Thread: the "relic" and "anima" and whatever 4.0 version of it should not be powerful

It's an alternative weapon pathway for those who don't do hardcore Raiding and want to save their Tomes for other gear. Some may care about having BiS but that isn't the point of the Relic weapons.

Originally Posted by aleph_null

If they won't allow customized stats for raid weapons at least make them decent. Like seriously drk weapon has sks parry and is overall worse than the upgraded shire weapon, there's no way that's intentional right, lol? I wouldn't mind anima being slightly stronger than the raid weapon like warrior's (just minor difference due to more secondary stats), considering they do consume a lot of time and are released months after the raid weapons.

Yeah, I think it's just more of a mistake on their part with Parry stat on the Alex DRK Surfboard sword. Considering they are re-working parry in 4.0, won't be much of an issue next time. Yet, you have practically perfect Alex weapons like the Cane, knives, and Axe.

If only the raid weapon was like a +10 ilvl difference instead of +5 from the tome or anima weapon, the secondaries being not-optimal would be moot compared to the weapon damage gain.

Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

Raiders will always hate regardless because weapons become obsolete later on and can't change stats onit. Relics people will just complain, not all, about grinds...man I don't envy Yoshi on his job but he has done a great job so far.

Believe it or not, most raiders don't even do the relic stuff. If you are always working towards completing end-game raids early-on or top of the server in-clears you'll likely always have the highest ilvl weapon each tier within 1-2 months.