Looks like the next level of Relic is about to come..

[KrenianKandos]

As per the letter of the Producer:

Other features coming in patch 2.2 include master recipe books for crafters, gardening for free company estates, new hair styles, retainer ventures, big fishing, a challenge log, new mounts, and more. Disciples of War and Magic may also want to dust off their relic weapons if they aren't still using them, as an opportunity to unlock their true powers will present itself.

Thoughts? What do you think; just stat increases or will they borrow from FFXI and add an ability of sorts?

Discuss below! Personally, a wicked ability that isn't too gamebreaking would add some flavor to the weapon.

[Bixby]

I think it's silly for them to talk about "true powers" this early on. Because there's no way this is the last round of Relic upgrades, and it's going to feel cheap if we keep unlocking their true, no for real we mean it this time powers.

But anyway. I hope it's something cool and not just a stat/glow upgrade, but I'm not holding my breath. New abilities, random procs, enhancements to existing abilities would all be very cool.

[HardcoreHolly]

I hope it has a new look (glow, etc). I don't even have Relic or Relic +1 (waiting on tomes) but I hope it looks hawt.

[Synapse]

I believe it is going to be an Upgrade. these relics we have are some of the classical ultimate weapons used in FF.

My guess?

We will use these new tombstones to upgrade Relic to +2.

I rather have my old gear get upgraded to contain skill such as "Reduce Jump Recast" "Enhances Blood for Blood" then a run of the mill generic Polearm.

[Zorzi]

If they can be upgraded again, I wonder why they renamed them from Relic +1 to Relic Zenith?

[PROBOUND]

Hmmm... Looks like i have a reason to spend myth on my MNK Zenith weapon now. Gonna have to put the Hellish Claws to rest? I'll be very annoyed if we dont need a Zenith to upgrade though.

[Reishi]

Maybe we then get the "Relic Zenith +1" ûu

[bigred978]

Rather then using +1, +2, +3, and the like they probably going to use latin suffixes to indicate how powerful or close to true completion they are maybe. I think that makes the naming scheme a little better myself. Maybe be like Alpha, Beta, Omega, and other things in the future.

[KrenianKandos]

What I wouldn't mind them doing, and I'm not sure if they wanna go this route because of previous use, is the idea behind splitting your weapon in two or four directions:

Similar to FFXI, where you could get a weapon and upgrade it four times to it's master level, this one would be the first level of Curtana Zenith, and then you choose which path you want to go: More offensive, or more defensive. You then do a questline to unlock it, and you keep going down that path, always splitting your weapon into two paths and adding bonuses depending on what you want, or, latent abilities.

This would always grant us a way to improve on the relic weapon and give it a randomness and a unique property. Yes, there are some that will min/max but it'd be neat to have different properties.

[Ramzal]

If they'd just have added effects to weapons, I'd be happy. A poison effect to a dragoon's lance would make me forever happy. Or a "Wounded" effect from the Warrior's axe.