WILL RELIC WEAPONS remain the best weapons till level 99 like in FFXI?

since they are upgradeable for now, but dont know if they have plans to make them obsolete in the future, anyone know if they are planning on keep FFXI legacy on relic weapons being best weapons in the game?

I just wanna know if the luminary tools are gonna be upgradeable or anything like that.

* Spews tea out of nose while trying to laugh and starts hammering on chest; Coughing and choking. *

EDIT: My expression. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbetvkPA6I You serious?? ;p

RE: will a weapon attained (by some) 1 week after launch be the best weapon in game forever?

I really hope not.

Sorry to burst your bubble tea milk but it does not seems that it will be the best weapon forever, until the next expansion update coming round. Relic, empy and mythic weapons kinda cease to be the best at FFXI - they all go in the way of iLevel gear upgrade now... for better or worse - quick play and instant gratification is the norm nowadays.

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Originally Posted by realmreborn

since they are upgradeable for now, but dont know if they have plans to make them obsolete in the future, anyone know if they are planning on keep FFXI legacy on relic weapons being best weapons in the game?

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last I checked, relic weapons aren't currently the best in the game in XI (though that will change later0.

I fully expect we will be presented with different choices in the future, that aren't necessarily better or worse but offer options.

I don't know why you would think relics would be the best weapons to 99 just because they were good in XI for a bit. This isn't XI, and the only thing the two have in common is the name.

These are more along the lines of artifact weapons, but with an extra day or two of work.

I got the impression from reading "Producer's Letters" that Yoshi doesn't seem to love the idea of relic weapons but is following through with it because of time invested in 1.0. Personally I don't care I just hope there are alternate path's to good weapons besides primal's and the relic quest.

I personally don't think it will stay relevant like in XI, you have to remember in XI it took people over a year and in some cases people I know personally 3 years to complete thier weapon, when you compare that to a few weeks people won't get up in arms if it falls to the wayside, in XI's case it would have resulted in serious reprecussions.

allagan weapons are "better" than relic+1 or at least on par ....so dont think so

Slightly off topic, but here's a question I couldn't seem to find an answer to anywhere:

If you initially turned in an HQ base weapon to the blacksmith for the relic quest as opposed to the standard version of it, will your finished relic weapon have improved stats? Will the blacksmith even accept it?

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

. . . and the only thing the two have in common is the name.

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and the races. and the jobs. and the linkshells. and the primary mount. and the skin for monsters such as Goobbue, Crabs, Hornets, Taurus, Shadow Dragons, Coeurl, Goblins etc.

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Originally Posted by Kamina33

Slightly off topic, but here's a question I couldn't seem to find an answer to anywhere:

If you initially turned in an HQ base weapon to the blacksmith for the relic quest as opposed to the standard version of it, will your finished relic weapon have improved stats? Will the blacksmith even accept it?

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From what I have read in the "relic reborn" thread on the forums, stats are the same of HQ and NQ turn in. He accepts both, the relic +1 items come from doing a quest after getting the relic made, which is basically turn in relic + 3 items that require 300 mythology tomes each and you get relic +1.

Now the whole relic +1 concept might be an indication that over patches/expansions the relics will be upgradable so might end up seeing relic +10 or something like that.

Level 99 Cap? When? Where?

Yoshi has said something to the effect that they will continue to make weapon relics either upgradable or a required step for the best weapons.

to be honest, relic weapons are nice and all, but having the same weapon for ever sounds boring to me, i want to constantly ever so often be changing my gear

To those unsure about how gear works in XI right now, the old lv75 relic weapons can be upgraded by 5 levels (to max 99) by completing certain challenges. Which is what the OP is getting at, I'm assuming. That when level cap increases get introduced, the relic weapons will see upgrade functionality by completing some challenge/quest.

Allagan weapons are better than relic+1 already so i dont think relic+1 is the strongest weapon currently

Just sounds like an epic weapon from EQ and WoW which were phased out when the higher end boss released

I really loved doing those quests, the memoooooooooooooooooooooories

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Originally Posted by realmreborn

since they are upgradeable for now, but dont know if they have plans to make them obsolete in the future, anyone know if they are planning on keep FFXI legacy on relic weapons being best weapons in the game?

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Only until you have your Bahamut weapon.

Bahamut axe:
http://home.eyesonff.com/content/att...amut3.jpg.html

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Originally Posted by Kamina33

Slightly off topic, but here's a question I couldn't seem to find an answer to anywhere:

If you initially turned in an HQ base weapon to the blacksmith for the relic quest as opposed to the standard version of it, will your finished relic weapon have improved stats? Will the blacksmith even accept it?

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Originally Posted by Rillifane

From what I have read in the "relic reborn" thread on the forums, stats are the same of HQ and NQ turn in. He accepts both, the relic +1 items come from doing a quest after getting the relic made, which is basically turn in relic + 3 items that require 300 mythology tomes each and you get relic +1.

Now the whole relic +1 concept might be an indication that over patches/expansions the relics will be upgradable so might end up seeing relic +10 or something like that.

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Thank you for this.