Quote Originally Posted by Alexander_Dragonfang View Post
6 months should do.
And what content would you be willing to give up? The resources to create all that have to come from somewhere. What your asking for is effectively 13 different questlines with their own unique stories and possibly encounters. I think your being very unrealistic on exactly how much work it takes to implement something like that.

Quote Originally Posted by ToniRomo View Post
I like the way the new WoW expansion is handling their artifact weapon system. Every class gets a unique quest that unlocks a unique base weapon. Then as you play and earn xp through various things the weapon gets more powerful and unlocks new abilities/stats.

It's much more exciting to see your weapon get more powerful as you go and leveling it doing things you want to do ingame. Farming Alexander 800 (!) times and then being given a weapon just feels dull and like I am trying to climb too high of a wall. I will pass.
Their artefact system is a very different beast, starting with the fact there are no other weapons available in the expansion except the Artifact for you class. While the system is an interesting one, its closer to a complete weapon system overhaul than an relic.

Strictly speaking most things you do in FF14 can contribute to the final stage of your relic. You don't have to run Alex. You can get the materials through Beast tribe dailies, with Poetics, with Law, with hunt seals, and from maps.