What ilvl will the 5.35 relics be?

[Duskane]

Would it? Id think the extra point of weapon damage from the i505 Eden weapon would likely make it better, even if the relic had 5 slots.

probably would depend on substats since all this tier weapons are min maxed essentially besides from healers would be hard but 3 extra melds to Direct hit could be handy for tanks
considering the idealized helmet for PLD a i480 helmet is just as strong as the i500 tank helmets you can see how much extra melds can make a difference.

[Liam_Harper]

probably would depend on substats since all this tier weapons are min maxed essentially besides from healers would be hard but 3 extra melds to Direct hit could be handy for tanks
considering the idealized helmet for PLD a i480 helmet is just as strong as the i500 tank helmets you can see how much extra melds can make a difference.

Weapon damage tends to be king. I'd imagine a 500 relic might be BiS for healers, since the huge chunk of Piety on the Eden weapon is essentially 0 stat, but other classes will lean to the +5ilv.

If the relic is equal to or even better than Eden, I see no issue with it. We'll only be getting half a patch at best to enjoy the relic before the next tier is released and pushes it back to glamour status for the time being.

[Provoke]

Weapon damage tends to be king. I'd imagine a 500 relic might be BiS for healers, since the huge chunk of Piety on the Eden weapon is essentially 0 stat, but other classes will lean to the +5ilv.

If the relic is equal to or even better than Eden, I see no issue with it. We'll only be getting half a patch at best to enjoy the relic before the next tier is released and pushes it back to glamour status for the time being.

Agreed, I think anyone who cared that someone else had another way to get their weapon has had their 505 for 4-6 months now.

[reivaxe]

Weapon damage tends to be king. I'd imagine a 500 relic might be BiS for healers, since the huge chunk of Piety on the Eden weapon is essentially 0 stat, but other classes will lean to the +5ilv.

If the relic is equal to or even better than Eden, I see no issue with it. We'll only be getting half a patch at best to enjoy the relic before the next tier is released and pushes it back to glamour status for the time being.

Pretty much.

ilvl is king for most all jobs, from a design PoV people have had like over half a year to get the tome weapons that can now be upgraded to ilvl500 without savage fights. Tomes prob hella close to being unlocked so people can just grind out the 1000 needed for a weapon in no time. An ex fight can drop ilvl495 cause it's an easy path to getting an upgrade or "starter weapon" for raids if you haven't been farming savage til recently.

A 5 slot ilvl500 relic would make it the 2nd best weapon compared to the eden weapons for a few weeks before the next tier of savage raids and tome weapons and so on start the gear treadmill all over again.

Plus, where we are now is basically Anemos if we compare it to last expac. From the end of Anemos to the end of Pagos your weapon goes up 15 ilvls, not 10.