Zeta Relic Advantage

[DaisukeXIII]

How big of an advantage will it be to have the zeta weapon in regard to the new relic quest?

Is there any news already?

[Kirhs]

I was reading in other forums that's it's good to around level 55. At which point it's replaced, also I hear its not involved at all in the quest line (need confirm)

[ElHeggunte]

No news yet.

[Burningskull]

Odds are, and this is just speculation... but your only advantage to already having your Zeta done is that you will be able to use your Zeta as a base for the new relic, instead of need a crafted base for the new relic. If you don't have a Zeta (or potentially just a relic at any stage) then you'll need a new crafted base weapon or something for the new Weapon Quest Line. Again just speculation.

[Evergrey]

There's only guessing sofar, no real information from reliable sources.

So far I've read (all from peoples quessing) that it might range from just an achivement and title to a headstart in the new Relic weapon questline.

[Colorful]

Odds are, and this is just speculation... but your only advantage to already having your Zeta done is that you will be able to use your Zeta as a base for the new relic, instead of need a crafted base for the new relic. If you don't have a Zeta (or potentially just a relic at any stage) then you'll need a new crafted base weapon or something for the new Weapon Quest Line. Again just speculation.

If this is the case, I'd really hope we can buy back the Zeta (I'm not sure if we can already?). Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

[JimboTCB]

If this is the case, I'd really hope we can buy back the Zeta (I'm not sure if we can already?). Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

They're supposedly going to nerf the existing relic quests in 3.0 so that people can grind them more easily for glamour. But it does seem weird that the base relics are freely available from the Calamity Salvager but none of the other steps are - maybe because they don't come as actual quest rewards per se, or (more likely) oversight/laziness on the part of the developers...

[Colorful]

They're supposedly going to nerf the existing relic quests in 3.0 so that people can grind them more easily for glamour. But it does seem weird that the base relics are freely available from the Calamity Salvager but none of the other steps are - maybe because they don't come as actual quest rewards per se, or (more likely) oversight/laziness on the part of the developers...

I'm aware, but unless they nerfed it to less than 10 hours it would still be a hassle (and I know I wouldn't really like having a weapon that took me 100+ hours nerfed down that badly, but that's for another thread). I would assume they could have a system in place so that something triggers the Salvager to sell that item after completing the step's quest, so it's probably more on the oversight/laziness side.

[Eye_Gore]

Wouldn't want to grind back up again just for the glamour.

Not that this has any bearing on the topic here, but I actually glamoured over the relic. Someone actually commented as to why I have the Novus shield and not the sword. Obviously didn't use the "examine" function. The Curtana just looked way too big for my character. Thing was almost clipping into the ground when I walked with it sheathed. Plus between the shield and the sword glowing was just a bit too much glowing for me. Since I'm lagging in the game about a year behind I'll probably have that thing for a little while. Almost got all the Alex to finally finish that part off. Probably still be doing it when 4.0 comes.

[Colorful]

stuff.

The pre-zodiac relics can look a bit over the top, but I find the Zodiacs/Zeta to look nice (Excalibur is still a bit too much for some). I finished up Novus to Zeta during term break though, I had a lot of time but even if you split that up moderately I don't think it'll take you until 4.0 unless you have some real bad luck.