Gerolt's Masterworks...

[BlueMage]

Love the new Bard gear except for the hat...are we playing in the middle east or what?????

What's wrong with a middle eastern aesthetic? As an Ul'dahn citizen, I wish there was more of it in the game. Not to mention a lot of early FFs art design drew upon that kind of aesthetic, so to me, it feels more classic FF than things like hot pink skirts.

[Mikedizzy]

I am getting so excited again for this patch...I want to kick Leviathans butt already...LOL
What are everyone's thoughts on if we will 1. Do a quest line again for the new RELIC or 2. We just have to save the new tomes to "buy it"...that would seem very underwhelming to me. The way Yoshi said it makes it sound like it is going to be a new quest line (probably a lot harder this time around) since I think he says "uncover it's true potential" or something like that. NicE!!!!!

[Gilthas]

The "potential" new relic weapons probably don't glow because they're saving that for the upgrade. >_>;

As for how hard they'll be to obtain. In a recent interview Yoshi-P mentioned that the game is lacking some long term goals and that this patch would introduce some content towards that, but I'm not sure if he was talking about relic weapons. I think it's much more likely that the new relic weapons will have the same purpose as the current ones, aka, they'll be the second best weapon that you can obtain with tomestone items while Coil gear will continue to be the best.

[Lemon8or]

I am wondering why the Relic +2 does not glow...any theories??? Do you think this is in response to some players saying they did not like the weapon to glow...I love that effect personally and will miss it if they indeed took it away. Love the new Bard gear except for the hat...are we playing in the middle east or what?????
All the gear looks amazing...I wonder how long it is going to take to save up...3 weeks again for main pieces???? I guess I better hurry and get T5 down so that I can get some T6-9 Drops.

Most likely because it's the base weapon again like Relic but it's a different item like Curtana -> Curtana Zenith -> Ragnarok.

[Gamemako]

Either they've decided to scrap previous concepts or these aren't the new artifact gear + relics. They did say they'd add new stuff to crafting, so who knows!

As a note, you'll see both PLD and WAR wearing the metallic armor featured in the Gerolt page. Suggests to me that the armors featured are not AF2 but rather intermediate sets.

[Arkghyom]

Keep em coming!

[Niqote]

His mark is that of Rhalgr, the destroyer. Suggests a fondness for breaking things, like your old relic.

This made me laugh.

I am really excited to see how we go about earning these new weapons and armors. I wonder if Leviathan (Hard and X) have anything to do with them.
Perfect timing since we will get Mirage too :3

We already know the Bard set does not match up with the concept art for Bard AF2, and thus can assume the other sets will not either.
I think he deals with Relics; and Artifact and Relic sets are two different things.

[SirSaber]

This made me laugh.

I am really excited to see how we go about earning these new weapons and armors. I wonder if Leviathan (Hard and X) have anything to do with them.
Perfect timing since we will get Mirage too :3

We already know the Bard set does not match up with the concept art for Bard AF2, and thus can assume the other sets will not either.
I think he deals with Relics; and Artifact and Relic sets are two different things.

I was excited for that Bard AF2 but the new one has this middle eastern feel to it I really like that!
It's kinda exotic since no nother gear resembles it theme wise, hahaha now I can go shoot "allaaaahhh" in dungeons (just a joke).

[Sotek]

Based on the flavour text, I'm really hoping this new armor turns out to be similar to all the "broken" gear we get in the mid-level dungeons (Cutter's Cry/etc.).

Those who would possess true power would do well to seek those artifacts that bear this mark.

Get the artifacts from Rowena, or some other means with Rowena providing simple crafting materials.

And yet in recent days, an ever-increasing number of arms seemingly forged by his hand have surfaced. Could this be a sign of Gerolt's return, or merely the work of a forger who would shamelessly exploit the master's name for his own ill gain?

Crafters use it to "forge" his works, then sell them on. With the only real difference being the artifacts cannot be melded, while the forgeries can be.

[arkived]

I am wondering why the Relic +2 does not glow...any theories??? Do you think this is in response to some players saying they did not like the weapon to glow...I love that effect personally and will miss it if they indeed took it away. Love the new Bard gear except for the hat...are we playing in the middle east or what?????
All the gear looks amazing...I wonder how long it is going to take to save up...3 weeks again for main pieces???? I guess I better hurry and get T5 down so that I can get some T6-9 Drops.

I am going to reply to this with another quote:

As a note, you'll see both PLD and WAR wearing the metallic armor featured in the Gerolt page. Suggests to me that the armors featured are not AF2 but rather intermediate sets.

And to reiterate: The masterwork gear does not look job specific so the weapons are most likely not the relic tier 3.