you guys went overboard with this new relic

[Dorander]

I remember them doing that, and it didn't motivate me to go back and do it at all. Because by the time they HAD nerfed it, my interest in the relic had already been lost.

That's on you then. As it stands, and probably will always stand: Relics are just alternate ways for people to get a half step down weapon from the hardcore raiders until the last patch before the next expansion. Then it's BiS just like it was before Heavensward. So, aim for your tomestone weapon, or primal weapon if you can't be bothered to do the work a relic or raiding requires.

[Cluebilly]

That's on you then. As it stands, and probably will always stand: Relics are just alternate ways for people to get a half step down weapon from the hardcore raiders until the last patch before the next expansion. Then it's BiS just like it was before Heavensward. So, aim for your tomestone weapon, or primal weapon if you can't be bothered to do the work a relic or raiding requires.

True. I'm just going to at least try. But it's gonna be a heck of slog since I know it's gonna be pretty boring.

[Arrius]

You guys just want everything too fast. Also, I am sure by mixing up the way you grind that the weapon can still be obtained faster than some of you are making it out to be. Either way, this is the choice you guys made, you want to grind relics rather than face down a4s for your 210 weapons. Enjoy the grind.

Or I can wait for 3.2, do my Eso weekly cap in a day, three weeks in a row, and be able to spend my rest of the week free for things I like to do instead.
Like, enjoying the game and such.

[Rose-Wild]

Hey they do like 3/4.

They always manage to surprise us with how horrible they can make the relic quest.
They don't forget their roots by recycling all the 2.x relic for 3.x.
And they remember the fans but they don't care and just throw shit at us.

[HorrorStory]

Saw the last step on Reddit. That, essentially, disengages me from starting Anima and just puts me in the "wait for Gobdip in Void Ark" camp.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Lol everyone thought they were going to walk up and with their zeta and get a free weapon, now they like

[Riki_Namu]

Lol everyone thought they were going to walk up and with their zeta and get a free weapon, now they like

I tried to warn people that started the zeta grind last month thinking they were gonna be well off.

They just wasted all that time grinding lol.... most people in my FC already have done the fate grind.... 5 to 8 hours thats all it took. How long does it take to get zeta from scratch right now? lol

[Arashmin]

I personally can't condone this. It's too much too little for so little for too little too late. It would be fine if 3.1 and 3.0 were actually good, but they aren't and so it isn't.

[BlackomegaKingofwaffles]

Remember the first relic where it had unique bosses, challenging fights, and wasn't a soul draining device used waste people time until the next content patch? Good times those were.

[Granyala]

Saw the last step on Reddit. That, essentially, disengages me from starting Anima and just puts me in the "wait for Gobdip in Void Ark" camp.

Unless you raid savage, them 10 item levels on the weapon are irrelevant anyway, b/c you do not do harshly tuned content.
If you raid savage you will get your 210 weapon from there.
I understand that they want you to work for a 210 item level weapon and I agree.
I just wonder what sort of player is the target demographic here.

-casuals: can't finish THAT kind of insanity within the entirety of Heavensward, so they are out.
-savage raiders: likely don't care because to them it would merely be another visual (grind is way overboard for a projection item)
-midcore players: most likely the ones to attempt this, but they won't finish the weapon in a timeframe that allows the item to be useful, since the next patch is due in 3 months already.

No matter from what angle you look at this: the grind is out of sync with the reward for all target groups.