Okay they weren't lying about the relic

[SieyaM]

Sounding like Dawntrail is going to have more FFXI callbacks than just the alliance raid.

Maybe we'll get FFXI relic weapons too...

Step 1 Find rusty relic weapon, Collect 400 ancient currency items and acquire 3 rare crafting materials. Trade to an NPC and wait 1 game day
Step 2 Collect 1400 of a different ancient currency than step 1 along with a collection of weapons from the same weapon type and trade to an NPC and wait 2 Earth Hours
Step 3 Collect 6100 of yet another ancient currency different than the previous 2 steps. Complete tasks to acquire item needed from specific NMs. Trade to an NPC and wait 1 Earth Hour
Step 4 Collect 10,000 of the ancient currency used on step 1 along with 2 specific drops from specific enemies. Find the hidden ??? clicky spot in the world that is different for each weapon. Trade stuff there to get finished weapon.

Oh I can already see the rivers of tears this would create with a certain part of the player base. :3

Other than the arbitrary time gates, this sounds a lot like previous relics. Collect currencies or items from specific FATEs, or in the case of Eureke NMs, then turn in for a weapon.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Other than the arbitrary time gates, this sounds a lot like previous relics. Collect currencies or items from specific FATEs, or in the case of Eureke NMs, then turn in for a weapon.

Well... the part left out is in FFXI the currency had to be obtained from Dynamis which at the time was accessible once per week as basically a large scale raid that I think had a player cap around a full Bozja Instance. Not sure if they ever changed that later since the last time I played was during the cycle of that mini expansion with the naughty moogles.