Relic upgrade and your thoughts

[SirTaint]

I hate being stuck grinding on one job.

I have mutltuple i110s and a HA weapon I won't get to use until after I finish this grind.

I'm estimating it will take me 6 weeks to finish which puts it into 2.4.

[Wyrmnus]

Newbie: Hi guys I am new to Ifrit HM so... WTF?

*INSERT HORRIFIC IFIRIT SCREAMS*
*plumes appeared kills the newbie*

Newbie: Need a raise plea...

*insert Ifrit death cutscene*

*The Ifrit cane have been placed in your inventory*

Newbie: I think I need to complain in the forums that the contents are far too easy.

^This. A Million times over. I recently got my Arcanist to 50 and I was doing Garuda HM for my SMN relic. So when I got to Garuda HM, it was just rushed. So I go " UHm. Something about this is so very wrong.. " Know what thier response was? " No idea what ur talking about lol. " Arrogant FFF...

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So this is like the Atma grind with the FATEs as the poor helpless newbies are left dumbstruck as a FATE is cleared in 30 seconds.

[Wyrmnus]

I call this a test of character for the end game players. To show if you're a TRUE model player, or just another bully in the end.

[HumsterMKX]

So this is like the Atma grind with the FATEs as the poor helpless newbies are left dumbstruck as a FATE is cleared in 30 seconds.

Huge difference... this actually gives you a weapon you will never use. Unless for glamour.

[Numenor1379]

Huge difference... this actually gives you a weapon you will never use. Unless for glamour.

If you don't use the Nexus weapon after you get it until you snag one of the upcoming 2.4 weapons then you're doing it wrong.

[MasamuneBranford]

the issue with relic upgrade is that if u arent doing it NOW , u will face a huge grind , now ppl are creating partys to do content , in 2 months ? GL trying to farm garuda for light points

This is a huge potential problem that I hope gets addressed with future updates. I think with the nature of the nexus upgrade - the amount of light you obtain needs to be constantly re-evaluated.

[BreathlessTao]

On one hand, the Nexus bit is nice - no relying on RNG, no need to wait for hours on end for just one specific content. On the other though, the whole thing from atma onwards is a mindless grindfest, and that's just not my personal definition of fun at all - sure, from the outside it's great that it makes older and open world content more alive, but from the inside I was literally braindead just by the time I finished atma. So...er...yeah, definitely a double-bladed sword.

[Rufalus]

It's quite bad, just a grind sending you back into old content to keep you busy. Nobody does primals hundreds of times or westwind 2000 times just for the fun of it. It's something you endure for the prize at the end. The best thing they could do is add relic-specific original content, like they did with Hydra and Chimera. But I understand they don't have all the time in the world. Maybe the last ever relic quest could have an original boss instead of rehashed old content to make it more memorable.

[SirTaint]

It's quite bad, just a grind sending you back into old content to keep you busy. Nobody does primals hundreds of times or westwind 2000 times just for the fun of it. It's something you endure for the prize at the end. The best thing they could do is add relic-specific original content, like they did with Hydra and Chimera. But I understand they don't have all the time in the world. Maybe the last ever relic quest could have an original boss instead of rehashed old content to make it more memorable.

Yep, this was SEs opportunity to make players do all the EX primals plus a new boss fight for their upgrade.

Instead of spamming i55 content let's make people do the harder fights again and make people do Ramuh EX. (Rings helped but still 95% of the player base hasn't cleared)