Relics coming to an end?

[myahele]

I won't bother with relic quest line anymore when there are currently easier ways to get weapons that are good enough.

With that said, I hope that the final relic will at least be viable weapon while leveling from 50 to 60. It'll be a huge slap in the face if vendor weap> relic for expansion

[Avarghaladion]

To answer your question. a) yes b) yes and c) yes. The reason being is that at some point I will probably finish one. I have no real interest in finishing it but Imost likely will. Why, you may ask? Because I'm a completionist ;P I may absolutely hate trying to get something and may put it off until the last extreme very last minute... but I do like collecting things. There are also many people just like me as well.

IMO, the relic progression only has so much of a use and its almost outlived its current usefulness.

I would not be surprised if we received a completely revamped "relic" system that is so unlike what we are used to that there could possibly be no comparison to the current ilevels.

For example, They could actually implement a system such as we have seen in a previous FF title where we swap out materia to add in different attributes where we could learn special moves/abilities. Or have a system where your weapon simply has a base damage and literally levels up. The higher the level, the more materia( or maybe even the variety) could possibly open up.

Any such variation could and possibly would invalidate the current system, imo. Again, speculation. Any change they make to the current system could make whatever has been done irrelevant.

Getting it at some point, probably, maybe, if you feel like it isn't the same as getting it for progression, especially when it's constantly nerfed. Again, if they want relics to be glamour trash in the long-haul, don't make them a grind reminiscient of FFXI. Obviously XI relics were substantially grindier but XIV's relics remain the grindiest thing in an otherwise disposable RPG.

[Zarzak]

I was around that game when they did this. It was really nice. I loved the way they did that. I also loved that the epic weapon quest was unique to each class. It is something I wish they would do in this game.

Was the same way in XI but sadly they took from WoW's playbook and made everything "play 30 minutes a day and your maxed out!"

[BraveheartRamo]

I think that relic weapon is a main part of the game and cannot be ditched. In fact there shouldn't be any weapon that match the relic stats

[Deviant1]

Nah its time for the relic to end. its nothing but a time sink / pointless grind past the zenith stage.

reg:the only decent quest, fetch a old weapon and tweak it, fight some unique mobs and a little trash mob grind then the 3 primals.
Zenith, well this is just points and done.
Atma: grind out fates in every zone until RNGesus graces you
Animus: grind 27 dungeons / 720 trash mobs / and even more fates but this time with specific delays and ect
novus: attach 500 points of materia for just the 75 points on the weapon. Heaven help you if you want a crit/det build, cause your wallet gonna bleed
Nexus: the coup de grace: 2000 points at 1 - 10 a pop doing the same crap you already did... but this time with bonus windows and it doesnt even boost your secondary stats...

Sorry, but after you finish the base relic, its nothing but a means for SE to milk more money our of us, and all for a third place weapon.


Time for a better quest: something interesting like get a horn off of Tiamat, or the scales from Fafnir. Something where you can go, "Yea i killed that big ugly thing, and got this"

[Coatl]

Relic is here to stay. Sorry nonbelievers.

[Deathscythe343]

I have no doubt that relic 2.0 will start again when the expansion launches.

[Deathscythe343]

Was the same way in XI but sadly they took from WoW's playbook and made everything "play 30 minutes a day and your maxed out!"

Really? I was under the impression that XI was a much worse grind fest than this game.

[CGMidlander]

Nexus: the coup de grace: 2000 points at 1 - 10 a pop doing the same crap you already did... but this time with bonus windows and it doesnt even boost your secondary stats...

Secondary stats are boosted, if they are past certain thresholds.
20/44 = +1
40/44 = +2
30/31 = +1

For example, if you had 20 Acc on your Novus, it will become 21 when your weapon becomes Nexus.
If you had 40 Crit on your Novus, it will become 42 at Nexus.
If you had 30 Det on your Novus, it will become 31 at Nexus.

EDIT: Corrected thresholds

[XgungraveX]

not going to lie been grinding on this weapon little after the game launched last year ill be upset if my weapon becomes a paper weight ....