Thread: [Interview] Zodiak weapons, Philo removal, 3.0 and more

Originally Posted by Tupsi

You farmed up the items from monsters or mining/botany...they USED to exist from outside of vendors.

If you mean the philo mats, no
During 1.23 they were sold by NPC at the hamlets for 100k gil (50k gil if the hamlet was at level2).
I think a NPC would sell them again for many gil or they drop also in the lv50 dungeons. Or they would be now "treasure hunt only" items.

Originally Posted by CYoung187

I just hope that the new Zodiak weapons have some staying power if they are hard to obtain. Not people are getting them 2 weeks before 2.25 hits, now something better drops from New Primal Ex.

From what it sounds it seems to be a continuous update through patches. So for e.g. just keep upgrading your zodiac weapon will be sufficient and comparable to farming allagan weapons from each patch. Difference is you use one weapon and upgrade it compared to farming several disposable weapons during the course.

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

Honestly, I don't see any harm in having an ueber-item available with a ridiculous time commitment - as long as the time commitment is ridiculous enough that no sane player would expect striving for such a weapon to be the norm.

This depends on what you mean by "items". Weapons and armor, no way. Titles, achievements and vanity gear, sure.

The trick is more how these rare items affect progression. Giving people something to aim towards is a good thing, but general balance between players is also important.

As for why relics weren't mandatory in FFXI, most relics were considered a joke for a considerable part of FFXI's lifetime, with the only two exceptions being Gjallarhorn and Aegis (since both ignored mechanics of their respective classes). No one cared about stuff like Gungnir, and even laughed at the BLM weapon (that was outclassed by lv50 elemental staves). There's a reason LS's prioritized Gjallarhorn and Aegis over pretty much everything else.

There are endless threads by folks whining about there being nothing to do, nothing to grind for. Give them a grind of this magnitude, and maybe it will quiet them for a while.

Those threads will continue regardless of what is done. It's better to ignore that bunch instead of risking making the experience harsher on those who are having fun with the game.

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I'm curious to see how this approach of pushing the gear down will pan out in the future. The idea of darklight being pushed down to being dungeon drops is interesting and I'll admit I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that. I can see the Zodiac weapon stuff being more along the lines of Val'Anyr (bosses drop fragments, kill bosses repeatedly and collect all fragments). At least I hope so. Don't need the "you must kill a boss in a specific way to progress" objectives that Shadowmourne had.

Originally Posted by Daenerys_Sedai

ah true. but it would be nice to get something shiny in the process.

They also drop darklight