Live Letter XXX Discussion Thread

[NaesakiAshwell]

Don't need 228.

They said you're guaranteed to get +3 of a stat with each item, with possible +4 or +5

So basically you'll either have no luck and get to finishing it more slowly or get lucky and get +4 or +5 and reach your goal sooner?

[LadyVal]

So basically you'll either have no luck and get to finishing it more slowly or get lucky and get +4 or +5 and reach your goal sooner?

I think he also mentioned, prior to this Live Letter, that you can substitute in materia if you want. So you could, in theory, speed up the process by using materia like in the old Novus step.

[Nalien]

Anima Weapons
*Introduced via gameplay

You’ll be able to develop your weapons further by allocating points to each type of parameter. The cap for each parameter is 120. You’ll be using two different types of items to convert into a catalyst for allocating points. One conversion will yield 3 points. Sometimes if you are lucky you will be able to get a higher yield of points.

There will be various ways to earn the items needed for conversion, so find the avenue that best suits your playstyle.

The time efficiency if quite different for each method. However, though I can’t say very clearly, everything has been balanced in terms of spending gil and time. There will be much more variation.

Completing your Anima weapon will give your weapon a new look. Ultimately, it will attain a power on par with that of a weapon you put 3 grade V materia in, so it will definitely be a useful weapon.

Additionally, after investigating the logs of the conditions of everyone playing in relation to Anima weapons, we’ve found that the number of crystals compared to the number of people who have the “unidentified” items is lower, so we will be easing the drop rates in Patch 3.3.

Sounds better than previous steps, but I'm still lamenting how utterly dull Relic quests are in this game... Ever since the first steps back in 2.0, Relics have completely lacked anything making them feel remotely epic... Recent patches have done a good job with solo trials in the MSQ, can we please get something on that level in the Relic quests?