Thread: 2.35 "week after next"?

Yes that doesn't confirm anything either way.

I'm just thinking about a situation where you have Novus at i110, and then it gets raised to i120 at the same time that we get i130 (or i135 weapons). Basically, if they wait that long, Novus will be complete junk to anyone who's serious about their gear. Personally I think that's far less likely to happen than them kicking HA to the curb before 2.4 (they are already doing this with hunts).

I'm actually predicting the same scenario, the weapons will be opened up before 2.4, but they won't leave enough time for your typical player to get the upgrade done before 2.4 hits. That way you get people started and committed on the next step before the patch comes out, rather than abandoning the weapons. But who really knows right?

There will be a time that comes soon when you have to look at the weapons and say "well, I can farm coil for a month for i115, or I can farm my i110 Novus for 2-3"... (different in 2.4 obviously, possibly longer for Novus?!). It will stop adding up and making sense, if that's not already the case now. That situation is only going to become more pronounced as we move through patches and content. I.e. when does months of busywork become more of a burden than clearing coil?

So at the end of the day, at the rate of grind we're going with, relic line will never be top of the line or 1st choice for early raiders unless SE starts removing options from players (what little of it) or minimize the grind by alot.

Exactly, and it will start to stink pretty soon (if it doesn't already) unless they address it with nerfs (insulting to people who've completed) or make the weapons more relevant.

Something that's forgotten is that there are plenty of raiders out there with Novus too. I'd imagine at some point they'd like their Novus weapons to actually be relevant! At least for a short period of time.

Just to comment on the thread I posted on BG -- 100% of that information has been stated in some form or fashion in a Letter LIVE or in one of Yoshi-P's various interviews going as far back as speculation regarding 2.1 (and beyond), so it practically his info and ideas since FFXIV ARR began. Of course anything regarding 2.1~2.3 has been removed as they've obviously been implemented into the game.

I could go even further back and post information that was released before ARR, but it will take some time (and have many conflicting ideas and viewpoints), so I might create a separate section for it as soon as I've collected a considerable about of data on it.

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When it comes to the relic questline, Yoshi-P has changed his planning regarding the quest at least twice already. He once stated that it would extend to patch 2.25, but of course this was changed to 2.28, while skipping over 2.3. Since he wants to continue the questline, as he's stated that the appearance of the weapons would change soon, the only logical patch for this would be 2.4, as the ilevel cap would rise slightly as well. However, there simply hasn't been any information hinting at this or confirming it, so it could technically be any future patch (including 2.35) as well.

It has been determined to be like this, since March 2014:

1) There will always be a weapon in play that's the "best" weapon, but would be outdated completely after a couple of months. This weapon would be initially difficult to obtain, but could be done overtime. (Allagan, High Allagan)

2) There will always be a weapon that takes considerable amount of time to upgrade, but will surpass other weapons as patches are implemented. (Relic)

3) There will always be a weapon with a very bad droprate (or require a token system, or both), but with considerable stats. (Leviathan Mirror Weapons, Ramuh Weapons, Gerolt Weapons pre-2.3)

I'm guessing eventually the relic weapons questline will be so long that eventually they will become the best weapons as justification for all of the work put in. That or they will be on par with the highest level raid weapons that are added.

Originally Posted by blowfin

And yes, I would totally expect us to roll into the expansion with Relic being BiS weapons.

And by then, the glow effect on the relic is most likely going to resemble a pack of skittles.


Taste the ArtemisBow! ....

Since the live letter will be on August 22, now I'm confused about "week after next"