Thread: Am I the only one working on 3.1 relic?

Originally Posted by WingsOfAzrael

was it confirmed esotrics are involved in the new relic? or the eso weapons for that matter?

No, it wasn't. Yoshida also said that the first step of the Anima weapon was going to be relatively easy and quick, to the point that he doesn't recommend people go out and farm the Zeta for the advantage. I'm 99% sure it won't be related to the Esoteric weapon as that can already be upgraded.

Originally Posted by Evergrey

-Advantages for Zeta will not be job-specific to what you completed the zeta on. If you have a BLM Zeta you may still gain an advantage on doing the Dark Knight weapon for example.

Ty for this information.I main Blm in 2.0 and now Mnk in 3.0 and I only have 1 relic,Blm zeta.its good to know that I can use this old blm zeta for my mnk instead of putting it in retainer's inventory forever ..

Originally Posted by FizzleofHyperion

Gamer3427 feel free to look up how FF11 was built up and how other horizontal progressions MMORPGs work

In FF11 the relic you had continued to upgrade wich means for example the Excalibur sword could go all the way to 99. Same Sword could continue to evolve and develope with you wich makes things more personal and fun and not making it feel like whatever effort you put into this item made it useless due to the next one. I should not be comparing games because FF11 and FF14 are two different games but it wouldn't have hurt SE to continue the same path on the relic

But, it took years to get your relic in XI, and then it was made obsolete.
I wasn't around for the most recent couple of years but I know that it was a bit of heartbreak.

I agree that our gear (tomestones) inspires little pride because it will get cycled out soon enough, but XI, like all MMOS had it's flaws too.

The relic quests in 2.X were almost always designed to keep content alive that otherwise would dry up.

Atma farming led to people running fates in zones that hadn't seen much in the way of fate parties. This was a boon to new players leveling up in that zone, as they would find more experienced players to team up with. None of the hot zones for fate running (south shroud, eastern la noscea, coethas, northern thanalan) were included in the atma grind.

Animus stage made players run specific dungeons. This meant that low level dungeons continued to have experienced level cap players supporting new players in their runs, while obsolete high level dungeons also continued to have ample people queuing up in duty finder.

Both the basic relic and the zodiac upgrade required some help from crafters, to keep that part of the game relevant as well.

So... What content is currently dead and in need of player support?

The new relic quest will probably be used to boost fate running in neglected 3.0 zones. Sea of Clouds, Dravanian Forelands, and Ays Lla all could use a boost in fate participation.

Crystal Tower could also use some love, but I fear that gating the relic weapon behind the 24 man raid isn't enough to keep CT alive. The number of people working on 3.0 relic will dry up some day, making a CT phase an impossible barrier in the future if a better solution isn't found.

Then you have to consider that crafting specialization hasn't worked the way SE wanted, and they've hinted at creating "specialization only recipes". Gating the relic questline behind this is essentially the same as gating it behind desnythesis (zodiac phase), because you can only choose 3 crafts to specialize in.

So... of the content that needs a participation boost sometime in the future, crafting is the only one I can picture players "preparing" for. Level crafting yourself, or become friends with people who have chosen a range of specializations.

The rest won't be added until 3.15, so we can only wait.

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