Kind of worried

[NoRyoKu]

Hey guys,

Is it just me or are we losing player continuing there zodiac / relic quest each time a new step come out? I read forums and speak with a lot of people in game and I mean, is it good? Is it intended, is the relic too grindy? is the relic weapon should be THAT rare?

Well don't know if its good or bad really, thinking good for the rare weapon but bad since less and less people are doing it

[MrLeonheart]

The relic quest is basically there to be a long term goal for players who wish to pursue it. I personally don't like it's reliance on rng for specific steps and that keeps me from ever really wanting to pursue it, but it's there if I want and that's never a bad thing in an MMO.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

People always say the same thing;

"We're losing players cause of lockouts"
"We're losing players cause of Atma"
"We're losing players cause of cash shop"

etc etc etc

You can't really say things are the way they are because of a few people on the forums and in the game telling you so. It's a small drip in the big ocean.

[Prototype909]

People always become disillusioned with the game midway through major patch cycles, it's nothing new.

[kyuven]

People always become disillusioned with the game midway through major patch cycles, it's nothing new.

Pretty much this.
Burnout is a very real thing. Everyone gets sick of the game eventually. Which is part of why new content is so important and why requiring a time investment is also important. If your players burn out too fast, then they quit sooner and never return. If you stagger content, they'll at least come back when the new stuff comes out.
A lot of earlier games learned this the hard way.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

The majority of the people who complain at how boring or time consuming the relic quests are tend to be the kind of people who want to blaze through content as quickly as possible. MMORPGs are not known for being speedy.

[Prototype909]

The majority of the people who complain at how boring or time consuming the relic quests are tend to be the kind of people who want to blaze through content as quickly as possible. MMORPGs are not known for being speedy.

Ignore the fact that the relic questline is largely made up of content that was originally relevant more than a year ago at this point.

[Gralna]

The majority of the people who complain at how boring or time consuming the relic quests are tend to be the kind of people who want to blaze through content as quickly as possible. MMORPGs are not known for being speedy.

^^pretty much this, been playing MMO's for nearly two decades and learned a long time ago to pace myself, last thing I want to do burn myself out on grinding, end up hating the game, then be stuck waiting 2-3 months for new content to come out while in that mindset.

[Silversnow]

I wouldn't say I was lost but more along the lines of I gave up on the zodiac when they introduced the alexandrite step. The materia costs alone were wtf?! status but I could live with that. Having to collect all the alexandrite with rng which would be slower then old atma and that much longer put it into the NOPE category.

[myahele]

Its there for people who want it. I'm only doing the relic casually since I currently don't need my tomes, so what better way to spend tomes than to use them for relics.

With that said I don't feel a sense of achievement knowing that my current weapon is >>>> future upgrades.

In the end its a long term goal that others may not see the point of anymore.