You forgot to mention that relics will continue to progress beyond the current patch while the other weapons won't - that's mostly why I went and ground out a Novus (plus it looks cool).Quote:
Originally Posted by skaterger
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08-22-2014, 09:40 AMgamesmart
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08-22-2014, 09:41 AMKrenianKandos
I have my Novus and compared to the headache of going to get my T9 weapon, I prefer having it done on the Novus.
Granted I did Parry/ACC which is my tank weapon, I just don't see the idea of going Det at all on my PLD. I don't min/max anymore as, simply put, I don't do hardcore raiding anymore.
I've got 18 points to go on my shield and in no rush to do it either. =/ Just in a place right now that I don't really know what I wanna do in the game. BLeh. -
08-22-2014, 09:48 AMskatergerYeah I still went ahead and finished my novus even though I got my HA weapon from T9 because it will likely be an upgrade come the next patch. Just not sure what form of grind/rng yoshi is going to subject us to in the next stage of the quest > <Quote:
Originally Posted by gamesmart
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08-22-2014, 09:52 AMExstalCrit/Spell Speed isn't that bad >_>Quote:
Originally Posted by skaterger
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08-22-2014, 09:53 AMmero-ixI don't "have" to use IV materia, but the perfectionist in me won't allow otherwise, so I'll just wait and hope prices eventually go down. I'm in no rush. I'm doing novus because I know it'll keep upgrading as time goes on and I don't want to miss out on that content. I don't need it as a weapon, I just want to have a nice glowy thing. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Taruranto
What am I using my gil for? I have a wedding to save for! :rolleyes: Also, I am no where near having 8mil gil, so it's not a matter of being stingy, I'm just poor lol. -
08-22-2014, 09:53 AMkuikui
It's funny how the majority of responses to the cost of Novus is akin to something inherent to the time/grind it takes to finish. The absurd and astronomical price tag is because of PLAYERS wanting to gouge the price of an item they believe they can cash in on. it's nothing more than selfish greed. 800-1mil for mat IV is just stupid. It is by far the most expensive commodity in the game.
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08-22-2014, 10:00 AMskatergerIt's bad enough. HA weapon does about 5-10 dps more than book of spades. Any worse and it would be inferior to novus ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Exstal
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08-22-2014, 10:08 AMLyrinnYet, people still buy them. Basic economics, prices will stay as high as people are willing to pay. If anything, the number of people willing to pay those prices is an indication gil is inflated (ironically).Quote:
Originally Posted by kuikui
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08-22-2014, 10:13 AMCyrus-WallaceIMO, the time is not an issue since I don't see anything wrong with spending time on something here. This way, you have something to do in this long term process as you finish your weapon. Let alone the fact that the hunting system increased the speed of tis process by... a lot. Heck, I even have a FC member that just got like half of them in 1 week. The materia costs are debatable, depends on the servers and depends on the people. The materia you'll use is your choice alone, and you can split it between 3 stats, instead of 2 alone. In the end, and if you think about it, you'll only be sacrificing 10/13 points of any stat. It's not that much. If you do the same with a secondary one, you'll have 20/26 points to spare in a 3rd sub-attribute. I don't know how the situation in your server is but, in my opinion, the most "critical" stat is the accuracy, since there's a minimal requirement for that in every end-game raid in this game. Having that stat in a safe point, you can mess around with your other stats. When the weapon is ready, it becomes an ilvl 110 weapon, having an increased damage and its main atributes are increased as well. Keep in mind that you'll be able to reset said stats in the future, so it's not something that you'll be tied forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prototype909
This weapon will be improved as well, as the patches are being implemented, so it's more like a future investiment. Even if Yoshi-p said (If he did) that the relic will always stay a step behind the most big d*** in-game weapon, we don't know how we'll obtain the other alternatives, so we better stick with what we know so far. They might even change their mind and the last part of the new end-game raid drops an item to increase the relic's power to its maxium for that patch! We don't know.
Acc/Parry is a safe combination for tanks. I did that with my Curtana/Holy Shield. It's not an impediment for clearing T9 though, so you're good with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by KrenianKandos
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08-22-2014, 10:14 AMSapphicAtma>>>Animus>>>Novus can be achieved solo. Hence the time taken is equal to the effort needed to clear turn 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by mero-ix
Also, Materia IVs are not needde whatsover. You can cap on Materia 3s for Det and Crit and finish with something like accuracy, Skill or spell speed, reducing the cost even further. Also Materia 1 to 3 do not take an extended time to Spritbind by yourself.
As I said, the time is extended to counter the effort needed to create or join a party, then learn to be able to clear t9. Also, due to RNG, you may not see your weapon drop in a longer time frame than it takes to obtain Novus. Novus is guaranteed, your turn 9 drop isnt.