Post Mutant Weapons(i280) You've Seen So Far

I saw this chimerical monstrosity on a different forum. I haven't done Diadem yet but given the fact that someone out there has this weapon means that the content isn't that hard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...017_124926.png

Meh. Won't matter once Stormblood comes out in 3 months.

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Meh. Won't matter once Stormblood comes out in 3 months.

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Neither will any Stormblood items matter when the next expansion comes out. Nor will anything of that expansion matter when the next one will come out. Nor will any of the items from that expansion matter when the next one comes out. And one day, earth will cease to exist so everything is for Alphinaught.

Hey you never know, they could make Stormblood ilvl cap i290 on release xD

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Originally Posted by Magic-Mal

I saw this chimerical monstrosity on a different forum. I haven't done Diadem yet but given the fact that someone out there has this weapon means that the content isn't that hard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...017_124926.png

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Not that hard but you have be ultra lucky to get a weapon.

Only one person in the entire 72 man gets one if you manage to clear a special fight that has a chance of occurring once per session. The weapon you get is random too.

So the person who got that essentially won the cactpot.

Jesus 280?...Curious how they compare to Anima, if anyone gets Machinist and Monk please post it.

Found this

https://i.gyazo.com/99bb787713012d14...3fd5261136.png

Let me just say, my Culinarian is enjoying this new patch, Table Salt in droves! :D

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Originally Posted by LunarEmerald

Not that hard but you have be ultra lucky to get a weapon.

Only one person in the entire 72 man gets one if you manage to clear a special fight that has a chance of occurring once per session. The weapon you get is random too.

So the person who got that essentially won the cactpot.

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Based off my math, as a single person in a group of 72 people, you have a 1.38888889% chance of winning the weapon <: D

What is it with that Cane? People keep linking the cane, only the cane, I came to the forums and I see the cane. It's like this is the only one i280 weapon that has ever dropped in the whole game, and you'd have to be lucky enough to be a whm yourself to use it.

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Originally Posted by Wilan

What is it with that Cane? People keep linking the cane, only the cane, I came to the forums and I see the cane. It's like this is the only one i280 weapon that has ever dropped in the whole game, and you'd have to be lucky enough to be a whm yourself to use it.

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The content has been out for less than 4 hours... dude, calm down. Do you have something against canes or something?

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Meh. Won't matter once Stormblood comes out in 3 months.

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Exactly! But, people will still come to the forum to make a huge deal out of this like the sky is falling.

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Any reports on that?

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So far, the verdict seems to be:
Accept your FATE: Northern Thanalan in the Sky.

I.E. boring FATE grindfest. But that's just from my discord and a couple posts here and there.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Neither will any Stormblood items matter when the next expansion comes out. Nor will anything of that expansion matter when the next one will come out. Nor will any of the items from that expansion matter when the next one comes out. And one day, earth will cease to exist so everything is for Alphinaught.

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Vertical Progression.

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Originally Posted by ErryK

The content has been out for less than 4 hours... dude, calm down. Do you have something against canes or something?

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What I mean is ever since I log in I've read people relentlessly complaining about how their efforts went to waste and how the filthy casuals will steal their jobs now, like they were handing out free i280 weapons for your job as soon as you logged in. Yet everyone keeps linking the same weapon, like that was the only one that dropped in the whole server.

It's almost like they were really rare or something. Incredible, right?

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Originally Posted by UnstablePersonality

Jesus 280?...Curious how they compare to Anima, if anyone gets Machinist and Monk please post it.

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Well looks like they'll have +3 more weapon damage, slightly more main stats, 3-4 secondaries as opposed to 2. So I'd say it makes the Anima weapons obsolete already IF you acquire a Diadem weapon.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

So far, the verdict seems to be:
Accept your FATE: Northern Thanalan in the Sky.

I.E. boring FATE grindfest. But that's just from my discord and a couple posts here and there.

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But we must love FATEs, we've been doing them since ARR. We wouldn't be getting more FATEs if they weren't successful.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...29bf1fefa0.gif

If your not DoH/DoL hope you enjoy FATES...you'll be doing a lot of em...

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Originally Posted by Wilan

What I mean is ever since I log in I've read people relentlessly complaining about how their efforts went to waste and how the filthy casuals will steal their jobs now, like they were handing out free i280 weapons for your job as soon as you logged in. Yet everyone keeps linking the same weapon, like that was the only one that dropped in the whole server.

It's almost like they were really rare or something. Incredible, right?

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Well this is the OF, they know how to blow things out of proportion.

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Originally Posted by Phileas

If your not DoH/DoL hope you enjoy FATES...you'll be doing a lot of em...

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I actually do enjoy FATES, so this is a good thing for me

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

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Done it once so far, and I really enjoyed it. Its impressive what some structure has done for it. My instance messed up the special fight but was still fun just to watch the chaos :P I mean ff 11 fanbois are prolly gonna crucify me but it has like a faster paced sea/sky feel to it to me.

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

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I quite like the aspect of looking for treasures. They feel more rewarding than fates, especially if your party has had a few dropouts and harder mobs take long to kill.

http://i.imgur.com/YG3iElv.png

The fate part is not amazing nor annoying, it's just farming mobs of various difficulties. PvE in a nutshell. The timer seems a bit short but that could be because we were missing people. I liked how there are caves to explore with chests and monsters. Only the entrance shows on the map and the rest you have to look through yourself.

The mega event (where weapons drop) is interesting but I'm not sure I like the idea that it's so easy to make it unwinnable. People let an add through and it wiped the whole raid, and then the mobs proceeded to dogpile and cleave anyone who entered the room until the timer ran out.

The part I liked the most was doing the main 3-part quest objective. It's probably the fastest way to farm 265 gear because it only takes like 10-15 minutes for 10 lockboxes. The rewards are personal. This is what I got:

http://i.imgur.com/WGikdRD.png

SB is out in 3 months. Enjoy what you've got left from HW.

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Originally Posted by UnstablePersonality

Jesus 280?...Curious how they compare to Anima, if anyone gets Machinist and Monk please post it.

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Every single 280 weapon is BiS now. Even SkS/Parry on tank weapons murders the Anima. Of course, getting these weapons is the real challenge.

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

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In my opinion? No. Granted, I have only run it once and want more personal experience before saying anything too definitive. But the general gist from watching on Twitch is...

- You have three objectives revolving around killing certain mobs, using key items on them or targeting fates
- Afterwards, you aimlessly farm fates in the hopes of unlocking Emergency Missions
- EM spawn a super boss that is supposedly scaled at EX Primal levels

Beyond the above, you get gear, materia and whatnot.

I love FATES, if there are people to help do them or they happen to be clearable solo.

I wish their rewards were a bit better, though.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

Neither will any Stormblood items matter when the next expansion comes out. Nor will anything of that expansion matter when the next one will come out. Nor will any of the items from that expansion matter when the next one comes out. And one day, earth will cease to exist so everything is for Alphinaught.

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Hyperbole much? You'll be able to replace your Raid gear 3 levels into the expansion anyway through either a Dungeon or an NPC. This gear is just padding for the expansion at this point.

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Originally Posted by seraf

Hyperbole much?

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Is it? I'm pretty sure it's just a fact. But time will tell!

I don't know why people are all bent out of shape, I have two animas and I think this is a fun way to gear my alts. Granted fun is subjective. If I happened to land the 1.333 chance to get a better weapon than my anima, then great! if not, I still have my anima, so no big deal. Plus, my dol/doh will still benefit from the return of diadem. Gather trips anyone?

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

Meh. Won't matter once Stormblood comes out in 3 months.

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It allow you not to update your weapon between lv 61 and 69

Important question. Does battling these Fates/monsters in the new Diadem give relic light?

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Originally Posted by Skeltal-Bons

I actually do enjoy FATES, so this is a good thing for me

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just quoting to say, I love the sig, good godfather reference. :)

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

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No, and I'm betting i280 weapons were brought in to distract everyone from that.

Mission succeeded from all the focus the weapons are getting over the fact diadem actually got worse.

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Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

Important question. Does battling these Fates/monsters in the new Diadem give relic light?

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Not from what I have seen, which seems like an oversight or flat out just sad since it would make light grinding far more fun than chain grinding A1S

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

Any reports on that?

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If Hunts = headache then Diadem 2.0 = full blown aneurysm.

We had 6min left when a NM spawned, we got to it, got it to 5% when another team arrived & reset it. We were booted whilst they fought on. Can't see who resets as they lose enmity immediately so no names shown to report. FATEs have 2-3min timers & either die so quickly that even in a party who were the only ones there you might get silver. Other FATES have mobs that can one-shot tanks in their cooldowns & whilst taking out all melee at the same time. Oh, that's not telegraphed BTW, that's their auto-attack!

It should be fun but it is trollable to the maximum extent possible. Expect to get people who do NOTHING except wait for the NM that seems to spawn every 50 minutes. Watch them RAGE if the Emergency Mission doesn't pop (I've not seen it) so they can't get the i280.

TLDR Mix Hunts with Yokai & sprinkle on old Diadem.

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Originally Posted by Wyldkat99

Not from what I have seen, which seems like an oversight or flat out just sad since it would make light grinding far more fun than chain grinding A1S

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I got nothing on my Anima light wise but it did spiritbond everything i260/i270 from single figures to full in about 10-15 minutes!

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Originally Posted by Alistaire

No, and I'm betting i280 weapons were brought in to distract everyone from that.

Mission succeeded from all the focus the weapons are getting over the fact diadem actually got worse.

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Still at work and haven't had a chance to dive in yet, what got worse?

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Originally Posted by Fuma

Still at work and haven't had a chance to dive in yet, what got worse?

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i'd say its a matter of opinion but diadem is basically just a short series of fates now. takes like 15 minutes or so

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Originally Posted by Nihility

i'd say its a matter of opinion but diadem is basically just a short series of fates now. takes like 15 minutes or so

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So they made something not very enjoyable to something even more tedious? :(
I guess having 280 weapons was only to get people to actually go to Diadem.

What the future holds> players may as well not waste time with Relics and such

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Originally Posted by Nihility

i'd say its a matter of opinion but diadem is basically just a short series of fates now. takes like 15 minutes or so

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Each FATE takes around 15 mins or a trip into diadem is over in 15 mins? Or do we still get 60 mins in there?