Question for the people who don't dislike the 2nd relic step

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And the books. Sweet Hydaelyn, the books.

That's one thing that puts me in "wait and see" mode for this next step.

Books as they are now are nerfed. And some fate spawn rates have been adjusted. No one who didn't do the relic back then will ever understand just how bad it was.



I remember some people farmed for atmas in some zones for months before they dropped....

[TaleraRistain]

Books as they are now are nerfed. And some fate spawn rates have been adjusted. No one who didn't do the relic back then will ever understand just how bad it was.



I remember some people farmed for atmas in some zones for months before they dropped....

Yeah I remember. The book step is still incredibly grindy even now. Some FATE spawn rates have been adjusted but then you have things like Bagoly that you're waiting around forever for still. Or the one with the big guy in Mor Dhona near Saint Coinach's. If they allowed all 9 to be done at once then it would be a good QoL to put it in line with all the other current steps because you could passively pick some of these up for one book while focusing on the FATE in another book. It's frustrating to do a FATE to clear FATEs for the book that you're on and then you end up needing that FATE in the next book and it won't spawn. The croc in Coerthas liked doing that to me. Even the materia step isn't horrible now since you can buy maps. I've casually over the last few months when I felt like it been getting my remaining ARR relics and they're all finally at the mahatma step.

Contrast with anima now and there's not really a bottleneck like the book step. Neither really take that long and can be pushed through but the books definitely slow the process down even as they are now. I've been working on remaining animas as well and I have a lot at the light step and it's really just limited by when I want to go solo A9S.

Atmas. Oof. I don't remember which patch they changed them in but I remember them just being awful when I did them back in ARR so it was probably before the change. When we had FATEs for HW I clenched my butt but then it turned out not nearly as bad.

But I think that experience is why I would have liked a little more on this step but I'm not too worried just yet. Because the grind is probably coming.