Thread: 2.2

After starting the quest to obtain 12 Atma pieces from across the world, it only took two and a half hours of killing fates to obtain one piece. So I decided to take a break from that and see if anyone knew how many tomes I would need to further enhance it, I got the reply of 13,500, thirteen thousand five hundred. I couldn't believe it so I went on the forums to confirm and yes, there it was. I was in shock for a moment and thought, well, maybe since philo tomes are the new myth tomes, the drops for myth would be the same as the old philo. Wrong! We're talking slightly increased number of myth equal to half or less of the philo you used to get. So Crystal Tower gives 100? Let's do that 135 times, that's only what, 135 hours? You've ruined this game for me with introducing a painful grind and unless something changes, and I don't mean a little, in the next few days this will be my last month here.

A Relic Reborn was good, the quest had different fights that were all challenging to a new player. No one wants to sit there running the same dungeon to farm something a ridiculous number of times, and before everyone says this is what I asked for, no. Everyone who was happy with the game was playing the game rather than bitching about SE having no content.

Originally Posted by EdwardVB

...You've ruined this game for me with introducing a painful grind and unless something changes, and I don't mean a little, in the next few days this will be my last month here.

Yuck. Levi X weapons are i95 upgradable to i100 it looks like. That's on par with upgraded relic. Masterworks weapons are i100 upgradable to i110. Coil2 weaps are i115. Everything is going to be fine, your relic should be a nice long term quest for you to work towards! Its going to be fun, I plomise.

Originally Posted by Synapse

What!?? I cant get everything on day 1? BS! why isn't FFXIV heading WoW game style?

Haha you sly fox, editing before I could quote you - But between your original post, and this one, I think you make a great meta-point, in that FFXIV is not going to be exactly like WoW/Rift/etc or like EQ1/FFXI, it is blazing a new path, hopefully a great middle road.

2.2 looks amazing so far - I am excited! : D

Not trying to get it done in one day, I was perfectly fine with weekly caps and drops, such as coil and myth. I'm not fine with the game actually requiring me to do mindless tasks repeatedly for endless hours, kind of like a job at mcdonalds.

Originally Posted by Synapse

What!?? I cant get everything on day 1? BS! why isn't FFXIV heading WoW game style like it suppose to?
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You don't need to get relic, there are other options.

SE probably predicted this.

Lets keep something in the game that is not over on day 1.


Edit: i was hoping for normal mob grind but.. their answer to everything is FATE. Do they think players love this or something?

It's their new toy! Let 'em enjoy it! But seriously, you're right. Yeah, the requirements are VERY grindy, but... it doesn't mean that you have to play 24/7/365 because it was obviously designed to be a long term quest. You have alternatives, that quest is not mandatory and when a better upgrade comes, the way to adquire the weapon, will be both easier and faster (For example, you don't need to wait for 2 weeks to get your zenith weapon now).

Originally Posted by Starlord

I am enjoying the game, just because SE made "One content" a long term goal doesn't mean the game suddenly just "sucks". Slowly work towards that goal while you do other things. Do you REALLY have to get the relic right this second?

This..

People will eventually relax.. this is housing all over again.

Originally Posted by Pibz

This..

People will eventually relax.. this is housing all over again.

What people are failing to understand is that the Mythology tomes required are not for the weapon... you use them as an allowance to do 9 challenges (IIRC) that you must accomplish to get the weapon.

At least the Myth grind is purposeful. Run coil to gear out in i90 for other classes (I certainly don't have i90 for all my battle classes), while simultaneously farming myth. Im assuming (haven't played yet) that instead of the new dungeons dropping 100Philo and 50 myth its 100 myth and 50 soldiery... so when u want to not do old coil, you can gear up with soldiery tomes, while still slowly progressing towards that 13500.

I am actually really happy they did this. it is in no way necessary content, and give players a long term goal. Kudos to SE (imo) for giving content for different play styles.