Thread: Question to Devs about 3.0 new jobs relic weapons

Back at E3 last year YoshiP mentioned there would be a special perk for obtaining the final stage of the zodiac weapon. I can't remember his exact words but he implied it would grant special 'effects' to skills which I interpreted as new skill animations. If that is the case then people that have completed it will have those special animations for bragging rights whilst starting a new weapon over in the expansion.

As many others have pointed out, it is incredibly unlikely the current relic will continue to progress into the expansion. Imagine a new player joins the game in Heavensward. They reach level 60 and want to start working on their relic. But wait, what's this, they have to spend months grinding level 50 content in old empty zones and queue for dungeons that no one wants to do any more... If a new player were required to do old content simply to get their relic to the point that they could progress it through the expansion they would be incredibly put off...

Special animations/Vanity will NOT make the cut for me. If this is true then the new content better be good to make up for this huge disappointment or I'm out.

Originally Posted by Canadane

Well if it continued to be required then they wouldn't be entirely empty. People would continue doing old content because there is a reason to do it. If you could simply drop your relic quest because 3.0 has a better option from the get go, all the new players will no longer have old players seeing them through quicker queues of older content.

Yeah they will because people will be leveling their jobs to 60 for a good while yet. I can tell you I'm sure as hell not paying 4 million+ gil to get relics for all my jobs. I certainly don't mind a short cut for those who completed the whole thing, but making everyone start from scratch seems like a huge mistake on SE's part.

Originally Posted by Alberel

But wait, what's this, they have to spend months grinding level 50 content in old empty zones and queue for dungeons that no one wants to do any more...

I don't recall killing level 3 efts in level 5 fates in central thanalan for the next 24 hours to attain one atma to upgrade your legendary relic weapon from Zenith to Atma very different from what you are presenting.

get over it guys. i have a zodiac axe. once heavensward releases EVERYTHING WILL BE RESET. everyone will be even once again. heck you dont need t13 clear for access on the new raid. so that is reset aswell. you wont need shiva ex clear to play new exmodes etc etc etc. why should the relic be excluded frome everything else? it wont. it makes just no sense. maybe there will be some sort of small compensation for it but THATS IT. they cannot force new players onto the old lvl 50 content grind why? because books and other things requires marks which can only be farmed at lvl 60 then. so new players would have to go back ALL the way and work thier ass off for something thats lvl 50 and totally outdated``? wont work guys. it would only work if they nerf the shit outa the current questline. even more than currently.

Originally Posted by aisustrong

but titan hard is so easy

At ilvl 54, which is when they give you the quest, I can't even RUN the damn thing until ilvl 60 and everyone I talk to says I'll be wrecked unless I'm ilvl 70+.

My pet peeve with the game is giving you a quest you're in no way, shape, or form, capable of running - until you gear up one helluva lot more first.

Originally Posted by ofTheMoores

My pet peeve with the game is giving you a quest you're in no way, shape, or form, capable of running - until you gear up one helluva lot more first.

Funny over a year ago we were in Dungeon & AF gear and weilding Ifrit weapons when I first beat Titan.

How did we do that I wonder...