How easy do you think the final Anima step will be in 3.55?

[ManuelBravo]

The last step after light farming in ARR was the mahatmas right? Those were a final mini-light farm that didn't take long according to what I heard from a friend that did the relic back then. Not sure if that will be the case or if it will be another dungeon crawl.

Old relic lights in ARR had two light farming stages. Both were nerfed unlike first release. Those are really fast and easy could do it in 1-2 days or one depending on dedication.

[Stitches1974]

None Alex runs or with Alex runs?

Most of my light was A1S with a 2 different PUGs and 2 days worth of roulettes.

[JunseiKei]

The last step after light farming in ARR was the mahatmas right? Those were a final mini-light farm that didn't take long according to what I heard from a friend that did the relic back then. Not sure if that will be the case or if it will be another dungeon crawl.

Nexus was the intense light farm grinding. After that, Zodiac Brave weapon, you needed to complete four separate chain quests for items to turn in. They amounted to:

• 400,000 gil;
• 80,000 Company Seals;
• 1,600 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics;
• drops from 16 dungeons that were not guaranteed;
• eight 3-star HQ crafted items (some mats came from desynthesis items).

The Zodiac Brave Zeta was another light farm, only instead of needing the original 2,000 total light Nexus had needed, you only needed 200-ish light for mahatma. When some of the best speedrun options gave 4 light; 8 if in bonus.


....Looking back on it, they really did take it much easier on us this time on relic. (Absolutely thank you for this SE)

[Evergrey]

• 400,000 gil;
• 80,000 Company Seals;
• 1,600 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics;
• drops from 16 dungeons that were not guaranteed;
• eight 3-star HQ crafted items (some mats came from desynthesis items).

Never again

[Vivi_Bushido]

If this is true, I'm going to need to cut all the salt out of the rest of my diet because the amount you'll get from a 24-man trial with the accessories it drops AND the req for Anima would make this salty enough to kill most sea life. >.>

I don't see them doing another Hydra/Chimera requirement again for relic weapons. Remember what Titan HM caused, pretty sure they said they would never do that again.

[Vivi_Bushido]

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This victory lap will probably be another Oil stage again of some sort, but with the price being slightly higher than last time and you get a weekly oil from completing all 3 raids of the Void Ark chain, (just like how we got oil from the last 3).

[JunseiKei]

This victory lap will probably be another Oil stage again of some sort, but with the price being slightly higher than last time and you get a weekly oil from completing all 3 raids of the Void Ark chain, (just like how we got oil from the last 3).

That... would be a bit soon. Dun Scaith is actually relevant currently. The oil used for hyperconductive state of the 3.0 relic used the Crystal Tower dungeons and again for a current raid in the same quest line? It wouldn't surprise me if the last step took place in the new Diadem, though. That's the only place that doesn't use a custom weapon that hasn't have anything to contribute to the relic.

[Vivi_Bushido]

That... would be a bit soon. Dun Scaith is actually relevant currently. The oil used for hyperconductive state of the 3.0 relic used the Crystal Tower dungeons and again for a current raid in the same quest line? It wouldn't surprise me if the last step took place in the new Diadem, though. That's the only place that doesn't use a custom weapon that hasn't have anything to contribute to the relic.

I concur. Although, it would strongly depend on the item level of the gear found in Diadem. If the gear that drops there is 270 similar to how it was 210 when it was first released, (max level for it's time), than Dun Scaith would already become irrelevant out dated content seeing as the gear there is 260. I wouldn't find that to surprising since they should be opening up Alexander (Savage) to be farmable some time soon. The little extras like the coins and matters would be the only reasons to still run it at all. Locking a relic material behind it to keep it up to date doesn't sound to far fetched in my opinion.

[Zumi]

The last step of the old relic was a short light farm. They may do the same thing here with the anima.

[St0rmchild]

It wouldn't surprise me if the last step took place in the new Diadem, though. That's the only place that doesn't use a custom weapon that hasn't have anything to contribute to the relic.

Given that the new relic step is coming in 3.55a and new Diadem won't come until at least 3.55b I think that option can safely be discounted