Add a unique stat to the new Relics, so they are worth obtaining. Enough is enough.

[vigioX-Sun]

I really don't see the issue with it . It's a weapon, it kills things. Would the game really be much more exciting instead of getting +50 crit you get "5% chance for X skill to hit 10% harder" .. Do you want them to work on content or dumb stuff like this? I'd prefer content over reworking all the damage dealing algorithms, which they prob will never do anyways.

-I was think the same thing, instead of focusing only on stats maybe adding some effects to basic attack or skill,can make i much more interesting, lets say it has a cast of x% of you special skill, or that weapon can add some type of debuff to enemies.
-another idea will be adding slot to the weapon & adding materia able to give effects/debuff or skills to it. ro making mobs drop materia that can cast the monsters skills.
-im not a game developer or anything so this ideas are just ideas, i had no idea whats going on on the background to make something like that happend.

[Leigaon]

I don't mind doing the quest. In fact I'm doing the crystals right now for my SMN while I take bard up to level 50. It's not so bad yet and I'm doing daily beastmen quests while I'm at it. I expect it to take time, but adding a unique stat to it I agree would be fun. That though does link back to I think they should make more in depth stats and reworking some of the things anyways.

Someone made a good post about using FFIX AP system, and applying it on this game. General gear gets general things. Raid gear getting obviously much well deserved ones and things like Relic getting something really job specific.

If they don't do anything I'll still play. I do love this game a lot and I wouldn't say I'm sick of it.

[Valoiz]

Huge part of the forum community maybe, but not the amount of players in game it seems!

I've never seen party finder so busy!

Nothing else to do... that mean nothing.

[Darkstride]

Personally I think unique stats and special effects should have been implemented with Materia. Instead, we just have more bland stats with caps that further limit Materia's capabilities.

If Materia were more interesting, there could have been relic-specific ones that only fit on a relic weapon.

[SonjaRampage]

I don't see why folks are defending such a bland and lazy piece of content really... I can't imagine what it was about this quest that delayed it's release, hey grind a bunch of fates, oh hey now run a bunch of old dungeons, guess what run a ton of content that you have been running for months on end to farm up a mess of items that you could have been farming all this time had we released the content on time. All for a weapon that doesn't feel at all special, the only reason I'm even progressing the quest at all is to get a couple other 60's in ultra-easy mode, and I've really got nothing to blow law and poetic tomes on anyway.

Yes, people are doing it, but I haven't seen anyone in game that is super- psyched cuz this new relic quest is awesome, and in my opinion relic quests should be awesome, and should take some measure of skill to obtain, not just mindless grind til your eyes bleed.

[RiceisNice]

And while we're on the discussion of weapons giving cosmetic bonuses, the bard relic weapons could have been an amazing use. You have the Artemis bow and berimamvu, both being functional as a harp, but you still put it aside to use a generic wooden harp for songs.

[Lemuel81]

I really don't see the issue with it . It's a weapon, it kills things. Would the game really be much more exciting instead of getting +50 crit you get "5% chance for X skill to hit 10% harder" .. Do you want them to work on content or dumb stuff like this? I'd prefer content over reworking all the damage dealing algorithms, which they prob will never do anyways.

Yes it is a weapon, and all weapons to a certain degree will kill stuff. To others more unique/useful stats would make it more exciting. But that is only a small part of what may excite people in this game. It would imo go hand in hand with a more horizontal progression. And I can't see how that is dumbing stuff down. To me thats more like what we have now, no customization, our options are limited for gear, its either you get this or that, and only 1 is BIS.

Can you honestly say to yourself that spending months grinding this weapon for a sub-par weapon is rewarding enough for your time?

Enough of my rambling though

[HorseBoots]

If they added unique stats to the Anima weapons they would have add unique stats to every other 210 weapon as well.


The reward of the Anima weapon is that fact that is an infinitely easier way to get a ilvl210 weapon vs the one other method of getting a 210 weapon.

Y'know, that one other method. The whole clear Alexander Savage one. I think 800 Alexander clears is better than the 800 wipes you'll have to A4S alone.

[Kaurie]

If they added unique stats to the Anima weapons they would have add unique stats to every other 210 weapon as well.

I agree, unique and interesting stats should be on every armor and weapon in game and not just the relic. The easiest and best way to do this is to add materia slots to everything, and make materia more interesting.

The reward of the Anima weapon is that fact that is an infinitely easier way to get a ilvl210 weapon vs the one other method of getting a 210 weapon.

Mathematically, incorrect. Though yes it is easier, and more than likely takes a longer time commitment.

Y'know, that one other method. The whole clear Alexander Savage one. I think 800 Alexander clears is better than the 800 wipes you'll have to A4S alone.

That's kind of personal opinion. I'd rather be wiping trying to overcome a challenge than facerolling through something while watching Netflix.

[HorseBoots]

Snip.

Then don't do the relic quest and focus on clearing savage. No one needs a 210 weapon to do it. More interesting anything is always nice but this notion that these weapons need to be special snowflake swords that can shoot lasers and do your dishes is outlandish. I feel that the time commitment is a fair compromise to the amount of overall work you and 7 other players have to put in to clear A4S. If people don't like that idea then they are free to just work at their own pace while waiting for them to just nerf the whole step anyway.