Live Letter XXX Discussion Thread

[Nekodar]

so ... 228 of something?

228 off-stat points... With caps that match i240 primal weapon...
Problem: WHM relic today have 232 off-stat points.
Primal weapon for WHM + 2x Materia V is 232 offstat points...
We end up losing compared to the primal weapon......

[Felis]

But... but no i200 > i210 anima nerf...?

Too early to say
I can't remember that one of the Zodiac nerfs was announced in a live letter. Just wait for the patch note. It also depend on how grindy the new step is.
A not nerfed ilevel 210 step can mean an easy ilevel 240 step (like the ilevel 230 step)

[Laerune]

Like I thought, Moogles will be crafting daily, which makes sense, since their job is to repair and maintain the buildings for the dragons.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Like I thought, Moogles will be crafting daily, which makes sense, since their job is to repair and maintain the buildings for the dragons.

Hopefully we can get some red scripts or maybe the vendor has some red scrip mats or something.

Don't need exp on my crafters, I guess it'll be nice for people still working on it though.

edit: looks like you get grade V materia from these quests if you're already level 60 \o/

[Mieck]

Idling camera can be enabled during combat ... Now all the people who are afk for most of the 24 man raid will be able to take nice screenshots while they get carried ?

I suppose that they won't see their vote dismissal window whilst on idle

[Nezerius]

Too early to say
I can't remember that one of the Zodiac nerfs was announced in a live letter. Just wait for the patch note. It also depend on how grindy the new step is.
A not nerfed ilevel 210 step can mean an easy ilevel 240 step (like the ilevel 230 step)

The anima weapon was mentioned, as shown by the unofficial translation. They're increasing the droprate on the crystals for the first step, without any adjustments to the i200->i210 step.

So the i210 step likely won't see any adjustments until the next relic step, after the one in 3.3.

[NaesakiAshwell]

Don't need 228.

They said you're guaranteed to get +3 of a stat with each item, with possible +4 or +5

So basically you'll either have no luck and get to finishing it more slowly or get lucky and get +4 or +5 and reach your goal sooner?

[LadyVal]

So basically you'll either have no luck and get to finishing it more slowly or get lucky and get +4 or +5 and reach your goal sooner?

I think he also mentioned, prior to this Live Letter, that you can substitute in materia if you want. So you could, in theory, speed up the process by using materia like in the old Novus step.

[Nalien]

Anima Weapons
*Introduced via gameplay

You’ll be able to develop your weapons further by allocating points to each type of parameter. The cap for each parameter is 120. You’ll be using two different types of items to convert into a catalyst for allocating points. One conversion will yield 3 points. Sometimes if you are lucky you will be able to get a higher yield of points.

There will be various ways to earn the items needed for conversion, so find the avenue that best suits your playstyle.

The time efficiency if quite different for each method. However, though I can’t say very clearly, everything has been balanced in terms of spending gil and time. There will be much more variation.

Completing your Anima weapon will give your weapon a new look. Ultimately, it will attain a power on par with that of a weapon you put 3 grade V materia in, so it will definitely be a useful weapon.

Additionally, after investigating the logs of the conditions of everyone playing in relation to Anima weapons, we’ve found that the number of crystals compared to the number of people who have the “unidentified” items is lower, so we will be easing the drop rates in Patch 3.3.

Sounds better than previous steps, but I'm still lamenting how utterly dull Relic quests are in this game... Ever since the first steps back in 2.0, Relics have completely lacked anything making them feel remotely epic... Recent patches have done a good job with solo trials in the MSQ, can we please get something on that level in the Relic quests?

[Warlyx]

uhmmm.....3.3 trailer?