Zeta Relic Advantage

[Burningskull]

Odds are, and this is just speculation... but your only advantage to already having your Zeta done is that you will be able to use your Zeta as a base for the new relic, instead of need a crafted base for the new relic. If you don't have a Zeta (or potentially just a relic at any stage) then you'll need a new crafted base weapon or something for the new Weapon Quest Line. Again just speculation.

[Colorful]

Odds are, and this is just speculation... but your only advantage to already having your Zeta done is that you will be able to use your Zeta as a base for the new relic, instead of need a crafted base for the new relic. If you don't have a Zeta (or potentially just a relic at any stage) then you'll need a new crafted base weapon or something for the new Weapon Quest Line. Again just speculation.

If this is the case, I'd really hope we can buy back the Zeta (I'm not sure if we can already?). Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

[JimboTCB]

If this is the case, I'd really hope we can buy back the Zeta (I'm not sure if we can already?). Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

They're supposedly going to nerf the existing relic quests in 3.0 so that people can grind them more easily for glamour. But it does seem weird that the base relics are freely available from the Calamity Salvager but none of the other steps are - maybe because they don't come as actual quest rewards per se, or (more likely) oversight/laziness on the part of the developers...

[Colorful]

They're supposedly going to nerf the existing relic quests in 3.0 so that people can grind them more easily for glamour. But it does seem weird that the base relics are freely available from the Calamity Salvager but none of the other steps are - maybe because they don't come as actual quest rewards per se, or (more likely) oversight/laziness on the part of the developers...

I'm aware, but unless they nerfed it to less than 10 hours it would still be a hassle (and I know I wouldn't really like having a weapon that took me 100+ hours nerfed down that badly, but that's for another thread). I would assume they could have a system in place so that something triggers the Salvager to sell that item after completing the step's quest, so it's probably more on the oversight/laziness side.

[Eye_Gore]

Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

Not that this has any bearing on the topic here, but I actually glamoured over the relic. Someone actually commented as to why I have the Novus shield and not the sword. Obviously didn't use the "examine" function. The Curtana just looked way too big for my character. Thing was almost clipping into the ground when I walked with it sheathed. Plus between the shield and the sword glowing was just a bit too much glowing for me. Since I'm lagging in the game about a year behind I'll probably have that thing for a little while. Almost got all the Alex to finally finish that part off. Probably still be doing it when 4.0 comes.

[Colorful]

stuff.

The pre-zodiac relics can look a bit over the top, but I find the Zodiacs/Zeta to look nice (Excalibur is still a bit too much for some). I finished up Novus to Zeta during term break though, I had a lot of time but even if you split that up moderately I don't think it'll take you until 4.0 unless you have some real bad luck.

[Eye_Gore]

The pre-zodiac relics can look a bit over the top, but I find the Zodiacs/Zeta to look nice (Excalibur is still a bit too much for some). I finished up Novus to Zeta during term break though, I had a lot of time but even if you split that up moderately I don't think it'll take you until 4.0 unless you have some real bad luck.

The Excalibur did look pretty cool. My issue is time. I only get a couple hours a day to play. Dungeon runs should be interesting when I get to that point.

[Spawnie]

The pre-zodiac relics can look a bit over the top, but I find the Zodiacs/Zeta to look nice (Excalibur is still a bit too much for some). I finished up Novus to Zeta during term break though, I had a lot of time but even if you split that up moderately I don't think it'll take you until 4.0 unless you have some real bad luck.

Yoichi Bow was the only skin in the relic quest line that i actually liked lol the previous skins were just ._.

[AskaRay]

Yoichi Bow was the only skin in the relic quest line that i actually liked lol the previous skins were just ._.

I really like the base Artemis Bow - the more white one, with less purple.
The glows on the bow though............ugh why. I love my Yoichi Bow and am pretty baffled when like half the people I meet call it ugly. Um...huh?????

[Gallus]

Stuff like this is what prevents people from enjoying the game. "No matter what I do now is gonna be trashed in the expansion so might as well stop now or...just come back for the expansion". It is honestly a shame. Someone should really come up with a way to add new content without trashing peoples' progress, all this is doing is further frustrate and discourage the already overly tedious grind this game offers. Even though I'm still subscribed because SE is my favourite company and I have a lot of admiration for Yoshida and what his DEV team did for this game, I must admit I haven't even stepped on FFXIV for at least 2 months for this exact reason.