Thread: Looking for an official response - Relic weapons

I've been going after one for a while, and I just cant take it anymore. A third of the way through alexandrite, it's taken more than a month to get this far, and I just can't take it anymore. I can't do anything else with my limited time in the game BUT pursue this one weapon, and it's nowhere near the "ultimate" weapon I can have, leaving all others in the dust. There's always something of the same strength that comes along and takes no time to get. It's been nothing but a frustrating chore and I simply can't see beating my head against the wall for it anymore. So my question is "what was the original intent behind this content, and has it lived up to that intent in any way?"

That's exactly what the relic was designed to be, a time sink. And the weapons that compare to it, are not easy to get, at the relic step we have now 125, you have to be in final coil to get either 120/130/135 weapons, so no, it's not easy to get an alternative, you still have to put a lot of time in it. Nobody is forcing you to do your relic, and it is possible to be the best, 2.5 comes along, relic will most likely go up to 135, just another grind. So, it's possible for the relic to be the best in the game, and it's not easy to get for that fact, and that they rely on true rng too much.

There you have it.

If the entire intent is for it to be a timesink, they've done very well.
If you are comparing the time it takes to do the latest step vs the time it takes to get the latest alternative, then perhaps it is comparable. If You're new to endgame and just got your first 50, you can have a level 110 weapon in under a week, however. But for relic you are looking at atma, books, and alexandrite before that step so it takes considerably longer to reach the same level of strength. For every new step they add, this gap increases further.

As far as I'm aware, the Relic Questline was designed to do two things:

1. Be a timesink.
2. Keep old content relevant.

It has succeeded fantastically on both accounts.

With that i110 you can get into better content that can offer better weapons. CT3 is inbound. You can already get the shiva weapons, which are hardly a bad option. And it's not like we are talking about 125 on all your gear, just the weapon. Weapon will impact damage, healing(not necessarily for scholars), and aggro more than any other one piece, but the difference between all 120 with shiva weapon and all 120 with zodiac is minimal. The difference in the time and effort it takes to acquire is not.
And this only makes older content relevant for a short time while the people who capped their weapon in the previous step rush the new step. After that, it's just as irrelevant. I would say it has failed in this regard.

Originally Posted by Yimiko

And this only makes older content relevant for a short time while the people who capped their weapon in the previous step rush the new step. After that, it's just as irrelevant. I would say it has failed in this regard.

This isn't true. The mere existence of the Relic Weapon keeps this content relevant. Anyone who does the chain has to go through all of the steps. If the stated goal was instead to "encourage high level players to help low level players through old content", then it would be a failure on the principle of human nature alone.

Well the original intent of relic weapon is to let people that doesn't raid to be able to get a weapon that is comparable to raid weapon.

The grind is real but for alexandrites, you have several ways to obtain it - a daily quest that gives a map - it can drop from FATEs - purchased using allied seals or getting map with soldiery.

For those that can play everyday, just doing the daily expert roulette quest would take 75 days - you can shorten that by spending soldiery or FATE grinds.

For those that cannot play everyday - perhaps just get the ilvl110 soldiery weapon for the time being or ilvl115 shiva weapon. They are good enough for even end game content.