Nerf "Coming Into Its Own"

[fm_fenrir]

Except that zodiac zetas came about towards the end of the 2.x series and became the best weapon by that point. Before that, you'd get laughed at for trying to get a relic weapon since it couldn't compare to raid weapons or even the tomestone weapons. The 3.X series are still going on, so the Anima relic are always going to be a step below raid weapons until we reached the end of the lifecycle of 3.X and the relic line.

I don't mind "a step below" raid weapons, because that's kind of the point of raid items being worth the hassle. My issue is that anima weapons are as difficult to get as the previous cycle's BIS weapon, despite being demonstrably worse than esoterics 210 or lore 230 weapons for most classes. I have 210 weapons for every class that might want/need an anima weapon, and I have a lore weapon on my DRG; meanwhile, my Almace is still 61/80 grind items and 0/16 HQ crafted items. What's the sense in having a quest that takes so long to complete that it's immediately outclassed by the next gated token weapon by the time you finish it?

[Whiteroom]

I don't mind "a step below" raid weapons, because that's kind of the point of raid items being worth the hassle. My issue is that anima weapons are as difficult to get as the previous cycle's BIS weapon, despite being demonstrably worse than esoterics 210 or lore 230 weapons for most classes. I have 210 weapons for every class that might want/need an anima weapon, and I have a lore weapon on my DRG; meanwhile, my Almace is still 61/80 grind items and 0/16 HQ crafted items. What's the sense in having a quest that takes so long to complete that it's immediately outclassed by the next gated token weapon by the time you finish it?

Given that a lot had it done by new years, you may have been a bit on the slower side.