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[Zumi]

Also those weapons were obtainable week 3 of the patch if you beat o10s. Odds are relics won't be better because they always start off at a lower then whats available in the raid ilvl then in later patches are brought up.

[Edax]

I fail to understand the issue. Help me understand. Higher ilevels are brought in every patch, why would you not want this? I understand if you dislike or are against linear progression, but that is how this game is built. I personally would be upset if all my gear is BiS, and the next patch dropped and I could not progress or get stronger.

Patches do not drop day to day, or even week to week, so please stop with the exaggerated comments with how quickly gear gets outdated. We are talking months between patches, and a new patch should put you right back to work. New expansions is where it is a good idea to allow 'sharpened' players to progress without much worry for upgrading, but only to a certain extent and that is one of the things I feel this game does really well. A sharpened player will not have to worry about upgrades for about half-way to max level, but after that, you have to continuously upgrade and that is part of the fun (in my eyes anyway).

When you've reached the top, there is nowhere else for you to go. Why pave the path to boredom?

Because it's a treadmill. Your not actually progressing, but running in place until the next expansion. It is an artificial time waster.

[Ilan]

To me it's more mindblowing how people blow everything out of proportion, when my argument is pretty specific and not a problem with everything, my problem is with the stagnating design of the games use of equipment. I have my own beliefs where this stems from and reasons it can be changed, but my argument about this is more about the fact they could be doing more to make the equipment last a little longer, or provide some means for the premium pieces of gear we earned to amount to more than just a miniscule and meaningless bit of Grand Company Seals. Also my argument doesn't at all mention how there is "too many options" now.

You are in the faction that complains about too much stuff, you can't argue about that.

Sure it would be nice if gear would last longer but it never has and lets be honest here, the wannabe relic came way to late to be relevant in any way. Also a lot of people who did the real relics won't do this crap either so for them the tome or crafted weapon lasts long enough.

[SendohJin]

My entire argument is they need to make the gear last longer in general

but my argument about this is more about the fact they could be doing more to make the equipment last a little longer

you said this twice but why should the gear last longer?

[Duskane]

well at least this gear will last you till next expansion
and guarantee they will do the same they did near end of HW
double tome cap
a side quest to give you good accessories aka the proto ultima quest

they do have to spice up the same gear treadmill they have been doing for ages

[Maero]

Do you know for a fact Eureka will be a better weapon? I do not think that will be the case, Relic has been useless so far in SB.
I could see points however, it takes like 7 weeks for the tome weapon then it for sure feels like it gets replaced with something better weeks after

[azura84]

You are in the faction that complains about too much stuff, you can't argue about that.

I'm really not, i've been playing this game since 1.0 release, I love the game but it's stagnant. I also haven't posted often on these forums because I don't like to complain. I've made maybe 3 threads and have 111 replies as of right now; that's not a lot of complaining. It shouldn't matter even if I was, that's what a forum is for, to express one's opinions and insight in a community they are apart of. As adults we shouldn't be slandering opposition we should be understanding, and weighing of opposition even if we disagree.

Also a lot of people who did the real relics won't do this crap either so for them the tome or crafted weapon lasts long enough.

I'm one of those people, and I'm the one saying: it's not lasting long enough.

[azura84]

Do you know for a fact Eureka will be a better weapon? I do not think that will be the case, Relic has been useless so far in SB.
I could see points however, it takes like 7 weeks for the tome weapon then it for sure feels like it gets replaced with something better weeks after

If it is within 15 ilvl's and has 5 open sockets for materia then yeah i'm almost certain it will be and the i355 relic wasn't useless if you melded it, it was better than a lot of equipment up to savage sigma gear.

[HyoMinPark]

If it is within 15 ilvl's and has 5 open sockets for materia then yeah i'm almost certain it will be and the i355 relic wasn't useless if you melded it, it was better than a lot of equipment up to savage sigma gear.

If the Pyros weapon is i385, pentamelds may not beat the i390 because of the +1 weapon damage the tome weapon gives you, and it won’t be the i400.

It would really depend on the stats on the weapon, I think. For example, if your MCH Pyros weapon ended up with Skill Speed on it, it will not be better than the i390 Genesis weapon because Skill Speed is not good for MCH. Even with 5 VI melds. Same for NIN.

[azura84]

yeah that's what i mean, it will be BiS for some jobs and not for others, but I think it will be BiS for the majority of them.