Relic weapon - give it meaning

[Ashel]

I have been playing this game since 1.0. I did not like the relic quest in 1.0 at all, so I can't speak for the difficulty there. I like the idea of being able to get a relic (more accessible than in ffxi). I do however wish that there was more more reason to have one. I have been farming mine for quite some time. I am about to do the last dungeon phase for Excalibur and now it will be defunct in 3.0. I am sure that many people that spent the time getting it will agree that it is very time consuming to have it pretty much defunct with the new relics starting in 3.0. I understand the purpose of starting new weapons, but I do think that relics need more staying power. I don't understand how the tomes weapon can be more powerful, when it is easy to get. Is there anything that can be done to help this?

[Eye_Gore]

I am about to do the last dungeon phase for Excalibur and now it will be defunct in 3.0. I am sure that many people that spent the time getting it will agree that it is very time consuming to have it pretty much defunct with the new relics starting in 3.0.

Is that for sure? Or maybe your current relic will need to be a certain stage in order to progress it in 3.0?

[Gelesto]

Wasn't there a mention of perks for those that complete their relic?

[Ashel]

Wasn't there a mention of perks for those that complete their relic?

I haven't heard this, but it sure would be nice.

[kyuven]

I haven't heard this, but it sure would be nice.

In the same interview where Yoshida reveals that there will be a new relic-type quest that is separate from the current one (i.e. does NOT require the current one to start) in 3.1, he also reveals that those who complete their 2.0 one will be "taken into consideration"
It's about as vague an answer as you can get, but considering the damned things aren't scheduled til 3.1, which is likely a good 2-3 months after 3.0 launched, they probably don't even have the details hammered out.
In fact the language he uses when asked is "OF COURSE!"
So yeah, we're getting something in 3.1 if we have our full zodiac.
I'd imagine, based on how the Relic->Zodiac quest went, that the 2.51 zodiac will be able to be used as a catalyst for the next one in the same way the Nexus was for the Zodiac, thus allowing us to skip a few steps much like the ones joked about during the quest itself.

[Ashel]

I just keep hearing rumors that there will be new Relics. I don't know the specifics. I certainly would be amenable to using my weapon as one of the stages to get a new one. I am however thinking it might be like Mythics vs Relics in ffxi.

[Sadana]

pretty much defunct with the new relics starting in 3.0.

I just keep hearing rumors

Exactly. ^^ Please don't say the sky is falling yet. The relics HAVE meaning currently. You don't need to ask for something already there.

[Sapphic]

Exactly. ^^ Please don't say the sky is falling yet.

Welcome to the forums where rumor and misinterpretations are taken as gospel and rages due to exageration is the topic of the day. Just look back at the last one where they said about balance changes to NIN, the amount of hysteria was laughable :P

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I disagree, if you started relic in 2.0 then you had a good weapon every step of the way. The lvl 125 weapons shouldn't have needed nexus to complete and the quest should have been much more time consuming. So players starting the game between patch 2.4 and 2.5 could earn it. People had the 2.45 relics 2 days after patch, not cool.

Whats crappy is people that are turning lvl 50 now and have to grind 200-300 hours just to get i lvl 110, which isnt even that good in patch 2.5.

[moudoka]

I'm utterly over the RNG aspect of Relic quests. I've run 13-14 snowcloaks and still can't get the stupid drop. RNG can burn in hell.