Please no more Eureka!

[Alucard135]

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Eureka was never meant to be a solo content. You have to be there in a group. And by far it's faster than the old relic style in getting a relic. took me three days for Anemos, five days for Pyros (should be four but I had to do my weekly raids) and three days for Hydatos from release day of the content. Pagos took me a week but the majority agree it was terrible. And I'm not a hardcore player that would grind all day in the content (which why I don't bother farming EX trials for the mounts nor do I do chains in Eureka more than once). So getting the relic stages done in that time frame even when people are still figuring out NMs and how to spawn them in each zone shows how quick it is to do the relics (I've seen people reach 60 in day one of Hydatos).

And I don't have a party that I go with all the time. I always queue solo and join up with randoms that are doing the same things I want to do.

As for the rewards, where are you going to add them in the old relic style? Every time someone completes a step they would be rewarded with a hairstyle, mount, glamour and a minion? The next thing you'll hear is people saying EX mounts shouldn't be tied to very low RNG or 99 runs and should be given for completing the trial. A reward should be for a single activity, not multiple ones for the same activity. And some of the content done in the relic steps already have its own rewards.

In Eureka, the rewards are not tied to the relic. You can get the rewards without getting the relic or even buy a lot of them from the market board. And once you hit level cap, it's really not issue getting the relic (Not counting Pagos). The rewards are for doing other activities in a new zone. Take a look at open world. It's a graveyard now with very few players running around, since there's nothing to do there now unless an S rank spawns (because everyone wants the 2000 kill mount).

[Kazrah]

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Pretty sure you're missing the point here. I have yet to hear or see anyone say that they wanted to slog their way through Eureka for the glamours or the mounts or even the story. It's all about the relic: that one light at the end of the tunnel that players would walk through to finally put themselves out of their Korean-grade, grindfest-loaded misery as they constantly wonder what kind of sadist thought content like this was a good idea to lock the relic behind. Were it not for that one single factor, Eureka would likely be a more enjoyable experience because it wouldn't feel like a requirement for all players.

As for the Heavensward relics, don't even try to compare them. They were so easy to get that Yoshi even joked about it during a Fanfest event prior to the launch of Stormblood.

[Alucard135]

It's all about the relic: that one light at the end of the tunnel that players would walk through to finally put themselves out of their Korean-grade, grindfest-loaded misery as they constantly wonder what kind of sadist thought content like this was a good idea to lock the relic behind.

OK your assumption is that people only did Eureka for the relic. Then how come all the instances didn't die out after players already got the relic? I got my relic and it's already BiS. Why do I still go there and do other stuff that I enjoy? Heck, I even still go to Anemos cuz of how much I enjoy it there. If it's such a grindfest, then dear lord I must be one hell of a grinder for getting the relic without bothering with chaining in 3 days (I'm not sure what to call those that reached 60 in day one). I currently have 5545 Pyros Crystals and 110 Penthesilia's flame from the time I spent playing in Pyros. If I had more classes over 70, I would get their relics instantly.

If your assumption was true, I should never see people over level 20 there that are not doing their relics.

As for the Heavensward relics, don't even try to compare them. They were so easy to get that Yoshi even joked about it during a Fanfest event prior to the launch of Stormblood.

Easy to get does not equate with quick to get. You can do an easy content 100 times to get a reward or do a hard content 1 time to get it. It doesn't change the fact that the first one is easy and the other one is hard. But first one is slow and the other one is fast. And as I stated before, the number of people doing Eureka compared to HW relic does show how many are willing to do Eureka compared to HW relics.
I never once said that HW relic steps were hard. They were very easy but BORING to do and took so much time that even after the nerf I didn't bother doing another one after I got my first, while I have already two Eureka relics.

[Sigma-Astra]

I never once said that HW relic steps were hard. They were very easy but BORING to do and took so much time that even after the nerf I didn't bother doing another one after I got my first, while I have already two Eureka relics.

The Eureka relics can be absolutely mind-numbing and boring for some people too, so what's your point with that emphasis honestly...?

[Alucard135]

The Eureka relics can be absolutely mind-numbing and boring for some people too, so what's your point with that emphasis honestly...?

I'm emphasizing that in my reply because the one I replied to has mistakenly assumed that I'm comparing Eureka and previous relic in terms of hardness, and that was never a point I raised. Our point for preferring Eureka over previous relic style was time and enjoyment, not difficulty. And I know there are people who don't like Eureka and find it boring. But you don't see those who enjoy it asking for other content to be removed just like some here who are even asking that no rewards should be placed there.

[Sigma-Astra]

I'm emphasizing that in my reply because the one I replied to has mistakenly assumed that I'm comparing Eureka and previous relic in terms of hardness, and that was never a point I raised. Our point for preferring Eureka over previous relic style was time and enjoyment, not difficulty. And I know there are people who don't like Eureka and find it boring. But you don't see those who enjoy it asking for other content to be removed just like some here who are even asking that no rewards should be placed there.

Well, no, I simply asked that the relic should have had the option for people to do it in Eureka or do it the ARR/HW way. I think having options could have solved a lot of salt from people.

[Alucard135]

Well, no, I simply asked that the relic should have had the option for people to do it in Eureka or do it the ARR/HW way. I think having options could have solved a lot of salt from people.

I know you asked for that. And that's a fine alternative. I even said I'm perfectly fine with the relic being taken outside of Eureka and being made available with another mean as long as it's not the previous formula in ARR and HW. But even if we got that, you'll still see some complain about any rewards in Eureka.

But will SE actually do this alternative? Short answer is no.

If we assumed both alternatives gave the same weapon, then lorewise it would be impossible to explain how two weapons made from different materials and different zones are identical. Materials found in Eureka zones are nowhere in Eorzea. So devs won't probably bother by that option. And we already have people complaining about Eureka story.

If both had different forms or just recolored versions but the same stats, then you still won't hear the end of it from those who want to get everything. And if one looked better than the other, then that's another can of worms open. And also, SE won't bother in doing two different designs.

If both are completely different in both form and stats, then that's even worse if one alternative is Bis compared to the other.

So I don't see SE going with that route.

[Leanna]

I'm emphasizing that in my reply because the one I replied to has mistakenly assumed that I'm comparing Eureka and previous relic in terms of hardness, and that was never a point I raised. Our point for preferring Eureka over previous relic style was time and enjoyment, not difficulty. And I know there are people who don't like Eureka and find it boring. But you don't see those who enjoy it asking for other content to be removed just like some here who are even asking that no rewards should be placed there.

But other content doesn't stop SE from making other content, Eureka does.
You can do an ARR relic in two weeks while totally playing casually, the HW's one takes a bit longer but not that much. And as TwistedTea said, those relics doesn't have as MANY rewards as Eureka does, Eureka does have a crap ton of rewards to bribe people to do it and still less than 5% of the community bothered with it, ARR and HW relics are more popular than the Eureka ones.

And all this "BiS" nonsense is nonsense, unless you have the NEED to have a "BiS" relic for a few leveling dungeons in 5.0 Lol
Eureka isn't worth a fancy glamour (fancy only for DRK/WAR/BLM)