Sorry Yoshi, but if you award the best weapon in the game by winning the lottery...

[Colino]

I don't get the uproar honestly, they will be completely irrelevant within just a few months now.

[Reynhart]

What happened is there's currently no other option to get i280 weapons but to enter the Diadem over and over and over and over again when they could have just turned it as an alternative way to get i270-275 weapons.

So ? Back in 3.4, there was only one option to get an i275 weapon. And the incentive is the strenght of the weapon. There are already tons of glamour option.

The reason I'm personally falling over these new weapons is because people grinded for weeks, maybe even months to get their relic/raid weapons. As far as they're concerned, they're done. They have the best weapon in the game for their class, and it will stay that way until the expansion launches. Hooray!

Considering early raiders had an i275 weapon for 6 months, it's the exact same timing as switching to the new raid. In fact, one major complain between ARR and HW was the horrendously long time with no new goal to achieve. As for Anima owners, keep in mind that Diadem was supposed to come at the same time than Lux stage. So, they were never supposed to have the absolute best weapon in the first place.

Any lower ilvl for the weapon, and people wouldn't even have tried Diadem.

[xLucia]

Considering early raiders had an i275 weapon for 6 months, it's the exact same timing as switching to the new raid. In fact, one major complain between ARR and HW was the horrendously long time with no new goal to achieve. As for Anima owners, keep in mind that Diadem was supposed to come at the same time than Lux stage. So, they were never supposed to have the absolute best weapon in the first place.

Any lower ilvl for the weapon, and people wouldn't even have tried Diadem.

They should have maybe extended the relic quests then, or added more raids to last until the end of xpac =/

[Xerek]

It's funny, if you have a relic and/or anima, the i280 shouldn't matter because of it's rarity. Yet, obviously, it should matter, or it would never have been put in the game as Diadem bait. SE wants us to care about it so we actually go to the Diadem...but wants us to ignore it's existance in terms of invalidating the anima and relic. Can't have it both ways. It exists, or it doesn't.

[SachiBear]

^^

I agree with you, but do believe that Diadem awards either 60 Lore (forgot) and 30 Scripture on completion of all the party missions.

[Ticks]

I think having that super rare "Check me out!" weapon or armor piece would be great! All mmo's have these. About time FFXIV jumped on board.

[Reynhart]

They should have maybe extended the relic quests then, or added more raids to last until the end of xpac =/

So that only those would aready partage in raid or the anima would do it ? What about every other player ?

SE wants us to care about it so we actually go to the Diadem...but wants us to ignore it's existance in terms of invalidating the anima and relic. Can't have it both ways. It exists, or it doesn't.

Yes, we can, because it's rarity is attractive, and it doesn't invalidate anything. Seriouly, with that perception, why do you even do content since whatever reward it offered would always be replaced 6 months after ?

Would you be happy if the Diadem extremely rarely drop an item required for a quest that upgrade your Anima or you Savage weapon to i280 ?

[Kazrah]

Bye OP! Don't let the door hit you in the face when you come back!

[Exiled_Tonberry]

It's funny, if you have a relic and/or anima, the i280 shouldn't matter because of it's rarity. Yet, obviously, it should matter, or it would never have been put in the game as Diadem bait. SE wants us to care about it so we actually go to the Diadem...but wants us to ignore it's existance in terms of invalidating the anima and relic. Can't have it both ways. It exists, or it doesn't.

There's really no good way to tell your fanbase "we couldn't think of any other way to make Diadem actively ran than to slap the absolute strongest weapon in the game in it behind stupidly strong RNg so you'll never actually get it".

It's the worse kind of bait tactic, and I'm disappointed SE has to resort to it instead of just making Diadem fun to play.

[eschaton]

Ah so here is the thread agreed! Less RNG (or tokens) with casual catch-up gear. This is a lottery within a lottery within a lottery. Come... on...