Geomancer and Rune Fencer Artifact Equipment

[Camate]

Greetings everyone,

I have a bit of information to share with you about in regards to rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment.

• About the quest to obtain artifact equipment
  The quest monsters you will need to fight in order to obtain rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment will be a trigger popped monster.
  
  In the next version update we will be adding item level 106 weapons and armor which can be purchased with Bayld, so by possessing these items, or Skirmish grade weapons (level 105), these quests can be undertaken with less than 6 people.
  
  As many of you have been wondering, just like previous artifact equipment quests, these new quests will begin with the artifact weapon. Rune fencers will receive a nice shiny great sword, while geomancers will receive a club and bell. These will be roughly the same item level as the equipment.
  
  
• Item level for rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment
  Previously we had mentioned that the item level for rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment would be 105; however, due to the fact that we will be implementing the Bayld items mentioned above, we have decided to change the level to 109.
  
  
• Rune fencer and geomancer job-specific equipment
  We'll introduce relic and empyrean armor for rune fencer and geomancer in the future.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

• Rune fencer and geomancer job-specific equipment
  We'll introduce relic and empyrean armor for rune fencer and geomancer in the future.

The entire point of making "Artifact" equipment be level 99 is that content below level 99 isn't "relevant" any more. So why are you going back and releasing level 75 and level 90 gear for these same jobs? Or will those too be level 99?

/facepalm

[Kiakasha]

The entire point of making "Artifact" equipment be level 99 is that content below level 99 isn't "relevant" any more. So why are you going back and releasing level 75 and level 90 gear for these same jobs? Or will those too be level 99?

/facepalm

agreed... this sounds like a desperate attempt to make everyone happy... or a set up for neo-Abyssea :-)

[Delvish]

The entire point of making "Artifact" equipment be level 99 is that content below level 99 isn't "relevant" any more. So why are you going back and releasing level 75 and level 90 gear for these same jobs? Or will those too be level 99?

/facepalm

Mentioned this a few times in various places, but this is actually very beneficial. Sucks to have more gear to lug around, but I still use all of my empy gear and a few pieces of Relic and AF from my other jobs. The armor obviously won't stand up to the strength of the AF like we are accustomed, but the benefit will as always come from the special enhancements that come from macroing pieces.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

If they're going to make the "Artifact" be level 99, the least they could do is get it right the first time and eliminate the need for such ridiculous gear swaps, especially since they're so reluctant to expand player inventory options further (and they keep giving us gear that is only beneficial in one or two specific events).

On top of that, adding relic armor for post-Zillart jobs to Dynamis was a kludge; They even admitted as much. There's no reason to believe that adding Adoulin jobs to Abyssea will be anything less. As this old content becomes more and more irrelevant, unless they intend to make it more viable to solo Dynamis currency or whatnot on more jobs than BST, DNC and/or THF (fat #$^@ing chance!), there is no need for such a kludge any more to force these new jobs into such old content.

Are they going try to shoehorn these jobs and their level 99 "Artifact" armor into Limbus as well?

[Glamdring]

The entire point of making "Artifact" equipment be level 99 is that content below level 99 isn't "relevant" any more. So why are you going back and releasing level 75 and level 90 gear for these same jobs? Or will those too be level 99?

/facepalm

don't think it's as bad as all that, Relic and Empy have also been referred to as AF2 and AF3 as well; historically, each has been more powerful than the level before, and recently augmentable beyond that. So, if this is level equivalent 109 I'm inclined to think Relic might be 120 and Empy 130, augmentable to be sidegrde pieces in the high 130s-140ish. Granted, I have nothing to base this on but the conventional trends.

[Zhronne]

Rune fencer and geomancer job-specific equipment
We'll introduce relic and empyrean armor for rune fencer and geomancer in the future. [/list]

At least one good news today! :P

[Rosalie]

Greetings everyone,

I have a bit of information to share with you about in regards to rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment.

• About the quest to obtain artifact equipment
  The quest monsters you will need to fight in order to obtain rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment will be a trigger popped monster.
  
  In the next version update we will be adding item level 106 weapons and armor which can be purchased with Bayld, so by possessing these items, or Skirmish grade weapons (level 105), these quests can be undertaken with less than 6 people.
  
  As many of you have been wondering, just like previous artifact equipment quests, these new quests will begin with the artifact weapon. Rune fencers will receive a nice shiny great sword, while geomancers will receive a club and bell. These will be roughly the same item level as the equipment.
  
  
• Item level for rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment
  Previously we had mentioned that the item level for rune fencer and geomancer artifact equipment would be 105; however, due to the fact that we will be implementing the Bayld items mentioned above, we have decided to change the level to 109.
  
  
• Rune fencer and geomancer job-specific equipment
  We'll introduce relic and empyrean armor for rune fencer and geomancer in the future.

I still see no mention of +1 versions from Limbus. Please clarify one way or the other if these will even be implemented in the future, and what equipment level they might be.

[Kristal]

I still see no mention of +1 versions from Limbus. Please clarify one way or the other if these will even be implemented in the future, and what equipment level they might be.

Why would we want them to give us the option to downgrade lvl 109 gear to lvl 74?

[Rosalie]

Why would we want them to give us the option to downgrade lvl 109 gear to lvl 74?

I don't know what planet you're living on where +1 is a downgrade. Nowhere did I mention that the gear would be level 74, merely that the upgrade system would most likely be from limbus.