Worthless effort

[Maero]

Novus is only slightly better then the Soldiery weapon which is easier to get and should be good up until you get high allagan. And i have doubts as high Allagan from what i gather has always been the best weapon.
I have already spent 3 months trying to get a atma weapon for my blm and just cannot take fates anymore.

[Kitkat]

You will have someone who will argue the numbers because it is still "Best in slot" which is true. That is their mentality on it, and nothing you argue changes the fact that it is still....best in slot. For DPS, the dmg difference does make a fairly big difference as it is the primary modifier on the end number. Do I agree with SE's decision? No, I don't..because it is a side step to keep content "playable" and "balanced." It didn't make much of a difference for XI when they brought in new endgame weapons to make prior ones obsolete or better in different situations because one was still better in damage output in ideal situations. This is still the mentality they have held to but applied it in a rational way based on how the game is built. Novus is not a bad weapon, and even if "slightly" better than the one other i110 weapon, it is still 2nd best option that tailors to a different player base.

[Grotesque]

3 MND is more than made up for by the 31 DET. Even the 2 damage isn't that big of a deal.

Bullshittus maximus. +2 Weapon DMG and 3 MND exceeds 31 det. Not speaking of crappling the LB output of your team by choosing lower weapon dmg, which solely relies on team combined weapon dmg. Weapon dmg >>> all

[Ginga_K]

E Glow factor on Novus cost us millions of gil + rng infusion.

Pls give alternative ways in getting Materia iV...

Btw How to earn Materia IV?

[TomTom1968]

^^ guaranteed if you bind a Item level 70 item. Possible if you bind a Level 45+ item, but low chance.

[Remn]

While I agree with your first part they have said that the best weapons in the game will always come from dungeons.

That said I would take a WHM novus over the HA one since I don't need SS on my WHM and the 3 MND is more than made up for by the 31 DET. Even the 2 damage isn't that big of a deal.

pretty sure 1 weapon damage = 4-6 mains stat and 1 main stat = 6 ish 2ndary stat (if some1 can confirm, been too long I forgot lol.) just 2 Weapon damage alone will out weight 31 DET (if my ratio is correct LOL)

trading main stat for 2ndary stat is debate able (depend on class). trading weapon damage for 2ndary stat is really bad trade. (you will end up losing a quite a bit of healing, pretty sure heal amount work off Weapon damage as well)

[Coatl]

^^ guaranteed if you bind a Item level 70 item. Possible if you bind a Level 45+ item, but low chance.

Oh nice, didn't know that. Should be fun!

[Kaaylryn]

Still working on my novus, however, the IV materia is becoming a setback since a lot of my SB returns only elemental IV materia if I get a IV at all. Transmutation is still an RNG joke and at almost 1 Million Gil for a determination IV, not going to happen any time soon. I will get my upgraded book of spades sooner than my Novus weapon.

Yes, I could put Acc on my Novus just to get it done. But, I do not trust SE to make the redo an easy task to just replace one stat. Sometimes I feel that this is FFXIV: A Materia Reborn.

And by the way, why the hell is elemental materia even still in the game? They are useless unless there is some greater plan for the future. I suppose so that the MB is not flooded with materia which would lower the price. Economy trumps all, even in games.

[Brill_]

Finishing up my animus books, reconsidering doing Novus at all. With determination IV at 1 mil gil, this weapon is not worth 10+ million gil.

[Gamex]

Basically sums up Novus weapons. Even with the optimal setup of materia, they still won't be better than a High allagan weapon, and they require WAY more time and effort to get. Why would anyone ever bother with it?

I think your looking at HA weapons with face value alone just because HA has higher base damage and Auto-Attack doesn't make it better or the best in some situations you have to factor in how the secondary stats of Novus stack up over the course of the fight.