Thread: The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

Originally Posted by Velhart

Update me, what about legendary weapons?

As far as I know, everyone is getting an Artifact Weapon in the newest expansion, though I'm not sure if details are available as to what the item level will be relative to other options thus far. The general structure seems to be at least superficially similar to the Zodiac/Anima weapons here—they grow with you over time and it doesn't seem like they're going to require raid content. Legendary weapons have historically been Raid-only, of course, but they've moved away from them over time, as far as I know (but I haven't played WoW in any real capacity since Cataclysm, so I only follow it through the grapevine).

Originally Posted by Alahra

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Pandaria's wonderful legendary capes required you to do raids, PvP and lastly Throne of Thunder. The capes depending on the role granted great abilities. Tanks can cheat death every two minutes. Healers had their healing copied(?). Magic DPS had their spells copied(?). DPS randomly unleashes a flurry of slashes to all those in front of them. Don't know about the ring yet. I haven't been around Warlords since its first two weeks.

Here? You never have to do raids, and the artifact weapon is simply a powerful yet special looking weapon. It's something I don't mind considering I don't have to put up with the likes of T9 and the weapons do look special . Some won't see it that way considering how it was and probably still is in WoW (among other MMOs that might have this).