Not Sure if a Bug: The New WAR Relic Upgrade

[Altena]

Another thing to note, the entire questline is about creating a weapon with a soul, a living weapon. The glow effect is representative of the soul, which is why the base weapon is so simplistic. The emphasis is on the glow effect, not the weapon itself.

This has been the theme since the original relic questline in ARR. The glowy stuff is the soul of the weapon - sure.. .Doesn't mean the weapon has to look like an Iron Labrys or dual-wield Iron Gladius....
Compare the latest model with Ragnarok for WAR or Sasuke's Blades for NIN (which is probably my favourite weapon design for NIN) as a final step and you should understand. The glows were still fairly flashy and well defined, but the weapons didn't look fresh out of Battlecraft NPC in Limsa marketplace..

They were both also rather "simplistic" but obviously had quite a decent amount of work put into designing them.

To me it's rather apparent that a lot of the weapon designs were rushed, too much focus was spent on the glow effects, and that they were trying too hard to be creative and produce something different.

The texture pattern and detail on some of those base models is dirt poor. It looks like they were copy+paste out of an old MMO like FF11.

Do the glows look good / have some effort put into them? Sure (most of them). The base models is what really bothers a lot of people, myself included.

[ZhaneX]

Another thing to note, the entire questline is about creating a weapon with a soul, a living weapon. The glow effect is representative of the soul, which is why the base weapon is so simplistic. The emphasis is on the glow effect, not the weapon itself.

Yes. And the WAR and NIN still got jipped because their glows are hardly pronounced or particularly visually striking.
And I maintain that DRK is kind of lazy too because its glow just looks like the silhouette of the Deathbringer.

[Araxes]

when i first saw the warrior Axe i was like: This is a bug right? This is no weapon.. its a plastic toy.

[Kling-Klang]

I feel sorry for NIN/DRK/WAR, their animas look so boring.

[ZhaneX]

I feel sorry for NIN/DRK/WAR, their animas look so boring.

DRK at least looks modestly cool. I still feel like the design is lazy, but less so than the NIN and WAR. DRK at least resembles something, even if that "Something" is all just re-used assets. NIN and WAR meanwhile not only look even lazier, but boring besides. WAR is just this dinky little Labrys with some flame-effects, like a cheapened version of the old Zeta. It's really pathetic when you compare it to the new PLD Anima. And then the NIN just looks like... a plain pair of daggers with a glow. The glow doesn't even add to the look like all the other weapons, even WAR. It's just... a glow.

[Neri]

DRK at least looks modestly cool. I still feel like the design is lazy, but less so than the NIN and WAR. DRK at least resembles something, even if that "Something" is all just re-used assets. NIN and WAR meanwhile not only look even lazier, but boring besides. WAR is just this dinky little Labrys with some flame-effects, like a cheapened version of the old Zeta. It's really pathetic when you compare it to the new PLD Anima. And then the NIN just looks like... a plain pair of daggers with a glow. The glow doesn't even add to the look like all the other weapons, even WAR. It's just... a glow.

Nin's weapon = lv15 1 hand sword called Bronze Spatha with glowing runes, lol. You can have a look at the market board. Just hope the final stage's glowing light will be bright enough to cover the weapon's shape.

[AlphaFox]

I do admit I am a tad confused on some relics, like the DRK and WAR they look amazing and badass, but then its like they fizzle out and we end up with a basic design. The DRK is still nice looking but I don't think it is anywhere near as amazing as the previous stages and I feel.

[Greydor]

Side note, is there anything written about the WAR relic on the Japanese /general forum? Google translate isn't the best. The Japanese forums typically receive more dev responses, so I'm curious if it has been a topic.

[Sicno]

To all those people who kept asking for WAR to be nerfed: hope you're happy now ¬_¬

[NargaHuntress]

I imagine you've summed up Square Enix's reaction to this thread, as well.

if it me or square or this thread or all three. you giving the most generic crapiest answer of all time "grow up" and "get over it" is just stupid to say on a thread where obviously people care. i mean frikken hell you expect me to grind light again for something that looks like i couldve buaght it off a dam limsa vender you're crazy man. you got no answer for why its a crap lv 10 axe with some tiny glyphsand a glow from what im seeing just kinda falls off it? . if not for raid i swear id pick up brd in a heart beat. that one is just majestic all of them sep nin they kinda shat on nin too. but for real wth did you expect to get with answers like that. applauds?