Feedback Regarding the Relic Upgrade Quest

[Odett]

You mean it's not handed down freely and I have to actually work for it? Nerf irelia...I mean...whatever.

You're right, I forgot how hard FATEs were

[L-D-Omlette]

Can we stop pretending anyone was, at any point, asking to get to grind through hundreds of low level FATEs to upgrade their currently best endgame weapon.

It's not the best weapon though. And there are alternatives for second tier weapons. If you don't want to grind the zodiac, go run Leviathan EX and upgrade that, or farm your soldiery tomes and get the weathered weapon, and upgrade that. Or you can get the actual best weapon, and beat T9.

Why are options bad? Some people wanted a grind, they got it. Others want a challenge, they got it.

[Gormogon]

I think it's reasonable to ask yourself if you want to spend literally countless days after days of your limited time and life doing something in this game that isn't remotely fun. I've been asking myself that today after playing at least 8 hours a day since ffxiv beta, and the answer for me is likely no. It's been a fun time since I got up at 3am to log on and start playing at early release when the servers first came up. I don't regret all the time I've put into ffxiv so far, since it's been enjoyable...even grinding up my crafters and harvesters.

We all have limited time. Doesn't stop the hardcore people from complaining about time investments.
We all have to grind for these things if we desire to have em. Doesn't stop you and others that wanna complain instead of doing them either, no offense.

It's just how it is. People's feedback have sided towards these extremes instead of desiring a more moderate and tolerable pace due to the most of pettiest of reasons, from my perspective.

I have horrible luck when it comes to RNG and I'm still gonna be farming these fates. Yes I'm not gonna priotize FATEs over dailies and other content either and I'll farm as much as I can during my free time regardless of how long it takes me to achieve these 12 atma pieces.

I don't know many players that wanted to grind low lvl fates endlessly. Long term goals, yes. Boring, mindless, repetition of old content, no. Not sure how this talking point got started that a lot of players want this type of thingy.

It's not about grinding low level fates it's about dedicating time and effort.

[LexSunfire]

I think what people are missing is that fate grinding is just the first step to zodiac weapons. the second quest in the zodiac saga, trial of the braves requires purchasing 9 books at 1500 myth each. each of the 9 books has several objectives that have to be completed before you can purchase the next book. you can only have one book in your possession at a time. so put the fate grinding in that context.

[Teykos]

I think what people are missing is that fate grinding is just the first step to zodiac weapons. the second quest in the zodiac saga, trial of the braves requires purchasing 9 books at 1500 myth each. each of the 9 books has several objectives that have to be completed before you can purchase the next book. you can only have one book in your possession at a time. so put the fate grinding in that context.

So basically a milder version of the Trial of the Magians from FFXI?

Here's a link for some context if you're not familiar with it.

[nibelunc]

I think what people are missing is that fate grinding is just the first step to zodiac weapons. the second quest in the zodiac saga, trial of the braves requires purchasing 9 books at 1500 myth each. each of the 9 books has several objectives that have to be completed before you can purchase the next book. you can only have one book in your possession at a time. so put the fate grinding in that context.

LOL!!!!!!!

[Rodew]

I was as hard core as an FFXI vet as they come. The grinding is completely fine to me. What isn't okay is the god damn rng associated with these drops. It's complete bs.

10 hours of fate grinding here,in a party of 5 people,nobody have see what an Atma piece look in the inventory(of course everyone have their zenith equipped).maybe for the next year i can reach the next step

[Ispen]

10 hours of fate grinding here,in a party of 5 people,nobody have see what an Atma piece look in the inventory(of course everyone have their zenith equipped).maybe for the next year i can reach the next step

Well the forums asked/whined/moaned/complained for this so you have them to thank.

[Gormogon]

10 hours of fate grinding here,in a party of 5 people,nobody have see what an Atma piece look in the inventory(of course everyone have their zenith equipped).maybe for the next year i can reach the next step

You can thank elitists for this.

Personally I don't mind nor care for the grind. I'm enjoy everything that 2.2 has to offer.

[Gethyn]

I'm totally okay with this. Because, this is only a repetitive grind if you're trying to do it immediately. It's content that's meant to take a while, meant to inspire high level players who are running past a lowbie fate to stop and help, because hey, they might get something too. So yeah, it's burn out worthy if you're doing it for 12 hours at a time, but overall, it will help the open world.