Anima Weapons. Putting things into perspective.

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

Alex was by far the fastest way, calculated via simple math. It slows down impeccably if you wipe a lot - I guess, so there is a skill factor involved. That skill level was quite low though.

Personally, I found running Alex agonizingly boring - so I just farmed hunts. Unfortunately, this was probably the slowest method, but imo the most interesting.

Do you mean 4 210 relics?

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I completed 3 i210 relics by doing hunts, roulettes, and beast tribe dailies. I dunno why people insist on grinding alex for them.

I'm working on a 4th one now, though all the Eso is getting dumped into Aether Oil so it's slower. I'm 4/5 for those.

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

I completed 3 i210 relics by doing hunts, roulettes, and beast tribe dailies. I dunno why people insist on grinding alex for them.

I'm working on a 4th one now, though all the Eso is getting dumped into Aether Oil so it's slower. I'm 4/5 for those.

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Yeah, I agree grinding Alex is the least fun way - it's just the fastest. I mean that in the most efficient way possible, i.e. you'll get it every 45 minutes instead of 52 minutes - sort of thing.

I don't see grinding as an issue, I know it's extreme and hard... but, the real problem is what we get in return. Yes, you can't upgrade tome weapons, only once. But by the time people finish on relic weapon, there will be another tome weapon which is easily acquired and superior to current relic. To be honest, relic suppose to be unique and desirable... that's what developers said themselves. We should be able to customize it somehow.. or give it proc ability based on job. BLM for example: 10% chance on offensive cast, you gain 50 INT for 10 seconds etc.

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Originally Posted by AngelicSence

I know it's extreme and hard...

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It's not hard. Savage is hard. Relic is easy but time consuming.

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Originally Posted by Kaurie

Yeah, I agree grinding Alex is the least fun way - it's just the fastest. I mean that in the most efficient way possible, i.e. you'll get it every 45 minutes instead of 52 minutes - sort of thing.

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Yeah I only ran some A1 and A4. Hunts were a huge portion of them. Second on I got in the habit of queuing titan/ifrit/ruda/shiva hm for new bonus fishing. That was quick poets.

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Originally Posted by Whiteroom

Yeah I only ran some A1 and A4. Hunts were a huge portion of them. Second on I got in the habit of queuing titan/ifrit/ruda/shiva hm for new bonus fishing. That was quick poets.

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Im doing this as well for shells, since I can use seals for bones and seeds. I am running a3 for the ore also. Combing methods seems to be the best bet.

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

The 210 relic did get nerfed in a sense. The crafted items are no longer specialist locked since 3.2.

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Revisiting this - for both those who haven't finished, and those who have (and/or have multiple or are working on multiple now), what is your experience with the crafting side of it? A lot of the discussion has been about the tokens in general, or the overall process in general terms, but this particular part of that step seems like it could have the biggest variance and I'm curious what everyone's experiences with it so far are?

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Originally Posted by Berethos

Revisiting this - for both those who haven't finished, and those who have (and/or have multiple or are working on multiple now), what is your experience with the crafting side of it? A lot of the discussion has been about the tokens in general, or the overall process in general terms, but this particular part of that step seems like it could have the biggest variance and I'm curious what everyone's experiences with it so far are?

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My experience is that it is rather easy and easily the worst part of it from a design perspective. It is the only aspect of it that actually infuriates me, as opposed to just frustrates me.

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Originally Posted by Berethos

Revisiting this - for both those who haven't finished, and those who have (and/or have multiple or are working on multiple now), what is your experience with the crafting side of it?

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I had someone I know make them. Wasn't cheap (although well below marketboard prices) because I didn't provide mats but then again I have no trouble making money with my gatherers fully leveled and in red scrip gear. I've had 3 sets made with 3 Anima's and I'd have another if the eso tomes weren't needed elsewhere. It does appear that prices haven't moderated that much with the loss of specialization. Perhaps by the time I do my bow they will have.

I did my relics by doing all the roulettes each day, beast tribes and hunts. I had/have a number of Zeta's so I didn't need to farm crystals which I might do on an alt cause she has 13/13/4/4 unidentified items and that's just from doing dailies with her. I have nothing else to do with her tomes other that possibly buy tome items to sell. I prefer at the moment at least to get the relic items when I can. I grabbed the towers quest this morning cause the aether oils are so easy to get and that stage is a given if you're not in a rush. I could use the music from those venue's as well.

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Originally Posted by Berethos

Revisiting this - for both those who haven't finished, and those who have (and/or have multiple or are working on multiple now), what is your experience with the crafting side of it? A lot of the discussion has been about the tokens in general, or the overall process in general terms, but this particular part of that step seems like it could have the biggest variance and I'm curious what everyone's experiences with it so far are?

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wasn't cheap but then again i bought some of it straight off the mb