Relic quest summary -> Good by to casuals

[Sparky]

Mirelle I think you hit the nail on the head there. If I could like your comment 100 times I would.

Whilst they are difficult (pfffft not difficult - time consuming!) to obtain, compared to XI we still have it easy whilst still keeping the spirit of what these relic quests are intended to be.

[Renik]

you guys are missing the point, i don't think the problem is the time, top tier weapon should require a lot of time, the problem is the myth grinding, the 90% of the quest is just running the same 3 dungeons hundreds of times to get 60k tomes, getting 13500 for the animus is plain boring but 60k tomes sounds more like a april fools joke, that's just bad design.

[JayCommon]

I actually like that it's rare and meaning full, just lock it by content, not 6 months of grind, maybe a super hard content that can be done only by 1 out of 1000 players

But this would never work either, only for the simple fact that as soon as that 1 person beats it they capture it on video, upload it to youtube and now everyone knows how to do the fight. Sure, if it's hard enough then the difficulty might gate it from some people, but most people will memorize that video and the weapon is not as rare anymore.

IMO the only way this relic could have been made rare in this game is by time-gating it with a huge grind. I am indifferent towards it personally, as I enjoy grinds and I enjoy second coil. I guess I could say I'm actually happy the quest was designed this way because, if nothing else, it will stimulate the economy more. Even on Goblin (which isn't a large server by any means), every secondary stat materia on the MB history page was a full list from yesterday. Surely that will die down, but it will ensure that materia is always relevant to someone, as opposed to all the complaints about "Why do we have materia it's useless on end-game gear."

Well, now it's not!

[Priya]

you guys are missing the point, i don't think the problem is the time, top tier weapon should require a lot of time

Top tier doesn't really require time, actually (unless drop rate is unlucky). Look at the bleeding edge progression raiders. Those who cleared T9 fast got fast weapons. Relic also isn't top tier. They are simply second best weapons for those who don't raid. Yoshi actually says as much in the interview linked above.

Honestly, I don't see a reason for the grind to be as bad as it is, though. They could have just left it at third best (not sure why they made it a smidge better than the tome ones), been a little more lax with the grind, and let non-raiders have their toys. It's not needed for clears.

[Edeline]

I thought people said that you don't need 75 alexandrites, that higher tier materia would give more infused points. Anyone able to confirm this?

[Daragust]

Another point people are missing... myth and maps will not be the only way to get alexandrites in 2.3. It is unfortunate that we will have to wait a while for it, but there will be other options so that we aren't running 3 dungeons into eternity.

[Anorex]

There's nothing hard about this quest. If I had my way the final step would be beating the t9 boss for the final transformation. Do your daily quest, and wait for hunts. It's not rocket science.

[A-Shock]

There's nothing hard about this quest. If I had my way the final step would be beating the t9 boss for the final transformation. Do your daily quest, and wait for hunts. It's not rocket science.

This is where I'm at. I'm just going to do my Daily Expert and be happy with it! 75 days in the grand scheme of things is nothing.. Not to mention I will spend Myth as I get it on Maps. So that will most likely be cut in half. But I won't go out of my way to farm Brayflox.

[RaphaelDDL]

About this grindfeast:

That's why I have more hopes of dropping my High Allagan Bow on Coils than farming that much.

[captain_crunch]

Why does a casual player (i'm assuming this means they arent running coil or coil2) even need an i110 weapon?

What in the world are you running that necessitates that? I mean, if you are in 2nd coil you probably aren't casual.

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