Speed of Relics and New iLVL Gear Patches

[Kosmos992k]

As I see it, the tome weapon is actually the casual friendly weapon. As far as the relic goes, 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in no raiding/ex trials, who spend a few hours a day playing, will not be done with the grinder step until the weapon is obsolete.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.

It would depend how far behind the power curve they are playing. Both tome and relic weapons are something of a grind since you either grind tomes or you grind out whatever the relic requires. I can accept tom weapons be casual player friendly, up to a point. The reason I say up to a point is that I think casual players are unlikely to be capping the top tier tomes, so they are still chasing well behind the curve.

[AureliusDraconium]

It would depend how far behind the power curve they are playing. Both tome and relic weapons are something of a grind since you either grind tomes or you grind out whatever the relic requires. I can accept tom weapons be casual player friendly, up to a point. The reason I say up to a point is that I think casual players are unlikely to be capping the top tier tomes, so they are still chasing well behind the curve.

I agree that the lore weapon can be grind in its self in terms of capping tomes every week. I also think the tome grind is the worst enemy of the relic. I know its a good thing when I like to gear out alts with it. I just think the casual crowd sees it as better than relic considering it's more straightforward of a grind.