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

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.