The next stage of the Relics. Novus -> ????

[Morningstar1337]

Optimus
Five stars crafting weapon
Recipe:
- You novus weapon x1
- Atma x12
- Optimus core x10 (can buy from Rowena, Each cost 1500 solidary, 5,000 wolf marks, 1,000 allied seals)
- Alexandrite x50
- Sphere scroll x2 (rare drop from turn 15 (savage))

Then the next stage: Optimus Prime

six star crafting gear requiring:
- Optimus weapon
- 26 atma (2 each of every constelation including a new Atma of the Doctor/Serpent-bearer)
- 20 optimus cores
- 100 alexandrite
- 5 sphere scrolls
- 1 each of the Hyperfused Ore, White Hot Ember, Mirror of the Whorl and Howling Gale (plus new items from Ramuh and Shiva)
- One Matrix of leadership (rare drop form Hunts)
- one Allspark (Very rare drop from the last raid of CT)
- and 75 materia with 25 master demimateria

[IamBenpi]

Atma > Animus > Novus > Grindus

This. 100% this. Even if that's not the official name, that's what I'm going to call it.

[joshsecret]

seeing as how this game is all about accessibility, in the expansion they will probably start the whole cycle over with a new base weapon and have it attached to that 'current' content.
the excuse will be that they will not want new players, ie. 18 months from now, to be forced to do months of catch-up on extremely old content to get the second best weapon.

[Nayto]

A second brand of atma-like items that drop only from hunts (not fates).

Because everyone loves hunts... amirite?

[Shougun]

A second brand of atma-like items that drop only from hunts (not fates).

Because everyone loves hunts... amirite?

And there is one unique atma item per hunt monster. Two for S class.

[LadyVal]

I'm starting to think that since the weapons are from the "Zodiac Braves," pretty soon we'll be getting names closer to specific constellations per job.

Hopefully it becomes less of a grind and more of a challenge like getting the Zenith was, but I won't hold my breath. lol

[Eggnook24]

Atma > Animus > Novus > Grindus

Ragequitis

[chidarake]

they really shouldn't tie the relics progression to the hunts what so ever.

the hunts are already overcrowded, add a required item gotten through hunts and half the server will turn up to every single mark.

if thy add a required item/s gotten through allied seals then I think the should make allied seals drop from fates, if we got 1 seal per fate then at least people would have a second choice rather than mega-zerging the marks.


I could see them adding a demi-materia requirement from primal weapons for sure, they could use it in such a way that each type of primal weapon gave a different appearance and different stat progression based of your selected novus stats.

I hope its not another mad grind-fest and more rather a controlled by the player kind of progression, doesn't have to be too fast but something with noticeable progress.