Request: Let us turn Alexandrite back in for seals

So I initially did the relic weapon quest with the best of intentions. Got around 20 or so Alexandrite (back when hunt seals were the only way to earn them). Now that we're coming upon expansion time in a few months, it seems 2.0 Relic won't matter as much (in the "nice to have, not a game-changer sort of way).

I got about halfway through the Atma books before I said "nope." to the grind. I'd really like to turn these Alexandrites back into seals since they'll just be sitting in my retainer's inventory, gathering dust.

EDIT: Whoops, I should've clarified. I bought Alexandrite with seals before I ever got to the part where you could get them (Alex) from maps and the daily quest. Essentially, I spent seals on them in preparation for the next stage of grind.

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Originally Posted by Stormfur

So I initially did the relic weapon quest with the best of intentions. Got around 20 or so Alexandrite (back when hunt seals were the only way to earn them).

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It was never the only way. There was always the daily quest from the start.

What you ask is not only to turn in Alexandrite for Allied Seals, but also earning Allied Seals with a daily quest, with tomes and FATEs outside of daily hunt at the same time (because you get Alexandrite from them).

Could support this idea...still getting Alex from Fates with my Zeta equipped. Don't need any more ATM. Only plan to finish one more relic and I already have the Alex needed to finish that once I manage to get the last of the materia I want for my bow. Doesn't need to be the original purchase amount either.

As someone mentioned, hunts have never been the only way to get alexendrite (which says a lot with player interpretation when it comes to how OP'd hunts are...). There was a daily for alexendrites as well as FATE drops and tomestones before hunts were ever included. What you're asking for is making a currency thats exclusive to hunts to be...not exclusive to hunts anymore.

What the devs could do is give us GC seals for them.
or make them a quest item for the next weapon upgrade questline.

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Originally Posted by Felis

What the devs could do is give us GC seals for them.
or make them a quest item for the next weapon upgrade questline.

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Or make Alexandrite tradeable/sellable. Would be a reasonable way to help people catch up on that part of the quest.

Some bone would be nice. I have 130 Alex just rotting. I was planning on doing another Zeta but the Animus stage is too much to stomach doing again.

If you ever make multiple relics you will regret this post.

Please make the logs trade-able for Allied Seals so I can get more alexandrites for my 10 relics

I think this Forum topic was miss-written.
Suggestion: More routes to Alexandrite (Poe, Sol, GC Seals, Market board (YEAH I SAID IT; MARKET BOARD (this wouldn't be an issue if something was done about RMT (not holding my breath)))).

You are quite mistaken to think that the most rare catalyst in the game will only be used for one part of a relic quest. I foresee it being used for rare or top tier materia in the future. Hang on to it.

I don't see why you should be reimbursed if you're just giving up.

Plus you're forgetting that allied seals are not the only source of alexandrite. Someone could be racking up a ton of seals this way without doing anything related to the Hunt.

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Originally Posted by Fynlar

I don't see why you should be reimbursed if you're just giving up.

Plus you're forgetting that allied seals are not the only source of alexandrite. Someone could be racking up a ton of seals this way without doing anything related to the Hunt.

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And why is this a bad thing? I personally hate the hunts, and refuse to do them, and I know several other people with the same viewpoint as my own. Maybe if the Hunts were closer to Treasure Maps or Levequests I'd be interested in it, but as it is I can't stomach them. However, I'd also like to the Allied Seals gear, but that'll never happen unless SE puts in a few more ways of getting Seals.

It doesn't need to be by trading in Alexandrite. Perhaps they could make it so that FATEs and Levequests also each gave a handful of Seals, something to allow you to build up your stock while working on leveling a class or something. Or perhaps they made it so you could exchange Grand Company seals for Allied seals, at a ratio of, let's say, 1000 GC for 5 Allied? Just something to allow people who aren't as enthralled by Hunts to build up their own stockpile.

Uh like y has SE not make alex purchasable with gc seals. 5000k gc seals per 1 alex no prob!
So easy to make 100k gc seals in an hour or so.
Why they haven't done this yet i'll never understand.
Its almost 3.0 and alex will be just another oil of time lol, still useful but obsolete.
They'll probably just make some bs name up like mahalexandrite for a new quest item.
Oooo demi materia
Ooooo mahatma
Oooooo calibrated rose gold cog
Etc lol

Perhaps there could be a way that, if you bought the Alex with seals, you can turn them back in. Otherwise, like you say, people would be doing the Alex maps just for seals. Very few people even do hunts anymore.

I would do all the relic weapons if they would make materia easier to come buy. Either a once a day quest that grants a tier of materia you can only put into the relic weapon or make SBing have less RNG I'm almost done with my DRG Zodiac and I'm still trying to fix my NIN Zeta lol.

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And why is this a bad thing? I personally hate the hunts, and refuse to do them, and I know several other people with the same viewpoint as my own. Maybe if the Hunts were closer to Treasure Maps or Levequests I'd be interested in it, but as it is I can't stomach them. However, I'd also like to the Allied Seals gear, but that'll never happen unless SE puts in a few more ways of getting Seals.

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If you don't want to put in the work, you shouldn't get the reward. I don't see the issue with this :s

Do you think it should be possible to earn pvp gear too without ever doing pvp content? Coil gear without doing coil?

That's taking it to an extreme. Since no one really cares about hunts anymore (unless it's an S rank) and for the people who have already gotten their Z, they're still collecting Alexs. They can't (yet) be used in ANYTHING else in game. Even the people who collected primal seals and hung onto them still get to turn them in until Heavensward even though they're not used for anything anymore.