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

[drmambo1999]

This first part would have been completely fine for me, if they had the next and (according to the patch notes) much longer step in game already.

The content was fine and the new ex trial is pretty fun (you don't have to do the ex for the weapons.) But I was also really hoping for a grind to sink my teeth into this time.

I can only guess that they didn't want to add anything too daunting right before the FF7R launch. I can certainly understand that if that's the case.

I just hope we get a new weapon patch relatively soon. We waited far too long for this and I'd hate to wait that long for the next step.

[Vidu]

If you care about doing Ex and want to do the same thing 20 times yes there is something to do I guess.

I'm even more confused now - people asking for this to be more of a grind, yet doing the same thing 20 times isnt good either...?

[Niyuka]

This first part would have been completely fine for me, if they had the next and (according to the patch notes) much longer step in game already.

The content was fine and the new ex trial is pretty fun (you don't have to do the ex for the weapons.) But I was also really hoping for a grind to sink my teeth into this time.

I can only guess that they didn't want to add anything too daunting right before the FF7R launch. I can certainly understand that if that's the case.

I just hope we get a new weapon patch relatively soon. We waited far too long for this and I'd hate to wait that long for the next step.

I dont think FF7R and FFXIV have such a big crossover of players. If they really kneecap their MMORPG for a lackluster remake of an old singleplayer game for an entirely different audience, I cant help them I guess, but that would idiocy of amazing scope.

I am with you hoping against hope that we get a new weapon patch anytime soon, but since SE is strictly following the pattern of releases, at EARLIEST we can hope for 5.3, and very likely just one step then. You have to keep in mind that ilvl 505 cannot be reached by the Relic before 5.4, so at most there can be 3 steps in between now and 5.45 (about half a year from now).

My guess is, optimistically, another step for 5.3, another for 5.35. But that would be really lucky already.

[Jirah]

I think whats truly stunning is how THIS little scrap of cutscenes and one solo instance (that you never repeat) are what we had to pay with less content/dungeons for?

Infuriating, shadowbringer is proving to have the worst patch cycle disregarding 2.X mostly adding staple features like Glamour housing Pvp ect.

[Ultimatecalibur]

...why do people ignore the EX-trial that we got with this quest-chain to unlock the armor? That should keep one busy for more than an hour, right...?

Really, people are not looking at what the new grind is intended to be and only see the fact they can get 3 i485 relics in 1 hour and miss everything else.

It takes 10 clears of the new EX to get one set of i480 dyeible Job gear and 162 clears to get all 17 sets withour winning a coffer. This is what is intended to be the filler grind.

Zenith weapons came out in the 2.1 patch. By the 2.5 patch cycle, we were on Novus weapons.

Zenith were originally known as +1 and available for 900 mythology during 2.0 once you had the i80 version.

[purgatori]

Consume, do not criticize.

Imagine re-subbing just to get the relic, and essentially paying 1 dollar per minute of content xD.

This is me. I was foolishly hoping that with the deep dungeons being 86'd for this expansion (no, I'm still not over it), there would be some meaty content on offer for the relic steps—ideally, something like a soloable Eureka that didn't suck. But of course, SE are sticking with their "do Savage, go craft, or get lost" approach to post-expansion patches. They clearly do not want casuals who aren't interested in crafting subbing to their game.

[Unsung_Wanderer]

People complained about Euerka yet it was some of the games finest, yet definitely flawed, grindable content. Now we don't get anything and I am sad.

[Selova]

Because going out and solo'ing old fates for crystals with terrible drop rates was so fun, interesting and engaging amirite? I'll take interesting lore and cutscenes over the nauseating game play that was ARR and HW Relics. Let's not let rose-tinted glasses cloud our judgement by claiming that any of the introductory parts of any of the relic weapons was somehow fulfilling and interesting content.

[Losara]

I kind of miss the HW anima relic experience. It seems to be the most interesting of the few we have received.

This new relic seems underwhelming initially however we need to keep in mind that this is only the first stage of the weapon and theres a chance the other stages will add more longer lasting content.

[Ranaku]

I am more upset that they locked the dyable jobgear behind a extreme trial. Sad that they choosed to punish casuals because they created a giant contenthole.