Just dinged 50; Relic Weapon question.

[Mikedizzy]

I agree with most here...do the Relic quest and get to the 90 weapon and stop there and then buy a weapon until you can get yours to drop in the dungeons.

[Novaura]

This will unlock Amdapor Keep, Chimera, Hydra, and Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan hard mode. You'll need these for trial roulettes eventually and it's also just good experience for later on in the game. I'm talking strictly for unlocking content.

I was going to say that myself. But yeah, not unlocking the Hard mode of primal duels means you also can't do Extreme modes of those duels. This means no chance at pony raids and lots of people do those. Thanks, Garotte for reminding everyone on how important ALL of the game's content is.

[Talraen]

You will get full sets of ilvl 90 and ilvl 110 gear from the MSQ between the original ending and Heavensward, including weapons. You really don't need to worry about gearing up on your first job.

[bounddreamer]

Edit: I checked out the Ironworks and no weapons were visible; On top of that, I have no idea what that currency is or how much grinding that would take, heh. Hitting 50 in this game is really odd right now.

If you're a relatively well established player it's pretty easy; I'm maxed on poetics tomestones so I'm picking it up for my Scholar. You turn in poetics tomestones for Rowena's tokens of poetics in Mor Dhona (A-named girl on the right at the counter). You buy the ironworks weapons from the A-named girl on the left (third option down on her menu) but you also need an encrypted tomestone, which you get from the weekly repeatable quest that you can unlock after you've done all three Crystal Tower raids.

Otherwise yeah...as others have recommended, you can pick up the relic weapon and get it far enough to unlock the primals and get the Zenith version which will keep you just fine until you can buy/quest/get a drop for a 110+ weapon.

[Iagainsti]

Well, I still have to do the MSQ up to where I can get into Foundation. Will something just off the AH or a level 45 weapon work until then.

Use your grand company seals for a quick i55 wep, then start the quest for your relic. Use the i55 for the msq and relic quests, until you get your i80 at least, by then you should have enough poetics to upgrade to your i90 or buy the i120. Either of those should carry you through to heavensward. I wouldn't go past the i90 stage unless you really want the glam

[Jim_Berry]

I went for my Zeta simply because, at the time, I liked to do all content except crafting. I'm a dungeon-lover, and since Relics and Zodiacs are dungeon-oriented, it was something to keep me busy since I have no plans to raid for a while (I have yet to clear T13, having only cleared T12 once).

[TheCurls]

The game will hand you the i90 Primal weapon just from quests. And then shortly after, it will give you the i110 one. I wouldn't bother with the relic quest unless you want the glamour.

[Etiken]

Will the 3.1 relic quest start off on its own or will the previous relic chain be a requirement?

[Haibel]

Will the 3.1 relic quest start off on its own or will the previous relic chain be a requirement?

They said no to the zodiac weapon but I would imagine you need atleast the base relic.