Gear or Zodiac?

[Caoihmin]

I am currently trying to upgrade my relic weapon - the lovely alexandrite phase - and as I participate in hunts and buy maps with tomes and the daily (I've lost three maps trying to solo the treasure mobs), I'm starting to wonder if spending allied seals on alexandrite is worth it at this point. I would much rather use those allied seals to get carbon twine to upgrade my ironworks gear.

I haven't rewlly ventured into the coils to do this btw.

Any thoughts?

[Evergrey]

I was in the same seat as you are now recently. I spend nearly 4k seals on Alexandrites as I thought "the gear will most likely be replaced shortly after Heavensward is released like in most expansions."
This way I can get a maxed out Relic till then and if they continue the Relic quest I can start from the go.

There you have my reasoning behind my choice.
Hope it helps.

[Sounders]

Have you tried FATE farming? Alexandrite has a pretty decent drop rates now. Unlike DREX, you can get a lot of Alexandrite per day and you don't have to do maps.

[Kyuuen]

Have you tried FATE farming? Alexandrite has a pretty decent drop rates now. Unlike DREX, you can get a lot of Alexandrite per day and you don't have to do maps.

This is a joke right? I'm currently 20+/0. The 25 or 26 (whichever I'm on) Alexandrites I've gotten, have all been through my purchase/maps.

[alimdia]

This is a joke right? I'm currently 20+/0. The 25 or 26 (whichever I'm on) Alexandrites I've gotten, have all been through my purchase/maps.

50x easier than before.

[Faelandaea]

This is a joke right? I'm currently 20+/0. The 25 or 26 (whichever I'm on) Alexandrites I've gotten, have all been through my purchase/maps.

Then you are not properly equipped. You have to have your weapon to the stage where you need Alex. Not before and not after. You need to actually be on that stage in the upgrades. If you have done that many fates with 0 Alex then you are still working on books and not yet at that stage, or you don;t have the weapon equipped while doing the fate.

[LineageRazor]

Then you are not properly equipped. You have to have your weapon to the stage where you need Alex. Not before and not after.

This is incorrect. You can obtain Alexandrite from FATEs as long as you have a Relic weapon equipped at the Animus stage or any stage afterwards. This is because players have the ability to respec their weapon if they decide they want a different set of stats, and it would not be fair for players to lose access to one of the methods of obtaining Alexandrite simply because their weapon had evolved.

To obtain Atmas, you must be using a Relic Zenith, but this is because Atmas are ONLY useful for upgrading from Zenith to Atma. Alexandrites are potentially useful for any Relic from Animus on up and therefore can be obtained using weapons at any of those stages.

[Faelandaea]

This is incorrect. You can obtain Alexandrite from FATEs as long as you have a Relic weapon equipped at the Animus stage or any stage afterwards. This is because players have the ability to respec their weapon if they decide they want a different set of stats, and it would not be fair for players to lose access to one of the methods of obtaining Alexandrite simply because their weapon had evolved.

To obtain Atmas, you must be using a Relic Zenith, but this is because Atmas are ONLY useful for upgrading from Zenith to Atma. Alexandrites are potentially useful for any Relic from Animus on up and therefore can be obtained using weapons at any of those stages.

Okay but the part where you have to be at least TO that stage is correct though, right? It can't be ATMA stage? has to be Animus or higher? That's the point I was trying to drive home but it is good to know you can still farm even after the Animus stage XD

[Kyuuen]

Then you are not properly equipped. You have to have your weapon to the stage where you need Alex. Not before and not after. You need to actually be on that stage in the upgrades. If you have done that many fates with 0 Alex then you are still working on books and not yet at that stage, or you don;t have the weapon equipped while doing the fate.

That's rather presumptuous of you. I am on that stage and I am properly equipped, as the only weapon I have that's over ilvl 80 is my Yoshi. Animus. I farmed fates for another 3 hours last night and still have yet to receive a single Alexandrite for my efforts. I'm beginning to think either the people making these claims have the luck of a god, or they're blowing smoke...

edit

I take that back I have my Sphairai Atma, but the last time I had Mnk on was 8-9 months ago.

[Kiara1]

This is a joke right? I'm currently 20+/0. The 25 or 26 (whichever I'm on) Alexandrites I've gotten, have all been through my purchase/maps.

I got 25 alexandrites in 5 hours doing fates