Speed of Relics and New iLVL Gear Patches

[AureliusDraconium]

Folks need to remember that the relic weapons are a gear path that was deliberately added for non-raiders to have a way to get good gear. So saying it becomes obsolete within a month is really not very accurate if you consider the relic from the point of view of a player who doesn't raid, or run EX trials. For those players the relic matters, and it's for that group that this exists as a way to obtain a good weapon through grinding not raiding.

As I see it, the tome weapon is actually the casual friendly weapon. As far as the relic goes, i feel like it is not a casual path for a non raider to go down. Sure the content is easy enough to do. The grind however I would say is more towards the midcore level. Most people who I know, casual as in no raiding/ex trials, who spend a few hours a day playing, will not be done with the grinder step until the weapon is obsolete. So they would be unable to get any use out of it.

I'm doing the relic, however I guess it's just me who considers it a midcore grind. I know it was intended to be a casual weapon from the devs. I just don't feel that it is really a casual grind. Also I look at all the content that is endgame and I think really all someone needs is a lore weapon to be decent at it. A relic weapon is just a hobby weapon at this point to me. If you have the time and gil you may get some use out of it if you complete the current relic step fast enough or depending on your class use it as glamour over the lore weapon.