New Relic Progression

[Katsaria]

The entire relic chain is ridiculous and not worth the effort. That is of my opinion. A lot easier to opt for the i130 weps and Dreadwyrm.

[Donjo]

The entire relic chain is ridiculous and not worth the effort. That is of my opinion. A lot easier to opt for the i130 weps and Dreadwyrm.

For many people(particularly those who have kept up with Relic relatively well since Atma), paying enough attention to Relic Progression can get you a weapon capable of doing well in Raids before the Raid itself can give it to you. This could be because of having no static, having an unskilled static, or being a Tank or Healer waiting on all of the DPS to get their Encrypted Tome because their damage is more important. In addition, the i125 Zodiac Weapons are now the best weapons a player can bring into Turn 12 for a first clear. Additionally, some people like the customizable Secondary Stats and will opt for their own custom Relic over an equivalent iLvl Raid Weapon.

[RiceisNice]

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Except there are alternatives that can give relatively the same firepower for much much less trouble (and money). The highest you can get without touching coil is ilvl 115 from shiva (which isn't particularly difficult either). By the time you can clear T11, you already have the possibility of getting an ilvl 130 weapon, which would've been stronger than the ilvl 125 zoadic (which is a progressive gate versus getting a dungeon drop). Of course there's also the odd chance of you getting 75 successful melds, 2000 lights and all the dungeon drops if Shiva doesn't want to drop your weapon...

[Donjo]

Except there are alternatives that can give relatively the same firepower for much much less trouble (and money). The highest you can get without touching coil is ilvl 115 from shiva (which isn't particularly difficult either). By the time you can clear T11, you already have the possibility of getting an ilvl 130 weapon, which would've been stronger than the ilvl 125 zoadic (which is a progressive gate versus getting a dungeon drop). Of course there's also the odd chance of you getting 75 successful melds, 2000 lights and all the dungeon drops if Shiva doesn't want to drop your weapon...

That i130 weapon currently requires the defeat of T12 as well. If one doesn't see themselves doing that anytime soon, grinding up to the Zodiac could actually take shorter amount of time.

[Kuwagami]

The entire relic chain is ridiculous and not worth the effort. That is of my opinion. A lot easier to opt for the i130 weps and Dreadwyrm.

"easier" ? you sir do not know what you're talking about.

Quicker, I may agree. Easier ? let me laugh

[Ooshima]

The entire relic chain is ridiculous and not worth the effort. That is of my opinion. A lot easier to opt for the i130 weps and Dreadwyrm.

Not sure about other Jobs but BRDs would use the Yoichi Bow over the crap 130 Magitek Bow any day.