The Novus grind is getting easier...but the Animus...isn't...?

[Gallus]

What happens with the people that already have their Novus or are very close from it?
I'm sure a lot of people will be almost done with the Novus quest by the time 2.3 lands, which will make the whole scenario give 2 alexandrites for free...many people will see themselves stacking a lot of alexandrites inevitably, which will completely trivialize the Novus grind.

The issue here is...maaaaaaaany people will be stuck with dozens of alexandrites, but the atma quest + the 9 books are still a massive brick wall...? Sorry but that doesn't make much sense to me. Wouldn't it have been more wise to reduce the grind from the Animus instead of turning the Novus into a FREE UPGRADE? Where's the sense in start handing out alexandrites for free when probably no one's going to bother going through the atma + books horror story again (unless you want to end up in a hospital).
It really makes up for a VERY annoying scenario...your inventory filled up with 100+
alexandrites whispering you *do the atma quest...or we have no use!*. SE this is very cruel xD.

[Kimikryo]

Why is Novus free? You still need massive amount of materia if memory serves me right.

On Atma. Replace the 100% Random possibility of drop to a "each Fate has a 10% drop rate" and it wouldn't be THIS tedious. Doing 2 hours of fates in central shroud makes me want to kick Moogle cubs

[Kletian]

I don't know if you "2 alexandrites from main story" comment is based on anything, but if it is, it'd make much more sense to give us a high value mythology turn-in.

[Gallus]

Why is Novus free? You still need massive amount of materia if memory serves me right.

On Atma. Replace the 100% Random possibility of drop to a "each Fate has a 10% drop rate" and it wouldn't be THIS tedious. Doing 2 hours of fates in central shroud makes me want to kick Moogle cubs

Your memory serves you right, however, there's absolutely NO reason to spend tier IV materias which is what people are mindlessly doing. You can perfectly do:

SCH: 21 DET, 33 Crit, 21 Piety
WHM: 21 Det, 33 SS, 21 Piety
DPS: 21 Det, 33 Crit, 21 Acc
Tank: 33 Parry, 21 Det, 21 Acc

And bam! Your Novus no longer costs 4 million gil. Instead, it costs 300k gil.

[Taika]

Your memory serves you right, however, there's absolutely NO reason to spend tier IV materias which is what people are mindlessly doing. You can perfectly do:

SCH: 21 DET, 33 Crit, 21 Piety
WHM: 21 Det, 33 SS, 21 Piety
DPS: 21 Det, 33 Crit, 21 Acc
Tank: 33 Parry, 21 Det, 21 Acc

And bam! Your Novus no longer costs 4 million gil. Instead, it costs 300k gil.

If you're going through the trouble to get a Novus, why not make it a good weapon instead of just going with the cheapest possible alternative?

[Kimikryo]

if possible I rather have more acc and crit than more det. :|

[Nero]

SCH: 21 DET, 33 Crit, 21 Piety
WHM: 21 Det, 33 SS, 21 Piety
DPS: 21 Det, 33 Crit, 21 Acc
Tank: 33 Parry, 21 Det, 21 Acc

And bam! Your Novus no longer costs 4 million gil. Instead, it costs 300k gil.

And bam! You've spent 300k on a crappy Weapon. Let aside that Acc for example is pointless on a DPS Novus, since you can reach the ACC cap for T9 with Gear alone.

[Zozor]

And bam! You've spent 300k on a crappy Weapon. Let aside that Acc for example is pointless on a DPS Novus, since you can reach the ACC cap for T9 with Gear alone.

Or you could change some of your gear slot pieces to something without accuracy so that it has additional det/crit to make up the numbers without blowing 4mil

[Felis]

If you mean the Alexandrite from the Hunt, they are not free.
This is like saying that you get free myth gear by doing duty roulette

[Archadius]

It really makes up for a VERY annoying scenario...your inventory filled up with 100+ alexandrites whispering you *do the atma quest...or we have no use!*. SE this is very cruel xD.

Alexandrites don't stack? :S