I280 weapons were a mistake

[LuckiGoLucki]

I guess I'll bring over here what's being said in the other thread about this.
1.) It is incredibly difficult to obtain this weapon. People have done the math: every player has less than a 1% chance of even getting this weapon. It does not invalidate the current top relic weapon. You investment in the relic is far from useless when looking at weapon power and glamour
2.) Casual players will not be getting this weapon unless they are insanely lucky and it manages to fall in their pocket in their first run of diadem

[Lambdafish]

but we are 3 months away from SB

You do realise that 3.3 was 3 months away from 3.4 right? and that 3.1 was 3 months away from 3.2? Gear was made obsolete in these patches, however if casual side content had given a higher ilvl than that raid tier there would have been uproar. Why is this any different?

[RaijinSupreme]

Why does it matter 3 months away from the expansion where all your Raid gear will be replaced by NPC quest reward gear and Dungeon gear?

That's like asking why should we continue playing the game when stormblood is out in 3 months. We should all just unsub right now with that logic.

[Gleipni]

For me,its a bit like the bird drop when its hard to get them,yeah yeah the chance are low,but you still see tons of people with them,so that ilvl 280 weapon,with a litlle bit of time,you will start to see a lot of them. the armor should have been ilvl 260 and the weapon 265/270 no more,and on thing thats is infuriating,is that yea,the weapon is ilvl 280,but with the weapon damage,its a ilvl 285,+2 weap dmg for melee is a lot,you dont even need good roll on your weap,even without secondary stat,those ilvl 280 weap are already better.
some people are too lazy to do content,and its the raider ,mid,hard core gamer that are punished.

[Mature]

You do realise that 3.3 was 3 months away from 3.4 right? and that 3.1 was 3 months away from 3.2? Gear was made obsolete in these patches, however if casual side content had given a higher ilvl than that raid tier there would have been uproar. Why is this any different?

Because HW is done. Whatever we are getting now is a freebie of extras. Echo coming soon same as Alex loot lockout.

ENJOY what you have left instead of crying over it.

[Lambdafish]

Because HW is done. Whatever we are getting now is a freebie of extras. Echo coming soon same as Alex loot lockout.

Lets see... savage is still active and has a lockout, anima content came out last week, and we still have a patch cycles worth of time before the expansion. If I'm not mistaken, this is 3.55b, and we still have 3.56 to go. Heavensward isn't done until that 3 turns into 4.0, just as 3.3 doesn't end until 3.4 begins.

This is not dead content that is being made obsolete, it is content that people are still actively doing (in the middle of the patch cycle), I get that you don't care, but that doesn't make Heavensward done.

[Ilan]

Finally someone with common sense. I'm glad I'm not the only one here who shares the same opinion.

And answering to those who feel "cheated" and "offended" by the new bis wep.

If this 280 wep came out in conjunction with Savage and anima at the same time. I will probably complain.... but we are 3 months away from SB and people Dare to complain about this freebie?

Stop crying over and move on. You look and sound pathetic.

Be GREATFUL and ENJOY what you've got left of HW.

This subforum should be rated 25+ tbh

That weapon would've come at the same time as the 275 step of the relic if they wouldn't have found a bug in diadem. Its still a slap to the face of people who put effort in their relics or raids.

The funny part is that most people are not your oppinion, probably because they've put effort in gearing up their class.

[Kosmos992k]

Relic step 280 confirmed in 2.56?

Going back in time 2 years and retconning a huge weapon upgrade in ARR? Nice.

[bswpayton]

a 1 percent drop rate makes it seem not even worth it really , much rather have a higher drop rate and a lower item level like 260 or 265

[Mature]

Its still a slap to the face of people who put effort in their relics or raids.

The funny part is that most people are not your oppinion, probably because they've put effort in gearing up their class.

Funny enough I got 3 Animas and I am not bothered at all. Because some of us grind to collect weps and gear. And Anima will be a bonus for SB as it will help me get the next Relic a bit easier.

Get over it.