New Relic weapon quest - are we down to 1 hour content already?

[Sheliss]

On one side I am sad that it was such short content. However at the same time I am happy because it gives me more time to play other games.

[Alleo]

I was literally thinking this reading through the responses. I remember people slamming Eureka when it first came out. Before this, you'd still see people going, "I just hope it's not another Eureka."
What changed?

And just to be clear? How exactly do you earn the durable AF this time around? I keep seeing people talking about an Ex trial? Is there a new one that's been added?

Maybe people want something that is an interesting grind? Eureka was boring to me and you needed to grind a lot..but if people are right the answer to that is one long cutscene and one solo fight. How about a nice middle ground? Even if this is just the first step they could have still done much more. Dont need to be a massive grind but also not just that.

Prepare for the thread in 2 months about the next relic step with endless crying about how RIDICULOUSLY ABSURD this GRIND is!!

Please make sure to see if its the same people that are in your eyes crying. Cant have the possibilty that there are many people posting here with different opinions and thus one could find this one too short and another ones hates the next step because its too long...of course also lets ignore that maybe SE cant just seem to get it right with their grinds. So yes someone posting here that its too short but also posting later that another step is too grindy can be right. Maybe SE then simply switched it to the other extreme.

[ElazulHP]

Found this. Not sure if it's been posted yet. Guess this relic will be casual the entire way through. Makes sense if they're also having crafting relics to work towards as well this time around though.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Save the Queen Will Be “Much Less Demanding” Than Previous Relic Weapons

“The Save the Queen content in Patch 5.25 should not feel like time-to-win content where you must put in many hours of play to succeed. You should be able to obtain the first weapon just by enjoying the quest’s storyline.

Now when it comes to enhancing the weapon, a bit more work will be required, but it is still much less demanding when compared to past equipment enhancement quests. The next chapter in this quest series that will release on or after Patch 5.35 will feature new ways to enhance your equipment, but players will have different options as to how to strengthen their weapons. We hope this will create a weapon enhancement process that is more casually accessible. Please look forward to it!”

[SamRF]

Was looking forward to a grind, pretty disappointing. Back to Eureka & fate grinding I guess. Might do some other relics as well.

[yukiiyuki]

Prepare for the thread in 2 months about the next relic step with endless crying about how RIDICULOUSLY ABSURD this GRIND is!!

Of course, people who dont want to play the game and want everything for free will complain, but at least they will have choice to not grind, we don't have a choice.

[Hyperia]

Plus FFVII remake is coming out... dont need to be grinding relic weapons right now. Need to be in FFVII

No PC version means no FFVII for me so the lack of content hurts. I appreciate the attention to crafting and gathering but I think there going too far now at the expense of PVE content.

[Voidedge_Ragna]

This is an insult ... we were waiting for content to grind to keep us busy between patches ... and now its THIS. 1h of Quests and the cost of 1k poetics per weapon ... its a disaster what ShB is turning into ... they scratched the bloody HM trial as well.

So what now i can go farm poetics ... this is just bad.

[Adventica6]

Stop crying, they could give you a free fully maxed out relic and you would still be wiping your tears.

[ForteNightshade]

You don't need to do new content immediately and rush rush rush, and do note, there are other things to do and see in the patch. Also to note, #.5 patches like the end of Heavensward and Stormblood. Notably short and make the wait feel longest before the next expansion.

Not every patch needs to be a massive dump. That was, in fact, what was changed post Heavensward to keep a steady and maintainable update cycle. This is not a 4.# patch, so it is to be expected to be not as huge as a main patch.

And FYI, the Hatchling Tide event is an amazing lore dump. Far from minimalist because you can't appreciate it.

Even taking my time with the story, I was done within two hours. People keeping saying not to rush but the content simply doesn't last even at a gradual pace. Considering I've been sitting on Poetics for months now. I'm basically done three relics without an ounce of effort. So lets not pretend people are simply rushing through content.

Now I will say, the EX version is pretty damn fun. Not a hard fight by any means but a step up from Ruby at least.

[EtherRose]

Ugh, the countless crying in this thread gives me a headache. You have people who want it less grindy and then you have people who want it grindy. You just can't appease everyone. Of course, you have people who don't understand this because they are to self-centered which leads to these threads - lots of them.