Suggestions / advice

[Daenerys_Sedai]

Thanks again everyone! great advice. definitely going to go through MSQ first!

Zodiac relics was swept under the rug and serve as glamours now. Although you can trade in your Zeta to skip the 1st step of the new Relic Quest

Upon being a lvl60, you can start a new relic quest line. The Anima Relic.

Steps:
1. Farm Luminous Elemental Crystal (18 total) by doing fates in HsW zones. Or trade in your Zeta Relic. (get i170)

So I could technically keep my relic (heh far from zeta) and just start anew? are there quest pre-reqs? Is the drop rate for the crystal as mind number as atmas were when they first released once upon a time? x.x

[Shirai]

So I could technically keep my relic (heh far from zeta) and just start anew? are there quest pre-reqs? Is the drop rate for the crystal as mind number as atmas were when they first released once upon a time? x.x

Aye, you can start from anew.
From what I understand, which made me drop the quest as I have no interest in a long term commitment for yet another relic weapon with the available alternatives, the first part is pretty much Atma farming again.
Fate grinding, with a small chance of the fate dropping one of the crystals you need.

The only pre-reqs I have seen are a level 60 job, and completing the main Heavensward scenario.
See: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/An...ected_Proposal

[Daenerys_Sedai]

Thanks, that helps!

[Ametrine]

I just want to point out SE is better about giving us options for our weapons now verses back in 2.4.

You can grind Palace of the Dead, farm the latest Extreme Primal (Sophia, right now), save your lore and hit Alexander (the Heavensward version of Coil.)

Trading in your Zeta weapon is just to skip this initial FATE farming step as a reward for doing the old relic. If you want to keep it for vanity, you can buy a new one, I believe, from the Calamity Salvager NPCs.

[Violyre]

the first part is pretty much Atma farming again.
Fate grinding, with a small chance of the fate dropping one of the crystals you need.

They've made it better than it originally was. I've been farming the crystals for my WAR's anima while I level my AST and so far I've gotten all three in less than 10 FATEs.

[Shirai]

They've made it better than it originally was. I've been farming the crystals for my WAR's anima while I level my AST and so far I've gotten all three in less than 10 FATEs.

I totally believe you, but I'm still going to refrain.
Farming those crystals is only the first step of several, and with my playtime it'll probably take a couple of months before I get the weapon at the stage where I can actually start using it as my main.

Perhaps when they introduce yet another Relic quest when the new expansion hits I might climb on the train again, but as I've only started to play actively again a few weeks ago (I've been on a >2 year hiatus) and I'm not planning to actively engage in hardcore content I'll take the quicker to obtain alternative.

[Deus_ex_Machina]

Is the drop rate for the crystal as mind number as atmas were when they first released once upon a time? x.x

the drop rates has been buff, by a lot. when it 1st came out, i got all 18 crystals with in 2 days when EVERYONE was spamming fates. And got a second set of crystals for my 2nd relic within 4 days by myself 5 months later.

PLEASE NOTE: you do not need to be the class you are doing the relic for. Meaning if you are doing the your SCH (lvl60) relic. you could switch to NIN (lvl50) and do fates. Killing 2 birds in one stone! also just PF the fate party, people will join for level.