Post Mutant Weapons(i280) You've Seen So Far

[Gumbercules]

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

Done it once so far, and I really enjoyed it. Its impressive what some structure has done for it. My instance messed up the special fight but was still fun just to watch the chaos :P I mean ff 11 fanbois are prolly gonna crucify me but it has like a faster paced sea/sky feel to it to me.

[Reinha]

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

I quite like the aspect of looking for treasures. They feel more rewarding than fates, especially if your party has had a few dropouts and harder mobs take long to kill.



The fate part is not amazing nor annoying, it's just farming mobs of various difficulties. PvE in a nutshell. The timer seems a bit short but that could be because we were missing people. I liked how there are caves to explore with chests and monsters. Only the entrance shows on the map and the rest you have to look through yourself.

The mega event (where weapons drop) is interesting but I'm not sure I like the idea that it's so easy to make it unwinnable. People let an add through and it wiped the whole raid, and then the mobs proceeded to dogpile and cleave anyone who entered the room until the timer ran out.

The part I liked the most was doing the main 3-part quest objective. It's probably the fastest way to farm 265 gear because it only takes like 10-15 minutes for 10 lockboxes. The rewards are personal. This is what I got:

[Mature]

SB is out in 3 months. Enjoy what you've got left from HW.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Jesus 280?...Curious how they compare to Anima, if anyone gets Machinist and Monk please post it.

Every single 280 weapon is BiS now. Even SkS/Parry on tank weapons murders the Anima. Of course, getting these weapons is the real challenge.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Don't care about the weps, is new Diadem actually FUN??? Any reports on that?

In my opinion? No. Granted, I have only run it once and want more personal experience before saying anything too definitive. But the general gist from watching on Twitch is...

- You have three objectives revolving around killing certain mobs, using key items on them or targeting fates
- Afterwards, you aimlessly farm fates in the hopes of unlocking Emergency Missions
- EM spawn a super boss that is supposedly scaled at EX Primal levels

Beyond the above, you get gear, materia and whatnot.

[Ogulbuk]

I love FATES, if there are people to help do them or they happen to be clearable solo.

I wish their rewards were a bit better, though.

[seraf]

Neither will any Stormblood items matter when the next expansion comes out. Nor will anything of that expansion matter when the next one will come out. Nor will any of the items from that expansion matter when the next one comes out. And one day, earth will cease to exist so everything is for Alphinaught.

Hyperbole much? You'll be able to replace your Raid gear 3 levels into the expansion anyway through either a Dungeon or an NPC. This gear is just padding for the expansion at this point.

[Zojha]

Hyperbole much?

Is it? I'm pretty sure it's just a fact. But time will tell!

[Voltron_HD]

I don't know why people are all bent out of shape, I have two animas and I think this is a fun way to gear my alts. Granted fun is subjective. If I happened to land the 1.333 chance to get a better weapon than my anima, then great! if not, I still have my anima, so no big deal. Plus, my dol/doh will still benefit from the return of diadem. Gather trips anyone?

[Felis]

Meh. Won't matter once Stormblood comes out in 3 months.

It allow you not to update your weapon between lv 61 and 69