Quote Originally Posted by Mardel View Post

For this reason one cannot simply say cause FF11 did it this way it will be the same here. Think of all the people who raid; every big patch our gear is near obsolete due to the new crafted gear, tome, and coil gear. Who is to say that relic is immune to this?
It's all assumptions at this point. But answer me this:

We can agree that the earliest anybody will earn the 2.51 zodiac upgrade is March, correct? If we are to assume that this is the final upgrade of the Zodiac - that means that even the hardcore grinder will only enjoy their final form of the relic for maybe a month or two (before the expansion). Does that not seem a bit odd? Does it not seem a bit odd that the Zodiac weapons now have the legendary Final Fantasy names (Excalibur, Apocalypse, etc.). Would SE really keep Excalibur as a level 50 weapon when someday players will likely be able to hit level 100?

Two months to enjoy a final version of a long questline would seem a bit strange. And lets be honest - most people won't be able to reach the final form before the expansion is released. If the relic weapons truly are to be final upon the release of the expansion - wouldn't it have been more likely than not that the final quest would have been released at least 6 months prior to the release of the expansion? Would seem like pretty poor planning to me.