Hildibrand for relic? Really?

[NekoMataMata]

It is if they're joke weapons...and yes, I will keep repeating this until people get the point, so be prepared to hear it repeated A LOT.

If they're joke weapons. What if they're not?

[aveyond-dreams]

I'm not even going to bother elaborating further because there's no point. I just want FFXVI or the Tactics Ogre remaster to release already so I don't have to deal with this.

[Youkulm]

If they're joke weapons. What if they're not?

They're probably not, Gerolt was in the screenshots given.

[NorthernLadMSP]

You have two months to do them. Please find something more interesting to cry about.

[Astra_Deferr]

Incredibly based of Yoshi P to tie the Hilde questline to the Relic. Takes no time to skip the quest if you dont like it.

If you're going to skip it, it would be easier just not to do it.

If you want to eat an apple, why would you buy an apple packed in 16 layers of gift paper?

[Deceptus]

Oh that's going to get removed.

[TaleraRistain]

Something else to remember with the connection to the questline is more than likely Hildy either won't be there or might at most make a cameo. But this is a questline where we also really get to know another side to Godbert. And there's also Greg and his connection to the Aetherial Rift/Void type of things. If you don't do these questlines, you will only know Godbert in a more superficial fashion rather than being a good friend of his son, and you won't know Greg at all.

[MikkoAkure]

Tying the relic to Hildibrand quests is a bit strange but eh, it’s content. The Hildibrand quests have been around since 1.0 as well so it’s not like it’s something suddenly new. If you’ve been avoiding them all this time, then you now have a reason to do them. If you’re not going to get relic this time around out of some sort of self-imposed rule to not do silly content then oh well I guess.

All I'm seeing is 10 pages that demonstrate how the target audience and playerbase has shifted away from what originally brought me to this game. This is just disappointing.

I’ve been in the game since the very beginning and nothing has changed. You must not have spent any time in Lower Limsa Lominsa.

[Payadopa]

I already know I do not find Hildibrand fun at all. With a new quest line, I don't know if I'll like it or not before I've done it. Do you see the issue now?

That sounds more like a you problem.
Hildi has been here since ARR. He wouldn't still be here if he wasn't popular. Skip it if you don't care. Problem solved.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

What a great decision. Hildibrand is some of the games best content, and judging by this thread, it's obvious there are many who need to have their hand forced a bit.