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

[BloodPact]

The weapons look cool, but (for me) they don't have the relic feeling. I'm going with crafted; regarding Gerlolt, he'll probably give you a quest to expand your crafting log to higher level recipies or something of that sort. Not saying he won't be involved in the upgrade to the Zeniths, as he probably will, just that these weapons might be something else (think the green ilvl70 weapons that needed tome mats., but ilvl90ish.)

[Airikay]

So, what happens if you discarded your relic weapon because you got say an allagan weapon?

Ypu can't discard relics

[Raestloz]

I think maybe we are overthinking the quote "unlocking the relic's true powers" here, my thought is that the relic itself is at its peak in zenith form and its "true power" is to be used to create a completely new weapon not relic anymore but something greater that can be built upon as the game progresses. This could very well be Zodiak or what ever crazy term used to descried the weapon but seeing as relic's are now zenith I can't see the new form being considered a relic anymore (more like the new weapon can only be acquired or created from a relic weapon in is "PEAK" or Zenith form).

This would make more sense to me!

Relic was the item itself restored

Relic +1 was the relic, infused with spirits. You didn't actually unlock its "true power", you simply infuse it with stuff.

What I don't get is why they got rid of +1 and favors "Zenith" suffix. But that's a different story

[Zumi]

Ypu can't discard relics

They changed it so you can a couple patches ago.

[ForteXX]

Relic was the item itself restored

Relic +1 was the relic, infused with spirits. You didn't actually unlock its "true power", you simply infuse it with stuff.

What I don't get is why they got rid of +1 and favors "Zenith" suffix. But that's a different story

Likely them going with the 'this isnt ffxi' that they keep saying, in order to get people to stop calling stuff by the ffxi term for the item.

[Alistaire]

Relic was the item itself restored

Relic +1 was the relic, infused with spirits. You didn't actually unlock its "true power", you simply infuse it with stuff.

What I don't get is why they got rid of +1 and favors "Zenith" suffix. But that's a different story

Next upgrade will start with y, then after that x...

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Likely them going with the 'this isnt ffxi' that they keep saying, in order to get people to stop calling stuff by the ffxi term for the item.

Well my thought on that was they wanted the upgrade to be named, because just saying +1 gives no sense of ending. Zenith can mean upwards or the highest form. X Zenith is the highest that X can get. If the relics can be upgraded further, and they get a new name or transform into something else entirely, then it'd make sense.

Instead of just calling it X +2.

[Ptolemy]

Likely them going with the 'this isnt ffxi' that they keep saying, in order to get people to stop calling stuff by the ffxi term for the item.

the "+1/+2/+3" isn't exclusive to XI, it's from the "Final fantasy" series

[Thorauku]

(Didn't read the whole thread)

Is there any info. on what's the requirement for the new upgraded relic?

[Zumi]

(Didn't read the whole thread)

Is there any info. on what's the requirement for the new upgraded relic?

No there isn't probably won't know till the patch is out on the 27th.