Encrypted Tomestones and 2.55 question

Will the encrypted tomestones be added to WoD right at 2.55 launch or will it take a couple weeks to be added? I'm just wondering if I can spend my poetics this week or not cuz I'll have enough for Magitek weapon next week if I don't spend... hmm. I did a fair share of googling and just couldn't find my answer.

They haven't said anything about the tomestones going into WoD, people are just assuming that they will.

I kinda hope it's just added to the quest :3 that way it's obtainable without feeling like a handout. I think that'd keep both the raiders and the more casual players happy.

But I also kinda want to see it + twines in WOD. I kinda enjoyed decking out classes with the ST drops ;3

Guess we'll find out but I don't think SE has said anything quite yet ^_^ someone else may have a better answer.

additionally: I kinda hope they make the quest either a daily or infinitely repeatable, like the Zodiac item quests.

I am pretty sure it showed up on the Mr. Happy translation of the live letter.

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Originally Posted by Jamein

They haven't said anything about the tomestones going into WoD, people are just assuming that they will.

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wrong. they said : we WILL be adding the tombstones in 2.55 ill look for a link. definitly read this.

edit: found it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teDwjMye5n0

check video discription if you dont wanna look the entire vid. it contains the important details patch 2.55 section.

Patch 2.55 will be released on 31 March 2015 and will include:
1) Final main scenario of 2.x series, which will take about 3-4 hours to finish if done non-stop.
2) Final Coil in the Duty Finder
3) World of Darkness gear restrictions removed and Encrypted Tomestone added outside of Final Coil in case you want to get the weapon you can obtain for Allagan Tomestones of Poetics.
4) MGP income will increase from Gold Saucer events and quests in case you are going after the Fenrir mount.
5) Triple Triad tournament changes to stop win trading.
6) Triple Triad NPC balancing for harder NPC's such as Rowena to make it easier.

it also wouldnt make sense to not add the tombstone at this point. they have to provide altanatives to the relic. and yes. i own a zeta myself. i still say this. because this what they always did. it makes no sense to limit anything anymore at this point since lvl cap raise makes everything we have now pointless. so they will let people enjoy gearing up before it hits. which makes sense.

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Originally Posted by Windklinge

wrong. they said : we WILL be adding the tombstones in 2.55 ill look for a link. definitly read this.

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See, I've seen so many people say this and not one person has provided me with a link. In the interview where Yoshi-P stated that they were removing the loot lockout from WoD he never said a thing about the tomestone.

However I will be happily proven wrong if this is the case because the the rest of my group are stealing all our tomestones! Just because I did zeta :<.

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Originally Posted by Windklinge

wrong. they said : we WILL be adding the tombstones in 2.55 ill look for a link. definitly read this.

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maybe as a graveyard around ishgard? ^^

Oh! Why yes. I think you're right. xD

I don't see why not. SE are going into their "all equips are now officially about to lose their meaning right about......now" phase. I just wish they wouldn't unlick fcob loot. Now theres nothing to look forward to each week....

Now this brings me to another question, will it be added to the weekly quest or will it be a drop in WoD? Lol why can't we get more information so we can at least plan ahead.

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Originally Posted by Windklinge

wrong. they said : we WILL be adding the tombstones in 2.55 ill look for a link. definitly read this.

edit: found it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teDwjMye5n0

check video discription if you dont wanna look the entire vid. it contains the important details patch 2.55 section.

Patch 2.55 will be released on 31 March 2015 and will include:
1) Final main scenario of 2.x series, which will take about 3-4 hours to finish if done non-stop.
2) Final Coil in the Duty Finder
3) World of Darkness gear restrictions removed and Encrypted Tomestone added outside of Final Coil in case you want to get the weapon you can obtain for Allagan Tomestones of Poetics.
4) MGP income will increase from Gold Saucer events and quests in case you are going after the Fenrir mount.
5) Triple Triad tournament changes to stop win trading.
6) Triple Triad NPC balancing for harder NPC's such as Rowena to make it easier.

it also wouldnt make sense to not add the tombstone at this point. they have to provide altanatives to the relic. and yes. i own a zeta myself. i still say this. because this what they always did. it makes no sense to limit anything anymore at this point since lvl cap raise makes everything we have now pointless. so they will let people enjoy gearing up before it hits. which makes sense.

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Thanks for that! No one had provided me with a link before now! Although with the loot lockout being lifted from final coil I guess it didn't really matter much either way for me Q_Q.

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

I kinda hope it's just added to the quest :3 that way it's obtainable without feeling like a handout. I think that'd keep both the raiders and the more casual players happy.

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Tbh they shouldn't drop tomes at all, not when the alternative is real raid content where it's supposed to belong anyways. They should've just added Demon weapons of ilvl 120 at 2,5, and upgrades to make them 130 now. It would've kept both the raiders and the casuals happy, plus it would've been more skins and stat variants. Now it just feels like they're giving out the stuff cheap.

Casuals and raiders , I see these everywhere. people keeps forgetting that not everyone got a static..... In others words , no everyone got access to FCOB due to not have a static. Not because people can't be bothered doing FCOB or want everything easy BUT because no everyone got a static. Just pointing this out.

And if I remember right , tomes dropped from St at this stage . You can get as many as u want because pretty sure it's gonna drop from last boss of WoD like what happened with ST.

More plausibly it will be added to the weekly quest.

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Originally Posted by ShaneDawn

Tbh they shouldn't drop tomes at all, not when the alternative is real raid content where it's supposed to belong anyways. They should've just added Demon weapons of ilvl 120 at 2,5, and upgrades to make them 130 now. It would've kept both the raiders and the casuals happy, plus it would've been more skins and stat variants. Now it just feels like they're giving out the stuff cheap.

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Given that this is exactly how it's been since 2013 with almost every patch (where the means to obtain things became easier through nerfs, echos, tome changes, drop changes, etc), it really doesn't matter what they do on the loot ease. Let's also not forget that the expansion isn't very far off, meaning all that gear you'd obtain becomes obsolete and easy to get again anyway (as it always did with new Turn/raid/tier introductions). At this point, the feeling of eventual handouts is something you really should have already accepted with ARR as how the devs always intentionally and happily do things.

With Heavensward though, and the mention of horizontal progression (possibly a reference to how FFXI was handled for lv75 gear progression or WoWs normal/heroic/etc modes for varied loot?), it'll likely be something that hardcore raiders will enjoy... assuming their enjoyment involves visually standing out (along with better stats) and NOT to exclusively keep everyone else significantly weaker as a whole.

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Originally Posted by Welsper59

With Heavensward though, and the mention of horizontal progression (possibly a reference to how FFXI was handled for lv75 gear progression or WoWs normal/heroic/etc modes for varied loot?), it\\'ll likely be something that hardcore raiders will enjoy... assuming their enjoyment involves visually standing out (along with better stats) and NOT to exclusively keep everyone else significantly weaker as a whole.

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Never did I say anything about gimping the non-raiders, but instead having had an alternative WoD weapon from the get-go. Although I think having the hardest content reward the best loot is a beuatiful ideal, in a semi-casual game that is not an option. I simply think raid drops should be raid exclusive. Call it vanity if you will, but at least the skins should be exclusive.

I'm looking forward to see how they actually handle it in Heavensward. :)