Curtana and Holy Shield Nexus Upgrade - Are you seriously kidding me?

Been working on this Nexus upgrade since back when it was released. Yesterday, I finally managed to completed the Nexus - I go to upgrade the Sword, sweet! Then it looks like I have to upgrade the Holy Shield... uh what? You're telling me NOW that it wasn't soulglazed and I have to gather another 2000 light? ARE YOU #%)^&# KIDDING ME?
Who designed this quest and why in the world does Paladin have to select two different things?! This seriously killed it for me, I think it's completely retarded.
Should seriously consider have some kind of icon overlay to identify if something is soulglazed.

I didn't do anything with PLD after getting the relic zenith, but are you sure you couldn't soulglaze both the sword and shield at the same time?

It's your mistake if you didn't soul glaze both...

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Originally Posted by RayneBoemir

It's your mistake if you didn't soul glaze both...

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Absolutely true.

Both will be on the same screen glowing with soul attunement, if both are soulglazed.

Its merely the oddball because its 2 items for 1 class. But they did everything they should have needed to do in order to point out that both need soul glazing. and novus upgrade processes. and animus upgrade processes. and zenith upgrade processes.

Seriously. You should be used to there being an extra step for the offhand by now.

Ouch, that seriously sucks OP but as these have said you should be more careful and pay more attention with upgrades with a main and off-hand.

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Originally Posted by EpicCid

I didn't do anything with PLD after getting the relic zenith, but are you sure you couldn't soulglaze both the sword and shield at the same time?

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They're 2 different options in the menu - which I discovered now. I thought soulglazing would happen on both at the same time too; since it doesn't change the item and isn't an upgrade.
The paladin double item quest line is really badly constructed - there are plenty of instances where you turn in two items in FFXIV, couldn't they have done the same here? It would avoid 100% of such mistakes.

I made a mistake, it's all SE's fault.

Shouldn't you be using both at the same time anyway? O.o

People say its your fault and they are right under the current instructions, however I put this into a similar group as Atma dropping for nothing but the Zenith.... very poor design from the games designers.

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Originally Posted by NationOfZealots

People say its your fault and they are right under the current instructions, however I put this into a similar group as Atma dropping for nothing but the Zenith.... very poor design from the games designers.

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Its poor design to leave room for user error? say that to point allocation, materia, and a few other systems in game. If someone cant make a mistake then everyone will come out exactly the same. This is not poor design this is someone not paying attention, the previous step was similar in the sense you needed 2 scrolls to meld, you should've also assumed to soulglaze both at once because the NPC accepts both scrolls at the same time.

Why should we be able to get atma without zenith? because you can't be bothered to open your menu and put it on? I like quality of life things in game but not everything should be brainless either.

This is OP's fault.
But still this does not change the fact that it is bad design on the quest.
There is no reason to not give players the "2 item turn in box" or something, noone is gonna soulglaze only sword or shield on purpose - this shouldn't even be an option IMHO.

You can not excuse the bad design of this step of the quest by saying step one is the same bad design. It does not get better by repeating.
This game rocks but noone needs to defend bad design..

i want the aegis, it just looks too good to pass up... excal on the other... id likely glam it to zan for dark and light looks

You probably had a million times to notice you weren't doing this correctly... When you used the items to check for lights, you didn't notice at all that you didn't get any lights for your shield? You did the item upgrades, book up grades, and materia upgrades for your shield, shouldn't you know you don't get a free ride for the shield?

Look on the bright side, you got a nexus sword, so this should open the next line of quest for you. Since you're gonna be spamming dugeons anyways, you might aswell equip that shield and get them lights for it!

I would seriouly stop playing if this happened to me. Tens of hours half wasted. Not worth $12/month.

Looks like op is world first!

Oh my freaking god. Buddy I can feel your pain, I really can.... :D

I am 100% positive I soulglazed both. At some point, the shield became un-glazed. GM's response: go farm another 2000 lights.
F you, SE. I should have nexus.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Faleva

You probably had a million times to notice you weren't doing this correctly... When you used the items to check for lights, you didn't notice at all that you didn't get any lights for your shield? You did the item upgrades, book up grades, and materia upgrades for your shield, shouldn't you know you don't get a free ride for the shield?

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Yeah, well it's not like my other two novii. I'm just supposed to know this through osmosis with SE's servers?

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Faleva

Look on the bright side, you got a nexus sword, so this should open the next line of quest for you. Since you're gonna be spamming dugeons anyways, you might aswell equip that shield and get them lights for it!

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Wrong. You cannot progress without both. There is no bright side to this. SE really screwed some people with this and refuse to even address the problem.

In all seriousness tho the message after a light farm for pld is 2 lines
One for sword and the other for shield
If you weren't seeing both
I don't even
Soul glaze on both was the first thing I checked on the npc when the quest was first released and let my fc/ls know, hey guys if your doing pld make sure u hit both

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Originally Posted by krazyrs

Soul glaze on both was the first thing I checked on the npc when the quest was first released and let my fc/ls know, hey guys if your doing pld make sure u hit both

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I think the biggest clue is when you soulglaze, you see the sword and shield right there on the list, so to miss this step you'd have to really narrow your view to one line of text and rush through the menu without checking things out properly. The lesson to people is always take your time to know what you are selecting. I double check when I buy tomestone items that I am buying the right thing. When I leave a cash machine in real life, I double check that I took my card out the machine and put it back in my wallet before I walk away.

Whenever I'm about to spend hours and hours on something, the first thing I do is pay little attention to anything, and assume it will all work out somehow when I'm finished smh
I did actually have a friend who did the same thing, I think after two dungeons he realized the shield wasn't getting light, and so ended up taking slightly longer than the sword.
OP I don't really know how you can have done the whole 200 lights and not once realized. Lesson learned

Op, I know you may be frustrated. I'm certain this is a common mistake and it sucks to essentially start over. Take a break from the light grind and do it a little at a time.

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Originally Posted by ChloeGrace

I am 100% positive I soulglazed both. At some point, the shield became un-glazed. GM's response: go farm another 2000 lights.
F you, SE. I should have nexus.

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100%?

Each time you checked it just showed the sword yes?

Also, afaik a glaze cannot be removed once added.

Plenty of warnings were provided. Sorry your attention span was wavering.

gotta read the quest text and warnings. cant just go through this game speed clicking your way through important notes.