Probably another demiatma criticism post - with a story

[ConantSivrha]

On one hand, why? It'll be months before we're able to do the next relic step. Going slower on the first step when the second isn't even out won't prevent you from having the weapons once they're BiS. There's no reason to make it into such a brutal grind that you're dizzy from exhaustion and compelled to drink the pain away. Just spending time in Occult Crescent leveling your phantom jobs with fates and CEs would've earned you enough demiatma eventually.

On the other hand, yeah, I don't like this step either. The most positive thing I can say is that I'm glad it involves actually doing something, instead of just spending tomestones...until you finish it the first time, and it becomes a tome-dump step for all subsequent relics. Personally, I would've preferred needing many more demiatma, with fates being guaranteed to drop at least one (maybe two 5% of the time, just for fun), with the same process being repeated for each relic. I think this would satisfy a wider range of players, since getting a single relic wouldn't be too tedious and RNG-dependent, but those who want a longer grind for more rewards can try to collect all of them.

[ShirakoShinkai]

Yeah, I did consider just taking it slower, but when the next step requires tomes, I don't want to overcap and not be able to buy the necessary item yet. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I want to be as efficient as possible, and the thought of losing out that many tomes was not something I wanted to risk.

I do agree, having a guaranteed drop would be nice. Then also I wouldn't be so stressed over the tomes. The 5% bit is fun lol, it still gives players a feeling of luck without it feeling like they're UNLUCKY if they don't get it, since you'd still get at least one atma.

[ForteNightshade]

On one hand, why?

Because what else are you doing in this game right now if you're a veteran player who's mostly caught up? People are starved for content due to the absurd drip feed that has only been exasperated in Dawntrail. We're almost a year into the expansion's lifestyle and this is the first piece of battle content that will last beyond a week that isn't a high end raid. It's only natural people want to engage with it, whether going into OC or simply getting their relic going. Telling them to take it slow is simply absolving the dev team of their poor decisions. We already waited two full patches only to be told we needed to wait another couple months and now people are supposed to take their time and wait yet again?

Perhaps if they released the relic near the beginning of Dawntrail people would. At the very least they wouldn't be nearly as starved looking for something to do.

With all that said, I know mean to rag on you, specifically. I'm just using your post as a launch pad because this response always annoys me.