Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
This is true, however they said that the reason that relic is so grindy is that they compared the effort to get it to the effort of getting a gordian weapon, thus making the anima supposedly as difficult a weapon to get as gordian. The difference is that the gordian weapon has been available for 7 months already, with the i200 esoteric weapons having been available and widely obtained for about 6 months. Square have given us barely 2 months to obtain, let alone enjoy the anima weapon, which is the primary concern of this thread.
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If you look 2.x pattern, relic was never bis before second raid pattern. In 2.2 there was atma and animus which ilvl was 100 that surpassed t5 weapon, but you get ilvl 100 from leviathan as well so you was never forced to farm relic for raid progression. bis weapon was ilvl 115 during that time. In patch(3 month later) 2.28 they released novus relic weapon that was ilvl 110 weapon. Even that weapon do not surpassed t9 weapon and was still not bis. 3 month later they released patch 2.38 that finally make relic as bis weapon ilvl 115 same than endgame raiding weapon. Now between 2.38 - 2.4 relic is bis until new content appear so around 5 - 6 weeks. That is the time relic is supposed to be bis weapon before new content appear. Difference between this and 2.x was that they wanted give us bis relic in first raid season in this expansion. Savage content was there already that long for the reason se had vacation because of released expansion. Content patches are supposed to be every 3 month normaly.

If you want you can check dates from patch notes yourself.
2.38 http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...6869b10e012e57
and 2.4 http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...18d0d45bf52d59