My Zeta is only worth 18 atma?

[Terrini]

So having an ilvl135 weapon instantly becoming an ilvl170 is a slap in the face? a weapon that if you completed before Heavensward was good for at least HALF of the new content before it was made obsolete with new equipment? A weapon that before Heavensward was the best of the best with the customizable stats? Sure you spent more time on it than the 18 atma grind would force you to do, but it is seriously obsolete and out of date well before you even get to the new Anima weapon. It's been burning a hole in your inventory for a few months now, hasn't it?

You may feel entitled, but the rest of us are happy with even this bone they threw us. People refusing to be happy with what they're given is what's wrong with the world these days - the more people that get sour about things like this, the more sour the world becomes.

[Caj814]

It also looks like your post is only worth 18 likes as well

[melisande]

It also looks like your post is only worth 18 likes as well

aw, and it looks like only 1 of the entire 11 posts you've made in 2 years time has only net you 17 likes, so I still win.

[Bhuni]

aw, and it looks like only 1 of the entire 11 posts you've made in 2 years time has only net you 17 likes, so I still win.

Laying down the smack, I love it.

[HakaseNyan]

I was a little surprised, too, this was all the Zodiac relic amounted to. However, what really surprised me was the writing. The process of creating the Anima relic is not unlike the process of creating the Zodiac relic. For instance, the Zodiac relic became a host of immense power (supposedly), and it also had tons of experience from battle. These steps, that have already been completed with the Zeta, are what you now want with the Anima. However, Gerolt makes a completely new weapon (knock-off Esoterics and on a whim) to bind the Anima with, and then you need battle experience, another thing the Zeta already has. I guess I'm more curious, from a lore-perspective, as to why the Zeta couldn't be the complete substitution for most of the process.I try not to pay attention to the ilevel this and ilevel that for comparison, but if you really want to put things into "perspective", your Zeta isn't even worth 990 esoterics or 18 atma; It's worth 570 Law. That's precisely how much an i170 costs. You're Zoadiac Zeta is complete garbage even if it's somewhat of a legend.

[ShiloEET]

The atmas are the hardest part.... the drop rate is very low still.

[Fourbestintoner]

Like trading away a game you used cherish.
You can have 2 crystals for it.

[Fyce]

So, there is absolutely no point in keeping it.

There's actually ONE use for a Zeta: that weapon isn't sync'ed in Lv50 content (with exception of some dungeons with the sync icon).
If somehow you want to do, I don't know, Lv50 Coil (Savage ?), bringing a Zeta would be better than having a sync'ed weapon.

I know, it's a very small thing, but min-maxers will probably keep their Zeta and do their crystals the "normal" way for that particular reason. I think that's enough of a reason for them.

In fact, that's one of the reasons why I finished my SMN Zeta not so long ago so I could keep my PLD Zeta for that very particular case.

[Kikoten]

I'm actually glad I didn't grind for the Zeta weapon. Pain in the ass books kind of discouraged me from going on.

If I were to trade a Zeta weapon, I'd feel like, "Oh, look, there's my new relic, I guess."

But because I'm grinding the 18 stones, it's going to feel so much sweeter when I get it. I'm about a fourth of the way there now, it's no prob.

[cgbspender]

Getting the 18 crystals take hardly a few hours. It doesn't compare AT ALL with the atma pre-nerf we did. You want to keep it ? just do it. You can get the crystals in a short time anyway