Request to Developers Regarding Atma / Animus Item Level.

[ElenaKirei]

Make Atma stats equal current Animus stats.

Make Animus item level equals to 110 and buff the stats to rival the class non-weathered masterwork weapon.

That way people who have done their (long, tedious) Atma shards farming can enjoy the item improvement, then proceed to upgrade it into Animus.

Also, end-game weapon of choice can be more diverse: Relic (proposed i110) vs. Upgraded Masterwork (Weathered i100 to i110) vs. 2nd Coil (i115, more superior than others)

Please? Thank you for reading.

[Nekodar]

You have to remember that it's already been stated that it will be further upgraded in 2.25 and 2.3.
What sort of upgrade path would be available with your proposal, that would keep both upgraded gerolt weapon and upgraded relic relevant?

[KitanaiKoneko]

I thought we were going to be getting more of the zodiac questline in 2.25. So if that's the case, why should anyone bother with Soldiery/High Allagan weaps if the next installment of zodiac is going to be >i110?

[ElenaKirei]

You have to remember that it's already been stated that it will be further upgraded in 2.25 and 2.3.
What sort of upgrade path would be available with your proposal, that would keep both upgraded gerolt weapon and upgraded relic relevant?

Perhaps future upgrade path can involve a system where you can alter and min-max certain stats.

For example, http://xivdb.com/?item/7843/Holy-Shield-Animus
Strength 11
Vitality 12
Parry 12
Skill Speed 8

http://xivdb.com/?item/7284/Weathered-Noct-Hoplon
Strength 11
Vitality 12
Accuracy 12
Parry 8

As you can see, both are level 100, fully upgraded but have intriguingly different stats. On 2.25 / 2.30 perhaps the developer can make it so we can swap stats freely (skill speed on Animus to critical rate, for example) and alter stats number somehow.

Or perhaps the ability to add resistances (damage type / elemental) for more customization options. Or certain skill buff (a skill can get less CD, more damage, or applicable effects) can be slotted into Relic in the future. The potential is unlimited.

I thought we were going to be getting more of the zodiac questline in 2.25. So if that's the case, why should anyone bother with Soldiery/High Allagan weaps if the next installment of zodiac is going to be >i110?

I seriously doubt Zodiac weapon will exceed Coil weapon ilevel.

And about soldiery weapon, those are for people that are too lazy to get the 12 shards from FATEs.

Then again, future upgrades does NOT have to increase ilevel.

[Orophin]

And about soldiery weapon, those are for people that are too lazy to get the 12 shards from FATEs.

Wait, what? The people that are capable of clearing T7+ are "too lazy" to farm FATEs for a weapon that currently sucks compared to it?

Atma/Animus are for people who aren't capable of taking down top tier content but want a sense of weapon progression. It just comes at a cost of grinding away a lot of time.

[ThanMazus]

Wait, what? The people that are capable of clearing T7+ are "too lazy" to farm FATEs for a weapon that currently sucks compared to it?

Atma/Animus are for people who aren't capable of taking down top tier content but want a sense of weapon progression. It just comes at a cost of grinding away a lot of time.

Wait, what? The only people who don't run T7+ aren't capable? There's no other explanation available at all, like disinterest in raiding?

[Elven]

It kind of makes sense since there probably won't be no coil update in the next patch giving the Relic time to catch up.

[Everjams]

the Novus upgrade was bumping up the zodiac weapon to il110 or i115 from the look of it.

[o3o]

the Novus upgrade was bumping up the zodiac weapon to il110 or i115 from the look of it.

Ilvl110 probubly.
115 no chance. Unless they bump high allgan to 120.

really getting animus isnt even hard. Its just annoying and time consuming. Give it a month or 2 and you will see everyone and their grandmas running around with animus.

lol watch the novus quest be even more annoying.

[prymortal]

Far Left Lane

Relic: Zenith > Atma/Animus > ???? (Novus)
i90, i100/i100, i115

unless the change what they already said there doing, i wouldnt worry to much.

Left to right:
*Relic
*Coil
*Weathered/unweathered Gerold weapons (rowena token ones) http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/spe...ours_and_gear/ (Gerolt's Masterworks link)
* Primal EX weapon (token ones), Leviathan weapon, Leviathan weapon with mirror.

They should instead remove the items needed from coil to upgrade weathered items & place them somewhere else so people have a chance to catch up & gear up.