Gerolt's Masterwork Weapons: Please Continue Upgrades

[Trixxy]

In my opinion gerolt's weapons are the lazy way out and it wouldn't really be fair for those who actually do work their asses off for a nexus, especially when suddenly everyone runs around with an easier obtainable and equally strong weapon (not like that isn't going to happen pretty soon anyway).

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

In my opinion gerolt's weapons are the lazy way out and it wouldn't really be fair for those who actually do work their asses off for a nexus, especially when suddenly everyone runs around with an easier obtainable and equally strong weapon (not like that isn't going to happen pretty soon anyway).

For the sake of perspective, it may be an apples/oranges thing in terms of base stats, damage, and item level, but (and this is not even including the custom attributes) a Novus weapons is STILL superior to an upgraded Gerolt Masterwork weapon. By that logic, can you say it's lazy to work for a weapon that's still inferior besides? Would you make the same argument that someone who just cleared Turn 9 (WITH a GM weapon) and got a now-inferior-to Nexus High Allagan weapon is lazy?

Let's not kid ourselves here: Relic - if you have time, patience, gil/materia, and the ability to grind something - is practically handed to you. This is NOT me saying it's not worth it or that it doesn't deserve to be so good for what effort goes into it, but this IS me saying that it is in no way a measure of its owner's skill. And with things like the Hunt pretty much boosting players and fast-tracking people to sub-raid level gear, what REALLY ends up happening is we get left with well-geared inexperience. Please note: This is NOT me saying I'm elite/superior or that anyone who clears endgame raids = master race or anything so conceited. But really think about it - how much confidence would you have going into, say Garuda Extreme or even Turn 1, seeing a few nice glowing relic weapons Novus/Nexus, then "One or more players have yet to complete this duty"?