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

[Lunafreya]

From what I understand, not only is the drop rate low but the chances of getting one are slim enough as it is, never mind getting the perfect roll on one when it comes to stats. So RNG on top of grinds on top of more RNG. All this sounds like to me is the games way of passing time and giving the players who already worked for everything and have nothing else to really accomplish in the current game something else to try and obtain. It sounds like a final "busy work" content before the expansion comes.

I'm sorry to say but this reason is off the charts stupid. A final busywork? What on Earth? We finished the best weapon 2 weeks ago and those were best, even better than raid weapons. Where was the final "Busywork" as you claim during coils then? It was the relic and we didn't need another weapon to invalidate the long grind of the relic. Please use proper reasoning.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Let's be real, if Diadem rewards were weaker than existing ones, no one would do it.

To be honest even if they had just given 265-275 weapons people would of done it. I actually think the content isn't that bad just the reward. Only thing extra I would like would be Grand Company seals dropping from the FATES.

[Ogulbuk]

Well then, please explain to me why people keep doing Palace of the Dead 51+

51+ means faster leveling, once you hit 60 you have an i255 weapon out of the gate. You cant progress and exchange those weapons if all you do is 1-10. Only reason I do PoD: to level up those other jobs.

[Remedi]

I hope relics won't simply "drop" in Eureka, but will still use upgrade stages.

Considering what yoshi said the first step might just drop from there as for the upgrade that's anybody's guess

[Latallat]

Let's be real, if Diadem rewards were weaker than existing ones, no one would do it.

Yes they would, the same way shitloads of people are now doing PVP because of 3 mounts. Imagine mounts *and* rare minions *and* i265 weapons which are easier to get than Zurvan weapons *and* mats for food for current raid content *and* perhaps even another way of getting light/lore for anima.
There's a vast amount of things they couldve done to make people want to do diadem which don't just say "f*ck you* to every raider in the game.

[oLLiCS]

Can anyone confirm that if you go into Diadem via FC ship that you can set the loot rules to standard and that the weapon will be a group roll? Someone told me a friend of him got 3 weapons already.

[Vhailor]

Without reading all of the posts on this rapidly-growing thread, I offer my two thoughts.

(1) This was probably the most spectacular screw-up in terms of item balance that SE has made since at least the release of Heavensward, and possibly in all of FFXIV ARR. Absolutely terrible.

(2) I am even more deeply concerned now about SE's capacity to internally assess and balance content. This simply shouldn't be happening. A 10-year-old could have told them this was a bad idea that made no sense on the surface of it. Whatever process SE has in place for ensuring design quality, they need to revisit it.

[AkashiXI]

I personally don't mind this, coming from someone who has completed a12s months ago. We are at the end of a expansion cycle, having people jump in ilv is a good thing, especially for players who are coming back. Then again, I've stopped caring about "getting stronger" a long time ago.

[Kallera]

Yes they would...

Imagine it? it happened. Diadem 1.0 had rare minions and mounts, unique items for anima, and once the 205 armors appeared it was on life support, with the occasional gathering run, certainly dead for battle classes and not enough for the content in the vast zone.

[bswpayton]

One of the FFXIV fansites (Gamer Escape) is already posting the details of these weapons in their wiki, pink weapons with randomized secondary stats, but with 2 more weapon damage and +13 more main stat, and if we learned anything from the previous Diadem is that pink gear can also have "perfect" secondary stats.

Creator Savage lockout is still not removed and Anima Lux was added barely weeks ago, a bit too soon to invalidate everything.

Example http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Coven_Spear

wow haha now all my jobs can be geared op awesomee