Quote Originally Posted by Anselmet View Post
You know what I don't get. If FFXIV dev team is so tied up in say FFXVI or the graphical changes etc. then why don't they just reuse content. The relic step is a good example of where they can reuse old content and have in the past. I'm not asking for 15 Crystal Tower runs, but they could have made us collect things from old raids, fates, anything honestly to have us reengage with older stuff. Or maybe have it linked to the newer things like criterion and EO. Anything but what they did with tomes. Why not just add more rewards to criterion. Creating new glam gear, minions, emotes etc has to he easier than creating dedicated content to relics. And it would allow the community to have something to do. If they are so busy creating the future expansion, FFXVI, and the graphical change then okay maybe they have a right to reuse content. Be up front and then say but we want to give you something to do so here is these extra rewards and go redo Alexander for some pedals idc. Just something other than nothing.
Because it has nothing to do with lack of resources. Resources dont mean jack against design choices and the team chose to respond to the general outcry of previous relics being a pain to do. They've stated even before 6.1, that EW's relics were going to be more quest oriented so people complaining the lack of exploratory zones, well they've also stated that they werent planning on having one for EW, so I dont understand why are people surprised as if this were new news.

The tomestone grind is the result of years of feedback from the community with the general consensus being they wanted to see the grind to be less annoying. Well here we are. Im desperately hoping 3rd step is different (please make it where we have to run Variant Dungeons when they release the 2nd one this patch cycle or something). While I was ok with the tomestone grind, just the fact that 2nd step is just the literal exact same thing was disappointing.