Animus Weapons Underpoweresd

[klepp0906]

Yep, I agree the reward isn't worth the amount of effort you have to put in it... To an extent. If you look at it in the long run, then it might be worth it. They will be adding in new upgrades to the weapon with later patches and soon we'll even be able to customise the stats on it iirc. I think by the very end it will be the best weapon.

Don't know about this because with each patch they will dumb down the requirements and make it easier and easier to do bar the last step. Courtesy of the casual/instant gratification > all policy adopted by mmos post wow.

Basically spend 100 hours now to get to this point or use a weathered weapon now which is just as good and wait a patch and spend 20.

[klepp0906]

Fail all the way around. I just found out as of this posting they are only ilvl 100. For the effort required this is a joke. With the fail err echo buff just run a darn t5 and get a better looking i95 >.< not to mention no one considered the fact that t9 wePons are purportedly ilvl 115 a full 15 ilvls higher.
In the end it's just a carrot for min maxers anyhow. Gear and stats are such a joke in this game the only difference u will begin to see is if you compare capability of two players with a 25ilvl difference.

Case in point brayflox HM requires ilvl 55 to run meaning it should be easily doable with a party of that lvl. Yet you still aren't given much cushion with a party full of ilvl 90.

[klepp0906]

Then theirs the fact itemization in this game is limited, Uncreative, and boring. A problem that played a large role in my having left ffxi. It seems they took the bad from xi, ditched the good. Added enough wow to rope in the type of gamers who would quit a real mmo, and you have ffxiv.
Just my 2c of course. We have all heArd of the bell curve so I'm well aware my opinion is on the unpopular side. Two+ years for pantheon, sigh.

Gogo 1000 character limit. Seriously?!? Interested in the logic on that one. Way to make anyone's life trying to post data or a guide a miserable hell.

[Hysterior]

From what i understood from live letter, we have only part of the quest.

So the weapon will power up more

[Lithera]

Seeing as 2.1 didn't introduce any gear/weapons with a higher ilvl than at launch we can safely assume 2.3 will be the same. With it already said that the quests for the Zodiac Weps would have updates every patch it is safe to say they weps will be sitting at i110 potentially after patch 2.25 and get customization options in 2.3 so that Bravura with no acc can be put through a trial that slaps accuracy on it perhaps in place of an existing stat.

[Djeserit]

Fail all the way around. I just found out as of this posting they are only ilvl 100. For the effort required this is a joke. With the fail err echo buff just run a darn t5 and get a better looking i95 >.< not to mention no one considered the fact that t9 wePons are purportedly ilvl 115 a full 15 ilvls higher.

2.25: i105/i110
2.3: i110/i115 (only adding CT, not likely to increase top end ilvl for endgame)
2.35: i115+

Long story short: If you stay at the front of the curve, you'll have an i115 weapon before t9 gets nerfed. If you can't do t9 before nerf, and you've kept upgrading your Zodiac, you will have equal power, albeit maybe not optimal secondary stats.

[Thulfr]

This is just what I have noticed myself but it seems like the main purpose of the Relic/Atma/Animus is that it will be the "easier" alternative compared to the other end game weapons while also lacking the same stats as end game gear. Easier in the sense that there are people who still have not passed the EX primals yet nor are they able to do t5+(even with ECHO, plus the ECHO seems to hurt titan EX after you hit 10%+ more than help lol). The atma weapons give them the opportunity to continue to progress their weapon to at the very least keep up with people who are in fact able to farm levi X or coil.

That said I do agree it is a little silly how much work is needed to get it to the point to match a Levi X weapon. Personally I think 5 books would have been much more fair. Just one book for the stat boost instead of 3. Make the 5th book the final upgrade where it also ups the dmg. Still a grind, but not a 13,500 myth grind

[Gormogon]

But I do mind that a ilvl110 Animus weapon is underpowered in comparison to other weapons of the same ilvl.

How is it underpowered to the rest? I hope the reasons isn't because it doesn't help grant easy access to the 2nd BCoB.

As a BLM there's only 4 weapons ilvl100. Not counting the Atma version of Stardust Rod btw.

Laevateinn: Magic Damage 75, Intelligence +42, Accuracy + 44, Spellspeed + 31
Stardust Rod Animus: Magic Damage 72, Intelligence +37, Determination +20, Spell Speed +40
Weathered Leviathan: Magic Damage 72, Intelligence +37, Accuracy +40, Spell Speed +28
Tidal Wave Staff: Magic Damage 72. Intelligence +37, Critical Hit Rate +40, Determination +20

If anything the current animus + myth/soldiery gear + the echo buff = easy clearance through the first binding coil of bahamut. The stats are also more desirable for myth farming brayflox.

Also lets not forget that the Animus isn't the final upgrade for 2.2 content.

It currently helps give a nice edge if you don't wanna spend the time in turn 5 but Animus weapons aren't as lackluster as you make them out to be.

If I were to review the other weapons the conclusion will be near identical. Yet all you need is 1 animus and then farm through turn 5 or levi ex.

[AngelMoon]

I bet you anything this is what is going to happen.

#1. People complaining it's weak and a waste of time.
#2. New patch comes out and proves it's better than 2nd coil.
#3. People complain they spent hours of hard work getting their 2nd coil weps.
#4. People go start upgrading their relics and see the fates are packed with so many people, you end up missing fates or can't see the mobs in fate due to too many people in the area; leading to more complaining.

[EdwinLi]

I bet you anything this is what is going to happen.

#1. People complaining it's weak and a waste of time.
#2. New patch comes out and proves it's better than 2nd coil.
#3. People complain they spent hours of hard work getting their 2nd coil weps.
#4. People go start upgrading their relics and see the fates are packed with so many people, you end up missing fates or can't see the mobs in fate due to too many people in the area; leading to more complaining.

I already predicted what will happen from now on...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...fe-from-now-on...