Can future relic weapons have special abilities?

[AzraelX]

Each relic weapon takes considerable work. Each weapon has unique lore and unique job.
I still do not understand why the relic weapons don’t have special abilities per job, per stage? Like increase change for an extra proc, decreased CDs for a certain move, or an additional effect on some moves, like added slow/silence.
What do you guys think?

[KitingGenbu]

Each relic weapon takes considerable work. Each weapon has unique lore and unique job.
I still do not understand why the relic weapons don’t have special abilities per job, per stage? Like increase change for an extra proc, decreased CDs for a certain move, or an additional effect on some moves, like added slow/silence.
What do you guys think?

You could say that a relic requires a lot of work but honestly they are very casual unlike how they used to be in XI. By casual, I mean you're going through 'normal' content (rerunning dungeons, fate farm, etc) and not going into the hardest content in game to get items for it (dynamis from XI). I do agree with you that they should have more additional attributes in this game and even set bonuses to make it feel (to me at least) that the raiding content is worth my time versus the vanity fair that it always has been since 2.0.

[Kyuuen]

I can agree to an extent that perhaps the relics are a little flavorless, that they should have something that modifies an ability to a class, but it shouldn't render end game weapons obsolete. That's the tricky part, usually modifying an ability through items renders other items useless immediately.

[Azper]

I still do not understand why the relic weapons don’t have special abilities per job, per stage?

Because at that point they become required and you'll see a spike in people discriminating against non-relic holders for raids, farm parties, and possibly any battle related content. Don't get me wrong, I'd like it, too. But given the community's track record, I can see the potential for it to go horribly, horribly wrong.

[RiceisNice]

I can agree to an extent that perhaps the relics are a little flavorless, that they should have something that modifies an ability to a class, but it shouldn't render end game weapons obsolete. That's the tricky part, usually modifying an ability through items renders other items useless immediately.

Unless said end game pieces also have some augmentation. I mean in progression, people will still opt out for the best pieces in regards to secondary stats. At least with bonus effects, it could give the jobs some bonus aspect instead of playing the same for the entire expansion cycle.

[Zumi]

Would be nice if they did do something extra, maybe they will since they aren't out yet.

But in FFXI they weren't balanced at all. For example some had some pretty bad special effects like DRG got shock spikes when they use their relic ws, while THF got crit rate up when they used their relic WS. Shock Spikes an a drg who shouldn't even be tanking.

[loreleidiangelo]

I'd love something, ANYTHING at this point that differentiates my character from other SMNs in terms of appearance and gameplay that isn't just GLAMOUR. Skill/talent trees, auxiliary effects on gear, gear set bonuses; anything other than this bland stat-creep that we have going on now.

[Pomelo]

On a new dead and buried MMO called Zentia, each job could have a talisman and you got a new one every few levels. (It was like a weapon)
When you got to a certain spiritbond on the Talisman you could absorb the item, and learn a new skill/passive permanently.

A system like that might work here for certain weapons in the future..

[Colorful]

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Could that be not be said about any suggestion to make gear interesting? "How about we get some gear set bonuses?", "No, people will exclude players who don't have the full set". It seems even SE doesn't believe in that as they're adding materia slots to gear, what if someone is unable to afford the most costly materia and decides to opt in for the cheaper option, is everyone going to start excluding them then? No, it's going to be a select few, and then you ignore those dicks. As long as you're good enough to get the job done, you're good enough for the party.

I don't believe we should have boring stats for the sake of "But the abuse", but that seems to be the response to a lot of suggestions.

[RiceisNice]

I don't believe we should have boring stats for the sake of "But the abuse", but that seems to be the response to a lot of suggestions.

After getting some eso pieces and going back into A3S...not much changed for me. I'm still finding myself falling asleep during the fight, partially because it's the exact same regardless of what you do outside of it. At this point, I wouldn't mind them taking some quips from other MMOs like having set bonuses or bonus effects on equipment. Doesn't even have to be something expansive like WoW's specialization within their classes; the concept of armory, as well as being able to proficiently gear multiple jobs within the same role is more than enough, provided that they play differently from each other.