergons don't have an Afterglow to begin with, but don't stop asking for it I'd say.
I do find it very interesting that Camate is hinting possibly at even more future adjustments to these weapon lines.

[Riggs]

o great, so basically your saying go farm 250 marrows before you can progress while everyone on the sever is going to be doing the same thing!! because SE are too greedy to put another programmer on the team.

[bungiefanNA]

No, he's saying that you can complete the quest without afterglow, but it will have a higher amount of items needed or another difficulty modifier, like reforging Artiface/Relic/Empyrean armor has two differnt costs depending on if you do it from a fully +1/+2ed piece or not. Someone that has already done the grind for an afterglow will have an easier quest for the REM upgrade and someone who hasn't, but you won't be required to do the afterglow first. It's a reasonable expectation, rather than them making double the quests so you could add an afterglow at any point, and double the item entries in the database to have aferglow and non-afterglow versions of each intermediate weapon in the new path.

[Riggs]

No, he's saying that you can complete the quest without afterglow, but it will have a higher amount of items needed or another difficulty modifier, like reforging Artiface/Relic/Empyrean armor has two differnt costs depending on if you do it from a fully +1/+2ed piece or not. Someone that has already done the grind for an afterglow will have an easier quest for the REM upgrade and someone who hasn't, but you won't be required to do the afterglow first. It's a reasonable expectation, rather than them making double the quests so you could add an afterglow at any point, and double the item entries in the database to have aferglow and non-afterglow versions of each intermediate weapon in the new path.

ok i guess i mis read that then, thanks for clearing it up. it seems fair enough to me that we without the afterglow would have to do more

[JovialRat]

ok i guess i mis read that then, thanks for clearing it up. it seems fair enough to me that we without the afterglow would have to do more

Just wait for what they have planned...might have to give up a first born child...or your soul