Why Eureka is a worse form of the Diadem IMO

[swiss_Momo]

tl;dr: Eureka is still alive. Diadem died hard within a few weeks outside of small groups going in to gather via FC airships
that alone already makes Eureka vastly better than Diadem in my eyes

also I'd say that Eureka definitely fixed some of the mayor faults Diadem had, like the lack of story or allowing to group up inside. In Diadem I usually ended up 'stranded' alone and unable to do anything, as the rest of the PUG would either leave to re-queue or *kupo*off to gather once the mission was finished

[Tiaque]

The first 2 steps of Anima were :
- Grind some FATES to drop crystals
- Do some dungeons with several of them available unsynced

Any idiot with a pulse could do that. Let's wait for the next steps before judging the "difficulty" of the weapon.

Yea, any can. But it takes actually knowing your Class and playing it in top tier condition to do it at a Good, bearable pace for the later parts.

So I hope, I damn well HOPE, Eureka Stage 2 is gonna be painful. Then Final stage for this expansion will be Brutal to where only maybe 15 or so players per server will have the final stage Relic/Relics at max.

Cuz so far, this is making a Mockery of FFXI, since Eureka is taking elements from XI that is familiar, such as Dynamis.

[Remedi]

You might want to stop hoping then, since titan HM they've decided for relics to be only time gated and not having to rely on a player skill at all

[Tiaque]

You misunderstand. Read what I said before again.

[Pyro2hell3]

finishing the old relic never really gave me any sense of accomplishment it more like "thank god this damn thing is finally done"

[Tiaque]

1.0 relic did. But then again, everyone had to deal with Japanese servers, animation lock on every single move you do, 300-400MS latency, and Ifrit Extreme........

[Remedi]

You misunderstand. Read what I said before again.

from what you wrote you hope that eureka stage 2 will be painful and the final stage should be brutal to the point only 15 players or so per server will have the final relic .

This ain't happening, they already made it clear that it's designed to not require anything more than time since 2.2

[Tiaque]

from what you wrote you hope that eureka stage 2 will be painful and the final stage should be brutal to the point only 15 players or so per server will have the final relic .

This ain't happening, they already made it clear that it's designed to not require anything more than time since 2.2

Designs change. They can make it take not only a tremendous amount of time, but go further beyond by making it take TOO MUCH time, if the player isnt smart about their time management, or not skilled enough in their chosen class to complete the objectives quicker/easier.

But then again, they can throw it out the window, and go back to the terrors they did in 1.0.....

The thing is my dear, alot of new gen mmo players seem to take a long time to learn this very very valuable lesson.

Never ever ever take anything a developer says to be set in stone.

Seen far too many mmo developers say they will do one thing, and then turn it completely around, or adhere to it for awhile then bait and switch. Korean developers are highly notorious for that for example.

Will see what happens. Ive seen far too much to be surprised anymore.

[Remedi]

Yes they could, but the point is they won't. When they made relic requiring too much time to some, they had to apologize on the live letter, ppl can't stomach long grinds anymore

[Tiaque]

Yes they could, but the point is they won't. When they made relic requiring too much time to some, they had to apologize on the live letter, ppl can't stomach long grinds anymore

Devs apologize all the time, and then sooner or later, make changes to coincide with a bigger picture known only to them. I would never, ever get comfortable with any consistently developing content.

Theirs always other ways to get powerful gear that can require less time, or less skill even. If they decide to do something drastically different to relics at some point, then those who cant stomach it due to difficulty or too much time will just have to suck it up and either find the time, get better, or find a alternate route to better gear.

Just how it is.