If we use a zeta to upgrade our anima will we lose it?

[LaylaTsarra]

We are planning to implement the ability to purchase a replica of your completed Zeta weapon.

Thank you that makes me happy. I love my Zeta's and worked hard to get them, I would hate to lose them. They are beautiful.

[Bebekurenai]

Even so, and given you need the zeta in your inventory (either equipped or armory chest) to get a replica, and that SE is "planning" to give the zeta replica, how can we obtain it once it's implemented and we already handed it in for Anima?
Like, I'm going to keep on with WHM and get the anima by handing in the zeta, but I don't want to completely lose my Nirvana zeta :/ will the zeta replica be implemented on this patch? Will we have to have it on us to get it replicated? What happens upon hand-in?

[Kaiser-Ace]

If there's no stat carry over (Which I doubt there will be) I'll probably just end up doing the whole friggin thing from stage one and keep the Zeta I spent 3.5 million and 200 game hours to make.

Not even a point considering the phase one we're skipping is probably going to end up being a trivial chore while the upgrades will all be massive grinds again.

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I haven't even completed my first one but I already know that since I have a silly attachment to digital sentimental items in the game as it is, I will not be trading it when finished, for the glamour one. It is really cool that they give the replica option though.

[Ashkendor]

If there's no stat carry over (Which I doubt there will be) I'll probably just end up doing the whole friggin thing from stage one and keep the Zeta I spent 3.5 million and 200 game hours to make.

Not even a point considering the phase one we're skipping is probably going to end up being a trivial chore while the upgrades will all be massive grinds again.

Why would you care if the stats carry over though? They'll still be level 50, i135 items. ._.

I could see it if you were still leveling those classes, but otherwise it's pointless.

[Hanayumi]

If there's no stat carry over (Which I doubt there will be) I'll probably just end up doing the whole friggin thing from stage one and keep the Zeta I spent 3.5 million and 200 game hours to make.

Not even a point considering the phase one we're skipping is probably going to end up being a trivial chore while the upgrades will all be massive grinds again.

Yep, pretty sure there wont be any stat carry over, remember you can trade in any 1 Zeta for the head start for any 1 Animus, so yeah a stat carry prolly wouldnt work too well if changing a class entirely. >.<

[Xavier_Fanesthre]

Patch notes say zeta exchange for items, with the option to buy the replica...

[Kaiser-Ace]

Why would you care if the stats carry over though? They'll still be level 50, i135 items. ._.

I could see it if you were still leveling those classes, but otherwise it's pointless.

Not the issue. The issue is scraping millions of gil and hundreds of hours of work for nothing.

If it needs a crap tone of stupid expensive mats that turning in the weapon will give out for free then I may still go with it.

[Xavier_Fanesthre]

Yeah, patch notes are saying "heavy investment of time": read time sink

[Cheraa]

Why should anyone even want to Skip the first Part?
We will not see any new content until February 2016.
If I would have a Zeta, I would should just keep it and start the new Relic Quest from Step 1.