Patch 3.38 Discussion

[LaylaTsarra]

I have 20 of each unidentified on my alt. I waited to turn them in for news on this patch so now i have enough for two weapons. I still need crystals for a second and crafted items but that should be easy enough to get. I guess towers quests are in my future again for the oils.

[Gleipni]

But still no new content...apart from raid,there is no many things to do,they should focus on content unstead of make everything easy.
I have a bitter taste now that i see people can get 240 weap that easy,guess i should go back to EVE.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

i don't see the point, if you were waiting on a 210 nerf, then your going to be just as stuck on the 240 step. The 240 step is roughly 200 roullettes to finish + 80 sands. I guess you can wait until patch 3.58 for them to nerf the 240 step but by then who even cares?!? people will have lvl 270 weapons by then.

If your not willing to put in the work to do anima while it's relevant, your way better off getting the tome weapons regardless.

[Caitlyn]

i don't see the point, if you were waiting on a 210 nerf, then your going to be just as stuck on the 240 step.

I dont see the point of mindless grind for months for having a 210 weapon, if you can have a (better) 235+ weapon within a few days or weeks. Be smart, be patient.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I dont see the point of mindless grind for months for having a 210 weapon, if you can have a (better) 235+ weapon within a few days or weeks. Be smart, be patient.

Exactly, which is kinda why i think this nerf is really dumb. You can get a gimp rusty old relic that was only good in 3.1 or you can do palace of the dead for a weapon 25 item levels higher..... what is the point in this nerf in the first place?

The only people that really benefit are people that just recently joined the game, aren't we-wants, and would actually be willing to do the 240 step pre-nerf. Which i'd imagine is a small percentage.

I give it roughly 2 weeks before we get a flood of "ermergerd, the 240 step is too hard" threads. Meanwhile, I'm already done with my 240 anima because i didn't wait for nerfs.

[LionFranco]

Yup, looks like I'll be doing crystal tower quests again every week.

[LunaFaye]

I love how some people still hate the amount it requires. Reminds me of the book nerf with the 2.x relics, soon we probably get 1 item requirement, please look forward to it, hai. On a serious note, I do love it for my alts since I've grinded more than one weapon on my main, I wasn't planning doing it on any other character/job. But with the changes I don't mind getting another one

[Vaer]

The length of the steps is usually related to the savage raid and unless they change how they tune that I doubt it would be any different the next time around.

230 being more difficult than 210 would have been pointless since the 230 tome weapon was released around the same time (if you kept up with the gears) which is why it wasn't as crushing as the 210 step. It would run into the same problem as the 210, not being worth the effort to many people.

When 240 was released the only other way to get that ilvl weapon was to beat A7S. They have less reasons to nerf it right now because of custom stats and it's a bit better than a stock 240 weapon (3 tier V materia melded additional stats vs 2 slots on stock tome 240 that you have to pay for yourself IIRC) even if the upgrade item is out now without requiring A7S. It's definitely a miniscule difference though.

Perhaps they should have slowly nerfed it like the zodiac was in increments instead of butchering it in one go if they were just going to nerf it eventually.

The relic being the way it is also gives some relevance to EX primal weapons as in between weapons or even upgrades if you don't bother doing the relic at all. 210 slog vs Seph 220 weapon. 240 slog vs 235 nidhogg weapon.

They might be more open to nerfing the 240 step sooner since the savage weapon this time around is 245. Who knows though.

[bounddreamer]

I'm excited about this. I've had an Awoken Atlas sitting on a retainer for ages waiting for me to get done with my WAR and SCH relics, then when my raid team needed me to MT, I got a PLD relic too. As someone who is working on getting a third relic to 240, I'm really happy about this nerf. It's so good I'll probably get a few more relics I wanted but couldn't bear to grind through this step to get.