DT Relic Proposal

[DrWho2010]

you just can't have two completely separate methods to obtain the same thing. it has to be one method. otherwise you have to program for switching pathways possibilities and that may not be ideal or feasible given dev time restraints and resource allocation. plus you're creating more work that would be a split in how the playerbase actually consumes it. which for the number crunchers would be a complete waste of money most likely.

[StarRosie]

you just can't have two completely separate methods to obtain the same thing. it has to be one method. otherwise you have to program for switching pathways possibilities and that may not be ideal or feasible given dev time restraints and resource allocation. plus you're creating more work that would be a split in how the playerbase actually consumes it. which for the number crunchers would be a complete waste of money most likely.

Separate and alternate are two entirely different things. Like said before, they provided alternate objectives for each step of the relic in Bozja. Obviously as an alternative option for those who don't like the exploratory content. The issue was that they completely undercut the alternate options by having the steps be hard tied to Bozja's storyline. They could've easily had the steps be detached from the story while still encouraging the story for those invested. A good example would be with the first step that hard requires you to participate in Bozja, Change of Arms, the quest for the Law's Order upgrade. It requires 15 Loathsome Memory of the Dying, you get 5 from CLL and 1 from completing a Crystal Tower raid. Could easily have Gerolt say that you can find these in or around the Crystal Tower (Cause canonically Syrcus Tower is closed up. So an 'around' note helps take care of that. Nevermind, Change of Arms was 5.45. So Syrcus would be reopened by then.) but then have Zlatan mention that reports say the imperials have stores of these in CLL. So it may be quicker going that way. It allows either option without hard tying the step to the story. Which overall would've required little change. Buuuuut...we also don't know the full extent of the devs' time and budget. So, this is all just guesstimation on my part.

Also you can have two or more completely separate methods to obtain the same thing. We have several examples of that in game. Specifically upgrading things like limited tome gear. Either you do savage and get the upgrade items there, or you run the three Alliance Raids and trade the coins in for the same item, or you do hunts and trade Sacks of Nuts in for the same item. All lead to the same thing, upgrading the tome gear. But they are vastly varied methods. Or farming light for things like the ARR and HW relics. Or how you get Alexandrite for the Materia part of the ARR relic. Or the Unidentifiable items for the HW relic. Or Crystal sand for HW relic. These all have alternate methods of acquisition that all ultimately lead to the same step ending.