eso weapons vs relic weapons

[Whiteroom]

Well the eso weapon can always go to your retainer. Depending on the relic ilvl I will be upgrading the eso on my alt classes.

[Canadane]

Well the eso weapon can always go to your retainer.

For storage, yes. Sadly, a retainer cannot equip an esoteric weapon as it's job-only. Same reason you cannot give them a relic to equip.
For this reason I believe people are thinking the esoteric weapon is needed for the relic. But we'll just have to wait ans see.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

For storage, yes. Sadly, a retainer cannot equip an esoteric weapon as it's job-only. Same reason you cannot give them a relic to equip.
For this reason I believe people are thinking the esoteric weapon is needed for the relic. But we'll just have to wait ans see.

Well it looks like your going to have to get a gordian weapon for your retainer then.

[Whiteroom]

For storage, yes. Sadly, a retainer cannot equip an esoteric weapon as it's job-only. Same reason you cannot give them a relic to equip.
For this reason I believe people are thinking the esoteric weapon is needed for the relic. But we'll just have to wait ans see.

derp, i forgot about that.... stupid retainers not being able to take on a job.

[Felis]

For storage, yes. Sadly, a retainer cannot equip an esoteric weapon as it's job-only. Same reason you cannot give them a relic to equip.
For this reason I believe people are thinking the esoteric weapon is needed for the relic. But we'll just have to wait ans see.

I think we will need a 1 or 2 star crafted green lv60 weapon with 2 or 3 IV materias in it.

its highly likely that in 3.1 its going to be possible to upgrade eso weapons with loot from the 24 man raid

I doubt that the upgrade items will be in the new 24 man raid at the start.
If the devs do it like with CT then the upgrade items for the gear will be in 3.15 and for the weapons in 3.16

[Canadane]

I think we will need a 1 or 2 star crafted green lv60 weapon with 2 or 3 IV materias in it.

This is what I'm personally thinking of too. Just like the originals.
Even though we have little reason to believe it'll parallel the original quest.

[Hieral]

How can anyone NOT have their AF2 weapon yet? O.o

Even casuals have had more than sufficient time. I'm not sure why this question even exists.

[Colorful]

How can anyone NOT have their AF2 weapon yet? O.o

Even casuals have had more than sufficient time. I'm not sure why this question even exists.

I guess they're asking if they should save their Esoterics for something else? In which case, you should be close to fully geared in Esoterics when 3.1 hits regardless, with a weapon.

[Alahra]

I guess they're asking if they should save their Esoterics for something else? In which case, you should be close to fully geared in Esoterics when 3.1 hits regardless, with a weapon.

Some folks don't focus on one class for Esoterics, too. Or they might have leveled more slowly and have only recently hit 60. Others prioritize glamour items or lowest item level stuff, or they might get things that they can use on more than one class first. A lot of people also don't realize how significant Weapon Damage is compared to all other stats, and so might not realize that the weapon is a larger upgrade than say, body or legs.

[Firepower]

Back when this was discussed when the ESO weapons were first implemented this one was a no brainer as since then it's been a long time and you would have acquired decent value out of the eso weapon. Still I would say get the ESO weapon, they did state that eventually Retainers will be able to be jobs. Of course you also have to factor in the point that the relic isn't going to just be handed to you and could require either a grind (Atma style) or a gauntlet (much like the original kill chimera/hydra/ifrit/garuda/titan for the original relic) it is likely to require some kind of item based stage too much like the original relic once again requiring an item level 55 materia melded item.

If it is just a mindless fate grind like Atma the ESO weapon won't really provide much advantage, if it is item based as people have previously alluded to it could easily be the eso weapon due to its styling (Previous main quest givers for the job quests held the original "relic" up to level 50 and in DRK's case (I don't know the others) the job quest NPC up to 60 has the eso weapon as theirs on top of the job only equip could offer some kind of potential idea towards it being an item for the relic quests.

Finally if it does require some kind of primal or trial events the ESO weapon would atleast provide a significant benefit in being optimally equipped to face the trials.