Anima/Relic Weapons BiS

Hello FFXIV members,

I don't post a lot but I do read quite a few post. I'm curious to see what ppl think about the idea of having Relic (currently Anima) Weapons BiS. I give credit to the FFXIV design team for making relics really standout. I love the way Relic weapons look thus far however, for all the work you need to do to achieve them you would think they should be BiS, otherwise what good are they other they for other than a cool glamour?

Let's Discuss :o

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I disagree and that is because the BiS comes from the most challenging content in the game, and thus should be rewarded with the best loot. I am working on the relic because I don't have a static to run with for savage and I am ok with that lol

They are oke, a little too grindy, but I guess that is one of the many purposes that the relic has. I just wish it was less grindy. Instead of grinding Y or X to buy Z so you can make XY, I wish they made it so we get the parts by doing something else. Like a long but hard storyline with fights that will get you killed fast.

I remember back in 2013 during the second BETA there was alot of complains, because the level 15 mini-boss was very hard and as a player you needed to buy potions, antidotes. Alot of players leveled a cleric so they could learn Cure and Protect. I would like to be more Kill this hard boss and finish storyline with puzzles and bosses then go grind 80 items for the next 6 months.

My suggestion will mean that SE has to work more, but I think in the end alot of players would like to have a non grindy relic quest for once.

I like it. Because you can choose the stats, you can make it BiS. I don't share that common think about the Savage weapons shoud be the best ones. If you work on your weapon, I don't see any reason to not have the best weapon only because you don't raid. People who run Savage should be becaseu they found it fun, not because they can get the best weapon. Anima can be better than most of the other weapons, and I like my work on them worth it.

I don't know of any game where the hardest content in that game doesn't give the most worthwhile rewards.

I like because it is the easiest way of I obtain a weapon 230+

Savage should always have the best rewards period. Relic has it's place.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

They are oke, a little too grindy, but I guess that is one of the many purposes that the relic has. I just wish it was less grindy. Instead of grinding Y or X to buy Z so you can make XY, I wish they made it so we get the parts by doing something else. Like a long but hard storyline with fights that will get you killed fast.

I remember back in 2013 during the second BETA there was alot of complains, because the level 15 mini-boss was very hard and as a player you needed to buy potions, antidotes. Alot of players leveled a cleric so they could learn Cure and Protect. I would like to be more Kill this hard boss and finish storyline with puzzles and bosses then go grind 80 items for the next 6 months.

My suggestion will mean that SE has to work more, but I think in the end alot of players would like to have a non grindy relic quest for once.

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They tried that with the Zenith Relic and Chimera. 90% of FFXIVs terribad playerbase was unable to complete the trial and that because of that, Yoshi basically said they will never, ever, ever change how relics are obtained.

Most people who play this game are barely capable of executing their duty roulettes never mind any EX-Primals or Raids.

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Originally Posted by KeluBehemoth

They tried that with the Zenith Relic and Chimera. 90% of FFXIVs terribad playerbase was unable to complete the trial and that because of that, Yoshi basically said they will never, ever, ever change how relics are obtained.

Most people who play this game are barely capable of executing their duty roulettes never mind any EX-Primals or Raids.

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but thats still better then grind your soul for 80 items PLUS some HQ crafting items. i actually prefer the route of step 2, simply do these set of dungeons and boom step done.

Supposedly with this relic, at the end you can rearrange the stats for 1 sand.
This is probably one of the best things about this relic; you don't have enough accuracy for the new alex? You can then tweak Accuracy onto it, until you hit the cap and so on...

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Originally Posted by JisKing98

but thats still better then grind your soul for 80 items PLUS some HQ crafting items. i actually prefer the route of step 2, simply do these set of dungeons and boom step done.

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I never said it wasn't better. In fact, its the system I prefer.

I killed Chimera second try.

All I was saying is that Yoshi basically did say they will never change relic back to that system because %90 of the playerbase was too scrub to complete the trials and primals.

If they follow past trends (and it's not entirely clear that they will), Anima weapons will receive a boost to i245 in a 3.38 or 3.39 patch, which will make them temporarily best in slot, until 3.4 releases and includes (most likely) i250 weapons from a new EX encounter and i260 weapons from tomestones. That's how things have generally proceeded since 2.1, at any rate.

And that's fine. The relics haven't ever been best in slot for any period of time in which content mattered and that's likely to continue.

With 120 base accuracy, eliminating the need for 220 green overmelds, Relic is BiS for off healers (sch in particular.)