[request] increase Alexandrite fate drop rate

[seida]

If you ask me, the whole relic quest needs to be trivialized.

It's supposed to be a LEGENDARY WEAPON. It does NOT need to be "trivialised". Every stage has already been nerfed. How much more do people want to be babied? Grab one of the many weapon alternatives if relic is too much effort. No one is entitled to have one.

[LordHadi]

It wasn't that easy for us to get Alexandrite. They increased the drop rate for you yet you still complain? I think it's unfair for those who spent more time farming for Alexandrite before the drop rate/ seals got increased.

They should stop making it easier for players, I'm starting to regret spending that much time on farming Alex and lights.

[Mettaur]

Eh I think as more steps get added into the Zodiac chain, nerf a little bit of some of the previous steps. Not too much to make it a breeze, but enough to not deter new players from doing it.

I'm starting to regret spending that much time on farming Alex and lights.

I view this like being an early adopter of a product or service. It's like when people go buy a product, then it goes on sale. People made the conscious decision to do the quest at release.

Idk who else besides me knew the chain would get nerfed (looking at the games previous patches), but that's why I waited until recently to pick back up on my Zodiac chains.

[LaurelinKementari]

It's supposed to be a LEGENDARY WEAPON. It does NOT need to be "trivialised". Every stage has already been nerfed. How much more do people want to be babied? Grab one of the many weapon alternatives if relic is too much effort. No one is entitled to have one.

Except these 'Legendary Weapons' offer zero advantage over any of the other available weapons to justify the heaps of work they require to make. The reward does not equal the work put into it. One can harvest all Shiva Ex weapons and uprgade them to Diamond status in the time it takes a normal player to make one Nexus Relic. In some cases a Diamon weapon is even better than a Nexus, unless it is fully and perfectly melded, which few people can afford. What sense does that make? Sure, you have the Zodiac to get to i125, but once they add the next tomestones and carbontwine to WoD, everybody will be having a much better Ironworks weapon that requires far less effort to get. By the time the last Zodiac step rolls around that'll put them at i135 (or 130), a freshly arrived lvl 50 player will be much quicker learning T5, T9 and T13 to get a Dreadwyrm weapon instead of going through all Relic stages to get the final Zodiac one. And even if he did, what advantage would this 'Legendary weapon' offer him over a Dreadwyrm weapon, besides a few secondary stats that are neglectable in his DPS/Tanking/Healing output?

[LordHadi]

I view this like being an early adopter of a product or service. It's like when people go buy a product, then it goes on sale. People made the conscious decision to do the quest at release. .

Lol you can't compare buying a product to this. Because we are earning this weapon as a reward for our hard work, and not something on the market board that goes up and down in price.

[Nekodar]

Except these 'Legendary Weapons' offer zero advantage over any of the other available weapons to justify the heaps of work they require to make. The reward does not equal the work put into it.

Relic weapons have been upgraded from i80 to currently i125 in various steps... And are currently customizable to suit your other gear better. As content gets harder, relic gets stronger.
The highest you can currently get as alternative without going into final coil is i115 with non-customizable stats or i110 crafted that you can somewhat customize with materia.
The chance that a fresh 50 can "just learn" T5, T9 and T13 AND get the relevant drops in less time that it takes to complete a relic is extremely low.

[Mettaur]

Lol you can't compare buying a product to this. Because we are earning this weapon as a reward for our hard work, and not something on the market board that goes up and down in price.

With the speed and the way old content gets nerfed sure you can. Also just like a purchase in order to make my money I put in my hard work and dedication to my job I get paid, which I in turn use for my "reward"

[seida]

Except these 'Legendary Weapons' offer zero advantage over any of the other available weapons to justify the heaps of work they require to make. The reward does not equal the work put into it.

And? So don't do it. Why do all weapons have to be available for the same amount of effort...? if it makes you feel better, consider it time-consuming glamour.

I don't understand why people act like relic is compulsory... as you point out, there are many other strong weapons available. If relic is too much effort for you, get one of those.

As I have said before, relic is a nice side project for those with extra time.

But people love to complain about totally optional things they apparently feel entitled to for minimum effort.

[LaurelinKementari]

Relic weapons have been upgraded from i80 to currently i125 in various steps... And are currently customizable to suit your other gear better. As content gets harder, relic gets stronger.
The highest you can currently get as alternative without going into final coil is i115 with non-customizable stats or i110 crafted that you can somewhat customize with materia.
The chance that a fresh 50 can "just learn" T5, T9 and T13 AND get the relevant drops in less time that it takes to complete a relic is extremely low.

Bull. The much touted 'stat customization' of the relic is trivialised by the fact that only the richest can do it, thanks to SE thinking it was a fantastic idea to add RNG for the melds, after it already took a few eons to gather all 75 alexandrite. Most people don't go for the full melds simply because it is not worth the cost or the effort. A Diamon Spear will easily trump the average Gae Bolg Nexus, simply due to the fact that Diamond Spear has full secondary stats whereas most people don't fully meld their Novus because of the costs for tier IV materia. Even if you spiritbond all your materia yourself so you don't have to buy it, it's still gonna take forever to get all materia you need, on top of the immense hours of grinding for your Nexus light, followed by more materia spiritbonding to max meld all your crafters so you can craft your Zodiac weapon, which is again coupled to a super-fun RNG dungeon grind for boss drops.

Be honest, if someone fresh at lvl 50 asked you what weapon to get, would you honestly suggest they go for the Zodiac one? When they can run Syrcus Tower for Unidentified Tomestones and get a soldiery weapon, or Shiva Extreme for a Diamond one, much faster and much easier? Sure, the hardcore, pure bis player will go for it. A casual player, however, will not. Relic weapon was touted as the weapon for the casual player to get over time, except the insane amounts of work and grinding with its meagre rewards for a Zodiac weapon is something only a hardcore player will do. At least for those who want the weapon when it is still relevant. Any other sane player would say 'eff that feces', and who could honestly blame them, when it's barely worth it?

And? So don't do it. Why do all weapons have to be available for the same amount of effort...? as you point out, there are many other strong weapons available. If relic is too much effort for you, get one of those.

For exactly this very reason. Relic offers no advantage over the other weapons, so why does it take such a ridiculous amount of work? For glamour? Well, so much for the 'legendary weapons!' when they've been reduced to insanely grindy glamour. It has nothing to do feeling 'entitled' to one. It is simply a case of the rewards not measuring up to the amount of work put into it, especially when compared to other content of the same level. What is so hard to understand about that?

[seida]

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Well, of course you get to customise the stats, but apparently that's too much effort for you as well.

What's hard to understand is why it bothers people so much. If you don't think the rewards measure up, don't do it. Isn't that simple? But no, that fact that a weapon exists that takes a lot of effort to get, but you personally don't think it's worth the effort, SE CHANGE IT FOR US SO IT MATCHES MY OWN EXPECTATIONS OF HOW MUCH I THINK IT IS WORTH.

Lots of people enjoy doing the relic chain as a side project. Why ruin their fun because you think it isn't worth it?

People who think it's worth it will do it. Those that don't, don't. What's so hard to understand about that?