Soo... apparently Diadem has i280 weapons with higher WD than alexandrian/anima lux

[Awful]

no once forces u to farm a 280 weapon 24/7 until u freak out and get burned out , why not just do it like 2-3 per week and be happy with what u have? :P

theres probably also other items that u can get inside :P

You forget that SE basically just said here's free 265 gear and 280 weapons, with no way to have Gobdip unless you do hunts, no 275 unless you do relic and for some classes (Drgs/Drks/Brds/Plds) list goes on, it was BiS and the final step of this god awful, boring relic grind that we did. I didn't want the A12S sword, nor do I want it, why? It's Parry/Sks joy it's a useless stat stick just like the potential 280 upgraded weapon that they added with no regard for others who just finished their relic or have raided.

I don't plan on going hard on this as I did the old Diadem and saw just what broken ass pieces of gear you can get that were better than Gordias gear at the time, it's a slap in the face honestly, the weekly lockout remains and scrips are still at 450 and you think this is a great solution? It's like they didn't even bother to fix anything, just stuck FATEs in here with a progress bar with a WARNING INCOMING ENEMY BOSS where everyone has to scamper to which is no different then when we had old NMs on the islands.

I'm just gonna see what it's like the content isn't out yet so i'm not going to say it'll be the same as last time, it's very similar but I'm going to wait until I physically set foot in this new Diadem before I actually complain about how gear is handed out. But as it stands for people who depended on the relic, it blows. For raiders it blows. For people who don't have an FC airship it blows.

[RLofOBFL]

Random secondary stats.

Oh I misread the datamine...wow they basically forced Diadem to be relevant just in case it was DOA.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Will never understand why people think this stuff is a slap in the face. everyone gets so bent out of shape about status, and yet, in the end, it really doesnt matter.

[LunarEmerald]

I'm sure it's gonna be a huge pain in the ass to get. I'm still gonna work on my anima. I just hope this doesn't stop all the light grinding parties.

[Ultimatecalibur]

You forget that SE basically just said here's free 265 gear and 280 weapons, with no way to have Gobdip unless you do hunts, no 275 unless you do relic and for some classes (Drgs/Drks/Brds/Plds) list goes on, it was BiS and the final step of this god awful, boring relic grind that we did. I didn't want the A12S sword, nor do I want it, why? It's Parry/Sks joy it's a useless stat stick just like the potential 280 upgraded weapon that they added with no regard for others who just finished their relic or have raided.

Actually by the sounds of the Achievements and Mission System you may need to complete 6 increasingly difficult missions within 60 minutes to get access to the i265 gear and i280 weapons.

What made the original Diadem so broken was how easy it ended up being to spawn the higher tier Notorious Monsters for gold chests by camping in one spot with higher tier monsters.

[DakenBrunel]

Friendly reminder: This doesn't only hurt raiders, this hurts anyone that has done a single step of the relic in 3.x.

[Frowny]

Will never understand why people think this stuff is a slap in the face. everyone gets so bent out of shape about status, and yet, in the end, it really doesnt matter.

Status? Sorry, but having the relic rendered obsolete after 2 weeks is a royal kick in the nuts. Even the ARR relic was relevant until you got your i180 weapon.

[ShinMetsu]

Friendly reminder: This doesn't only hurt raiders, this hurts anyone that has done a single step of the relic in 3.x.

I don't really get why so many people are upset about it.
I mean, i do get it, people put a lot of work into other things and they feel like that work is wasted now.

But such is the fate of this game

Imagine if they had released this with the inital 3.55! Along with Animas, would people still be mad?

Status? Sorry, but having the relic rendered obsolete after 2 weeks is a royal kick in the nuts. Even the ARR relic was relevant until you got your i180 weapon.

Same as above, curious how you'd feel if they released Diadem along with Anima in 3.55 as planned?

[Ririta]

This seems cool. I hope they're not too hard to obtain and Diadem stays popular until Stormblood.

[SuperZay]

Friendly reminder: This doesn't only hurt raiders, this hurts anyone that has done a single step of the relic in 3.x.

Friendly reminder: raiders and relic farmers are not entitled to the highest ilevel gear. They should drop this silly argument that they should be the only ones at a certain ilvl. It's simple jealousy.