Zeta Relic Advantage

[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.

[ElHeggunte]

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.

Unfortunately that's the nature of vertical progression. Current equipment can't stay viable forever or else there'd never be a reason to go get the newest stuff.

[Burningskull]

Unfortunately that's the nature of vertical progression. Current equipment can't stay viable forever or else there'd never be a reason to go get the newest stuff.

Current gear doesn't have to stay... current lol. But I rather like the idea of over the life of FFXIV my relic weapon would be the one weapon I keep by my side. It's just changed forms and grown more powerful. As was when it changed forms from Relic to Zodiac.

However that also creates a problem where you have people like me, who don't go out and raid for the dreadwyrm weapons or even get tome weapons since i know i can upgrade my current weapon to make it just as good as those if not better. which kind a puts all the devs time on those weapons to waste as i'll never use / own them due to my own personality lol.

[Skivvy]

Unfortunately that's the nature of vertical progression. Current equipment can't stay viable forever or else there'd never be a reason to go get the newest stuff.

Yup! I'm personally a fan of more horizontal progression myself. I loved XI for letting us build crazy gear sets for various situations, and letting us expand on what we already had vs. constantly having to replace FULL sets of gear every few months. It was rough on the inventory, but it just felt so much more detailed and fleshed out. Of course there were some rare items to work towards, but it was nice knowing you could devote your time to getting it, and it wouldn't a complete waste when the latest xpac hits.

[Coolit]

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.

Unfortunately this will never change as SE know the expansion "reset" is what brings back many people who are not current with the game.

It's going to be interesting to see what advantage you get with the Zeta, my monies on the base weapon idea above.