RNG is Back with ZODIAC Relic

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Expensive materia melds and Alexandrite disagree with you. Since when did 'casuals' have millions of gil to drop on materia for this? A 'casual' is more likely to take the far more acceptable choice of completing a few dungeons, which they'll be doing anyway for normal gear upgrades, and getting their soldiery weapon in a matter of weeks.

This is not casual friendly, and it's clearly not even aimed at casuals due to the repetitive and time consuming nature of every aspect of its design. Haven't got hours upon hours to waste on Atma grinding? Too bad. Got 11/12 atmas but can't get that last one to drop? Enjoy having 11 slots of your inventory effectively wasted while you try. Want animus? Enjoy waiting for 3 hours on a gosh-darned Fate because it refuses to spawn when you're logged in!

The very definition of the world casual means you don't have hours to spend on the game at a sitting, and when you do it's a rare and fleeting thing. I 'casually' completed my animus. Took me MONTHS. In that time I could have earned an ilvl 110 soldiery weapon four times over. Not only would it have been superior to Animus, but a lot less strenuous. I now have little interest to begin Novus because not only does it cost at least HALF the price of a soldiery weapon to begin (3x inks at 250 soldiery each), but the materia costs thereafter are in the multi-millions.

Casual players try to budget their time more effectively. There's very little 'reward' for the zodiac line and a whole lot of work. When you can get an equal or close-to reward by a far quicker and easier means, then there really is no contest.

Gathering, crafting or simply SBing yourself a few items a day. People already did/do that. You make it sound as if farming gil is something hard in this game. I didn't even actively farm for gil and still had some millions, plus retainer's rng. You're confusing long time grinding associating it with not being casual, because casuals are suposed to only play 1 hour a day? the rng is there intended to not let you get your weapons in 1 day, however people who really want their relics, invest more time in it, pushing it to the limits.