Do I really need relic weapon for the maint story line!?

[Ashkendor]

Yeah, running TITAN hard mode is a piece of cake when you're ilvl 50. Are you guys listening to yourselves? I ran Ifrit and Garuda Hard at ilvl 54 (with a Giantsgall Trident HC) and got my ass handed to me, but thanks to a good party, got credit for them. Won't even think of touching Titan hard until I'm ilvl 65-70. Unless I'm in a carry party.

You can't even enter Titan HM at i50.

@OP - the relic quest isn't required but the base relic is a really solid starter weapon. Even if you choose not to advance it, it gives you a solid footing to start from earning tomes and such to get the i110 weapon with tomes.

[Mahri]

Completely up to you.

Personal take: A Zenith-level relic for each class you have at 50 is pretty doable -- almost effortless compared to 2.0 or 2.1. If you want to carry any of them further, pick one, and only one. If the grind becomes too much of a pain in the ass, drop it and don't spare it a second thought. There are other ways to get good weapons. If you have no problem with the grind, keep rollin'.

If you've maxed out one weapon and aren't burnt out on it, then you should consider doing others, but never before.

[ruskie]

In short: Yes, you should get your relic on each and every job

Why? It's easy. You need to do 5 trials, 1 dungeon and kill some 30 or so mobs and spent a bit of soldiery. And you will have a i80 relic and with a bit more soldiery an i90 relic zenith.

The i80 relic also comes with an achievemnt and a title and getting all of them has another achievement and title.

They are easy to get and a good start. You will need 2 materia and 1 crafted item to meld it to for the progression the rest is all quest based. And it takes roughly an hour to two to finish.

[AiChyan]

You can get the relic just for the experience as some people said. Your other options will be primal weapons, or weapons purchaseable by tomes.

[Werhusky]

YOU WANT to do relic as it is the only way to unlock chimera and hydra and without those u NEVER can do trial roulette which is a 5-15 min investment for soldiery/poetics :P

Also the titles and achieves are worth it for sure ^^

[Yasminou]

Moreover, relic quest is considered as a job quest. Who knows, maybe it will be needed to unlock the next job quests in Heavensward ^^'. So, as everyone says, there is no reason, now, not to do it.

[Dhex]

You need to clear Ifrit HM, Garuda HM, and Titan HM to unlock first Coil. Which all happen to be the requirements for making your i80 base Relic.

Whether or not you want to upgrade it further is up to you, but you really should make it if you have nothing better.

[FranSeara]

I need your guidance for relic weapons. I am at item level 48-50 something. I need it54 to beat the moogle king. How do I get relic weapons to advance in the main scenario quest? I am a summoner.

I saw some suggestion on other websites but I want to know your opinion. Also to let the devs my opinion about this.

I'd say go ahead and get your relic weapon. Its a weapon you can always have and you can upgrade it at whatever pace you want. "Its better to have something then nothing". Also, at this point, you'll get carried thru the relic reborn quest, with it being a joke now. Go get your relic.

[Felis]

Moreover, relic quest is considered as a job quest. Who knows, maybe it will be needed to unlock the next job quests in Heavensward ^^'. So, as everyone says, there is no reason, now, not to do it.

To have finished the job quests is a requirement to start the relict quest, but the relict quest is not part of the jobquests. It is a sidequest.

[RyuDragnier]

To have finished the job quests is a requirement to start the relict quest, but the relict quest is not part of the jobquests. It is a sidequest.

But isn't the Relic mandatory for the 2.1 questline? I distinctly remember reading that you needed the Zenith for a main story quest.