Relics , are not relices anymore

[SirSaber]

Ohh so none of you saw the Black Artemis Bow on the Letter Live X ?

[Beetle]

There not relic weapons. There AF weapons.

[Beetle]

Ohh so none of you saw the Black Artemis Bow on the Letter Live X ?

Thats been around since 1.0. Its just Yoshi's Costume. Wandering Mistrile

[Tribunus]

There not relic weapons. There AF weapons.

A Relic Reborn, also they share the names of the same weapons in previous Final Fantasies its quite obvious to everyone they are relics.

I honestly hope they get replaced as we increase in item level, as I said before if they wanted them to be similar in scope to FFXI they should have either not added them yet or have them tied to coil and beyond.

I mean what would be the put of them ever adding new weapons if relic weapons are meant to be the best?

[gamersince1976]

As awesome as the Gae Bolg looks, I don't want to used this winged spear for the rest of my Eorzean life. I'd like some variety as FFXIV evolves.

I can't wait for this personally.

Oooh, I LIKE that...

[storm]

This is the legendary staff, Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

Here's a page describing how to get it, http://www.icy-veins.com/dragonwrath...quest-line-wow

Here's a youtube video of the cutscenes involved with it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QcpnKwKSoA

It's a legendary weapon in WoW that was added in cataclysm that could take a player anywhere from 9 weeks to as much as 34 weeks to obtain, and that's provided they were even in a guild that had dedicated raiding. The questline consisted of 14 separate quests, and upon completion it was such an ordeal that a family of huge dragons would descend upon the main city and audibly thank your player for what he/she has done. The dragons would remain flying around for some time. It wasn't every day you had a player who would get this weapon, but at the time it was one of the best in the game.

The youtube video linked actually has the ceremony in which the weapon is presented to you towards the end.

The weapon also allowed your character to transform into a dragon and fly.

The reason I bring any of this up is to highlight what a gear progression model mmo looks like in action. Tarecgosa's staff is yesterdays news in WoW. It's ilvl as you can note was 397.

A quick search on wowhead has the current ilvl's around 572.

Here's my point. In a gear progression model, the best weapon will never remain the best weapon. And you're complaining about the best weapon released at the launch of a game being outclassed.

I understand the iconic nature of the relics, but SE has got plenty to come. Rather than getting angry about it, why not look forward to all the amazing things they've got in store for us?

[Evangela]

They can add Relic+2 anytime. and +3,+4,+5... so Relic weapons will always be the best.

[Felis]

Relicts are planned to be upgradeable. But I think they save the upgrades for the time they increase the level cap. It would be silly to have 3 or more relict tiers at 50.
We have already Relict+1 in ARR. Just storage the weapon until the level cap get increased to make relict+2 with it.

[Ensign]

All stepping stones for Coil and whatever is to come after or alongside coil difficulty.
That's how I look at it anyway, 4 relics and don't care as much about this topic as most.
Though it is kind of a shame that relic is a stepping stone unlike, well, FFXI, relic was it + an achievement on its own.

[Waliel]

Didn't Yoshi say at one point that he doesn't even like the idea of relic weapons, but kinda had to do them anyways for they were in 1.0?