Relic/Empyrean Worth it?

[Wndrboy]

I"m just returning after a few years off from the game and am loving the changes. I'm still trying to get started but was curious about getting a relic or upgrading my Empyrean weapons. Everything I've found on the forms says that it isn't worth it anymore to do them, but those were posts back a year or two. So are they now actually worth the grind? It seems that the weapon I picked up with my new Sparks is still more powerful than an upgraded weapon.

[Jile]

REM are some of the most powerful and worth getting if you're going to make them into their new final version, yes.

[detlef]

I think he's specifically talking about Relic and Empyrean weapons. The answer to that is it depends. The afterglow upgrade really brought a lot of the Relics and Empyreans back so you should check to see how your favorite weapon compares now. Based on your profile, yes Ragnarok is a beast again.

[Wndrboy]

Actually I was thinking of doing NIN or SAM Relic. I enjoy doing Dynamis and have been going back and forth between the two. I"m on NIN and use that more but I love SAM and it's always been a dream of mine since I first started FFXI when it came out. I have both SAM and NIN Empyreans at lvl 80 as well. So I keep going back and forth between the four on which one I should take the time to do.