NON-RAIDER - HAVE AN OPTION FOR CREATION/MENACITY TOMESTONES TO GET WEAPONS/ITEMS

[Tridus]

You can run Sigma v4 I think its 4 times now down from 7 to get the tomestone to upgrade to 340 weapon.

I think you meant Delta v4, but yes. You run that one four times now, and there's no lockout. So you can just do four in a row, get your 330 weapon, then Rabanastre once for the coin to upgrade it to 340.

360 weapon requires seven Sigma v4 runs and you can only get one per week, so it takes seven weeks.

[Nora_of_Mira]

i'm not into the raiding scene for the moment but one day may give it a try.

are you including the 24-man (Rabanastre) and Delta/Sigma Normals as "raid content"? Because those are almost universally accepted as casual content aka "non-raids", despite the technicalities of being 24-man and 8-man. Those 2 options are the THE options for non-Savage raiders to upgrade their gear, which is what I think you're asking for.

edit: I could be dead wrong on what most other people think, but when I see "non-raid" i think "non-Savage".

[NephthysVasudan]

I think you meant Delta v4, but yes. You run that one four times now, and there's no lockout. So you can just do four in a row, get your 330 weapon, then Rabanastre once for the coin to upgrade it to 340.

360 weapon requires seven Sigma v4 runs and you can only get one per week, so it takes seven weeks.

Isn't that 350? You have to run Sigma Savage to get datalogs to get the upgrade mat for 360. Unless im horribly wrong..in which case my white mage is getting a pretty "pwesent."

[NephthysVasudan]

You mean the 360 weapon with Mendacity and Sigma v.4 crystalloid that can be augmented through Sigma savage? There is no 350 weapon for tomestones, unless you do Delta savage but takes a while..

Thought you get 350 from Sigma and then you have to upgrade that with datalogs from savage.

[Kurando]

You can buy a creation weapon at ilv330 and augment it to 340. The next tomestone weapon is Mendacity at ilv360 that can eventually be upgraded to 370.

[Nora_of_Mira]

Thought you get 350 from Sigma and then you have to upgrade that with datalogs from savage.

the tome weapon is 360 (1000 tomes and Sigma crystalloids). However it upgrades to 370 with Savage drops.

[Squintina]

i'm not into the raiding scene for the moment but one day may give it a try.

Then you don't really need the gear right now. SE always puts in alternative means later down the road but raiders, who actually need the gear, get first dibs at showing off their new look.

But another option for us non-raiders to get those tomestones weapons & the items that are used to upgrade the weapons, gear, & accessories is to use the present tomestones.

And they will, be patient.

No weekly lockouts for Creation tomestones. If you already have your i330 gear & accessories & you can buy the Rowena Tokens...then why not use the tomestones to purchase the TWINE & the GLAZE to upgrade your gear & accessories; why not use the tomestones to purchase the EARLY MODEL TOMESTONE - for example, purchase it for 2000 Creation Tomestones.

There is no weekly lockout on creation. You can get as much 330 gear as you want. Only the weapon has the Early Model Tomestone.
And you can use Centurio to buy Mythic Clan Mark Logs to buy the twine & glaze if you don't want to run Raba for the coin.

And while Rabanastre is technically a "raid" as far as being labeled as such in the game, it's not a raid as far as the "raiding scene" is concerned.
All it is is just a 24 man dungeon with some difficulty added.

The latest Savage (or Ultimate) is where the raiding scene is considered to be.

Same goes with the Menacity Tomestones w/ the weekly lockout.

Even though it maybe a grind...a GRIND IS A GRIND...atleast its option for us non raiders.

And that option will exist in time.

But not anytime soon. If high-end gear could be obtainable immediately without raiding, that would kind of defeat its purpose and would devalue raiding. You'll get that option in time, but you have to wait.

[Tridus]

Isn't that 350? You have to run Sigma Savage to get datalogs to get the upgrade mat for 360. Unless im horribly wrong..in which case my white mage is getting a pretty "pwesent."

Nope, Mendacity weapon is 360. And the stats on that WHM one, *squee*

http://xivdb.com/item/21329/Byakurenge

Same as last time, where the Deltascape drops were 320 but the weapon was 330. The weapon uses the same ilvl as the tomestone gear.

[NephthysVasudan]

Nope, Mendacity weapon is 360. And the stats on that WHM one, *squee*

http://xivdb.com/item/21329/Byakurenge

Same as last time, where the Deltascape drops were 320 but the weapon was 330. The weapon uses the same ilvl as the tomestone gear.

*goes Au Ra SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
*KO Status*
MEDIC!

[Kazgrel]

The hardest thing about doing either O4 normal at this point is the queue time.

The reward structure is how it is currently to keep as much stuff relevant for as long as possible. I would agree that Rabanastre coins should be tradeable for the 330 weapon tomestone now (can already get the upgrade item using them).