Zodiac weapons nurfs?

Hi guys so while we are waiting for 5.3 I've decided I would punish myself by trying to finish off getting all the relics from arr and I gotta say it's going slow. I got the bard weapon back when the content came out so I've got 9 weapons to get.

Books stage: Any way get the fates and dungeons Down to 1, maybe also could have more than 1 book at a time or have 1 book with a lot do. This is taking alot of time as most times I can only play at night and I can maybe get 2 books done (depending on how long I've gotta wait for a fate)

Alex stage: I'm doing the daily map everyday which only gives 5 and I'm getting the odd one from fates while doing the books. So would like a better drop rate on fates and maybe 10 from maps

Lights stage: haven't reached this yet but I've been told run tamtara or stone vigil

4 repeatable quests: I'm doing these along side the books, would like the amount of dungeons reduced, bombard cores, spring water made cheaper. I have been able to craft the hq items but they have been a pain to get as I'm lucky to get 1 item out of 20 dynsthing the aged item.

I've been seeing people doing these relics as I've been running round so it's not just me

For the Alexandrite stage, you can just keep spamming maps until you get the 75 you need. Well as long as you have the poetics that is. ^_^

Well from the 5,6,7 roulette I get 100 from that but thatll either go on another book or the spring water which is 200 :/ but I have seen that you can hold 3 maps at a time which will make traveling back to mor dhona easier

I'll admit it would be nice if you could pick up multiple books at once instead of one at a time.

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

I'll admit it would be nice if you could pick up multiple books at once instead of one at a time.

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This alone would probably cut the entirety of the Zodiac relic quest in half. Not even kidding. The shear amount of FATES, enemies, and dungeons you repeat all being reduced to just needing them once would take a lot of the work out.

And that's probably why they'll never do it. The book portion is really the only 'grindy' thing about this questline now. Nearly everything else can be taken care of just by running your daily roulettes to cap out the most current tomes.

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Originally Posted by Gemina

This alone would probably cut the entirety of the Zodiac relic quest in half. Not even kidding. The shear amount of FATES, enemies, and dungeons you repeat all being reduced to just needing them once would take a lot of the work out.

And that's probably why they'll never do it. The book portion is really the only 'grindy' thing about this questline now. Nearly everything else can be taken care of just by running your daily roulettes to cap out the most current tomes.

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Well there's the Atma parts, bu that can be pre-grinded so...yeah

That said I think they are unlikely to cut down the books not becuase its the only vestige of a grind left, but because it might be too difficult to code and too low a priority (considering its optional ARR content)

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

Well there's the Atma parts, bu that can be pre-grinded so...yeah

That said I think they are unlikely to cut down the books not becuase its the only vestige of a grind left, but because it might be too difficult to code and too low a priority (considering its optional ARR content)

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I wouldn't put anything past this dev team when it comes to ARR. This time last year, I would have said they would never even think about adding flying to these zones, or trimming down the MSQ for those very same reasons. Here we are though.

Alexandrite is also sold for allied seals, if I remember correctly.

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Indeed they are. Though I would imagine that of the two currencies, poetics is the more disposable.

I went the Alexandrite route because I've been doing my weekly B rank for over a year... and I did complete the Masked Carnival, which gives you thousands upon thousands of Allied Seals. Considering riding maps are basically pointless now, you don't have much you can buy with Allied Seals besides a few minions and GC Hunt glamour, so for anyone who is into BLU I endorse the Alexandrite route since you'll have more Allied Seals than you ever know what to do with.

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Originally Posted by Esmoire

I did complete the Masked Carnival, which gives you thousands upon thousands of Allied Seals.

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I've forgot about that thanks for reminding me. That also gives poetics too

I really think the book phase in particular needs to be made easier, and letting you grab all the books would be a fine way to reduce it.

Even without making much headway in the Masked Carnival, I've hit a point where I've got all the riding maps and still do hunts sometimes, so I've got more allied seals than I'm sure what to do with at the moment. I only found out I could spend them on alexandrite after I'd finished getting it through maps, which takes a lot more running around.

Then again, I suppose I already did the running around by doing the hunts in the first place...

I take it you can't farm blue mage festival for seals and poetics?

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so I've got more allied seals than I'm sure what to do with at the moment

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multiple stacks of 999 aetheryte tickets on a retainer and one in your inventory, gogo.

I forget which stage (Light?) I spammed Ifrit. One fight was 30 seconds? I was foaming at the mouth by the time it was done..but I did it.

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Originally Posted by Barraind

multiple stacks of 999 aetheryte tickets on a retainer and one in your inventory, gogo.

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I hate that they create another prompt whenever I go to teleport.

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Originally Posted by Urthdigger

I really think the book phase in particular needs to be made easier, and letting you grab all the books would be a fine way to reduce it.

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Imo it's just the fates that make those such a slog. Some spawn rates are incredibly long.

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Originally Posted by SamRF

Imo it's just the fates that make those such a slog. Some spawn rates are incredibly long.

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Actually.. Did they increase Fate spawn rates or have I just been extremely lucky? Just did a couple books and I remember some of those fates being notorious for taking a loong time to spawn.

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Originally Posted by Esmoire

I hate that they create another prompt whenever I go to teleport.

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Same. The annoyance isn't worth the amount of gil saved.

It might be useful for a low-level character but by the time you can afford to buy stacks of them (which presumably comes after at least getting every riding map) then you don't actually need them.

Alexandrite i think maps are fine for me can get 75 pretty quick
books are the worst (arguably light farm x2) but if they let us buy all books it be fine

Only the book step drives me insane. Not much waiting for FATE to spawn as I can just alt tab to do something else.
For the love of Twelve I just want to at least be able to do more books at a time.

Alexandrite is easy. But the melding part tested my patience for bit since I have to reclick the scroll every single time.

On the other hand, I don't know if I really want the farm to soften too much, it should still be grindy imo. Book phase takes long but I find it pretty enjoyable with the variety of activities you need to participate in. So far at least, being 4 books in..

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Originally Posted by einschwartz

Not much waiting for FATE to spawn as I can just alt tab to do something else.

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You can also just do the other FATEs that are active in the zone, as only X amount of FATEs can be up at any time in a given zone, so by keeping them cleared out you increase the spawn rate of the FATEs and decrease the time spent waiting for the right FATE to spawn.
You can also use that time to EXP up your Chocobo and other combat jobs, plus get GC seal to use for other stuff.

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Originally Posted by Kirika-

You can also just do the other FATEs that are active in the zone, as only X amount of FATEs can be up at any time in a given zone, so by keeping them cleared out you increase the spawn rate of the FATEs and decrease the time spent waiting for the right FATE to spawn.
You can also use that time to EXP up your Chocobo and other combat jobs, plus get GC seal to use for other stuff.

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I wonder if server hopping and checking all servers in your Datacenter on rotation would be the fastest way to clear those fates.

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Originally Posted by Kirika-

You can also just do the other FATEs that are active in the zone, as only X amount of FATEs can be up at any time in a given zone, so by keeping them cleared out you increase the spawn rate of the FATEs and decrease the time spent waiting for the right FATE to spawn.
You can also use that time to EXP up your Chocobo and other combat jobs, plus get GC seal to use for other stuff.

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It depends. Nearby FATEs, yes I do clear them. But if the FATE I wanted is in hard to reach area, like The Big Bagoly Theory (Burning Wall, East Thanalan where there's a long winded path down the crystals), I much prefer to camp and alt tab. Unless I have other map to go to, then I will check those instead. Besides, I do 3 books per day when I'm up for it so by camping I can actually take a moment to rest. lol

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Originally Posted by SamRF

On the other hand, I don't know if I really want the farm to soften too much, it should still be grindy imo. Book phase takes long but I find it pretty enjoyable with the variety of activities you need to participate in. So far at least, being 4 books in..

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Yes, I agree that it should still retain the grind. Coming from years of korean mmo, I don't mind this sort of activity. I would be thankful enough if we can take at least 2 books at the same time. Having to return to the same area to kill the different variation of Garlean soldiers annoys me more than waiting for FATE spawns (Which, isn't that long for my standard. 40 minutes the longest I had to camp or maybe I was just lucky).

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Originally Posted by SamRF

I wonder if server hopping and checking all servers in your Datacenter on rotation would be the fastest way to clear those fates.

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Between teleporting and loading times, not for me honestly. But I do know some people who rather always be on the move, doing something than just stay at one map for spawn.

The books are a complete nightmare. A complete nightmare.

I haven't experienced as much thrill and disappointment in a while playing this game...

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