Why is "It's something to do" apparently a valid defense?

[RiceisNice]

They weren't referred to as Zodiac weapons originally--the first mention of them as Zodiac weapons wasn't until 2.2, when they added the Atma/Animus stages. Up until 2.2, they were referred to as Relics (the quest title was A Relic Reborn).

And I did find one of the interviews I was thinking of, but it looks like I edited it in while you were writing your post. The gist is that Yoshi says they added the Zodiac weapon questline specifically to address player feedback desiring another way to acquire weapons. He doesn't say that they're changing their future plans regarding Zodiac weapons--he says that's why they added them in the first place.

Your quest log categorized it as Zodiac Quests as a subcatagory in side quests after it was completed. Unless it was changed going into 2.2 (which isn't documented, and if [in]consistency is their thing, it might as well [not] have.

[Alahra]

Your quest log categorized it as Zodiac Quests as a subcatagory in side quests after it was completed.

A Relic Reborn is not in the Zodiac subcategory, actually. It's under Job Quests and always has been:



Up in Arms (the Atma quest) has always been the first quest under the Zodiac saga (which also refers to the weapon as "your relic"):



I swear, I'm not making any of this up. x.x

[RiceisNice]

I swear, I'm not making any of this up. x.x

You're right, for some reason I thought "up in arms" was the precursor to directing you to gerolt to start the relics.

...Meanwhile my beast tribe FATE still hasnt popped.

Obviously ANY idea you come up with to make the relic quest better, there is another thread for it. I'm talking about making ANIMA specifically interesting enough to make a "boring" grind if it must be boring, Worth it.

Well unless the anima requires raiding tier, it shouldn't objectively be better than raid weapons in every way. And even the, it ios the case now for some jobs due to the secondary stats. That's not to say that it could use some aesthetics to make it stand out, but it shouldn't affect performance.