Thank you SE

[DamianFatale]

For making anima easier. I have been stuck on the umbrite/crystal sand step for too long. I'm not into crafting, I'm not willing to endlessly farm for lore, until I have enough. I'm so glad that sands, in addition to umbrites, are now lowered. I am halfway through my umbrite/sands, and so happy that in the near future, I can move on. I have one more bar to go. Please learn your lesson for next time. Anima should be hard, but when so many people struggle, and lag behind to do it, that might be a sign that changes are needed.

[Silver-Strider]

I just want to say that I am torn by this.

I promised myself that I wouldn't do another Anima after finishing my WHM and MNK weapons but seeing the nerfs to several steps (Light farm not withstanding) I'm very tempted to try for a Tank Relic, just to complete the trinity (and because I like the look of the PLD anima lol)

I was spending my free time getting my crafters and gatherers up to snuff prior to SB but a break from monotonous crafting and gathering isn't so bad, is it?

Damn you SE.
DAMN YOU I SAY

[Settiesama]

They're sorry for wanting you to actually play the game? There is no lesson to be learned, if you want stuff early, do the work, if you don't want to work for it, wait and lag behind. They should make it tougher really, not easier.

[Faliandra]

endlessly farm for lore? Wut?

All I see is you wanting your relic handed to you without any effort.

Just doing some roulettes for like 3 weeks got you enough lores for umbrites.

It's not a grind unless you decide to turn it into one because you cant wait. So honestly, while i dont mind them nerfing it NOW at the end of the addon...its definitely the wrong way to make it even easier in the future.

[SilverObi]

As someone who juggles a lot of responsibilities, I was able to find the time to stay relatively up to date with Anima. Only step that was truly a grind even at a leisurely pace was sands. When the light farming step came out I decided to take it easy and finish by SB. You only fall behind if you choose to, compared to Zodiac this was easy honestly

[Dualgunner]

Finished my third relic before any nerfs, contemplating going back and getting my AST relic once the semester breaks actually. Should be way easier, especially since you can stock up on everything for a relic before even starting the quest.

[LunaFaye]

Please learn your lesson for next time. Anima should be hard, but when so many people struggle, and lag behind to do it, that might be a sign that changes are needed.

Who struggled again? I am pretty sure if we would look up how many people completed the HW relic line before nerfs, we would see that compared to ARR it's probably much more. Even casuals that just ran the daily roulettes without spending hours in ARF or A1S completed more then one relic. And while I don't mind that the nerfs have been done, in fact I do welcome them because there are some people that took breaks and just coming back, I don't think that it's an indicator of struggle or changes need to be made. If we learned one lesson, there will be always people that can't be asked to put the tiniest effort into their game style and asking for nerfs right from the start.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Finished my third relic before any nerfs, contemplating going back and getting my AST relic once the semester breaks actually. Should be way easier, especially since you can stock up on everything for a relic before even starting the quest.

I've gotten 5 to 260, 2 to 275, 1 currently at 230. It hasnt been that bad really.

[Dualgunner]

I've gotten 5 to 260, 2 to 275, 1 currently at 230. It hasnt been that bad really.

Nice

It is actually a very tame grind. I remember the un-nerfed Zodiac Relic, spent way more time on that than this. Even nerfed to hell and back, I spent more time on my Ninja Zodiac than I did on my WAR and NIN anima combined.

[Alistaire]

For making anima easier. I have been stuck on the umbrite/crystal sand step for too long. I'm not into crafting, I'm not willing to endlessly farm for lore, until I have enough. I'm so glad that sands, in addition to umbrites, are now lowered. I am halfway through my umbrite/sands, and so happy that in the near future, I can move on. I have one more bar to go. Please learn your lesson for next time. Anima should be hard, but when so many people struggle, and lag behind to do it, that might be a sign that changes are needed.

And this is why we need a sarcasm font, so people don't mistake you for being serious when you post something this ridiculous.