Anima... its not fun anymore

[Faliandra]

i have said it many times and ill say it again:

The anima weapon is not a grind until you turn it into a grind.
If youre burned out from this, then thats your fault for turning it into a grind.

most of the steps can be worked at simultaneously just by doing daily roulettes (exp/60/50/lvling/trial).

until today,the most annoying step for me is to run all these dungeons to get from il170 to 200....cos I actually need to go out of my way to do that.

[Zojha]

I personally had no issues with the relic for the most part.

My main issues were only two things:
a) Light Grind
b) Crafter involvement

The first is meh because doing it any other way than A1S grinding is, uh... painful. More painful than tomes ever were, since you can't even shake things up by playing a different job, which also means you gotta deal with DPS queue times instead of hopping on your tank for that sweet instant queue. It also sucks that PotD, Feast and several other contents don't progress the light at all. Neither does 50s content, which also reduces variety. Because of that, it's the only step that really felt like a grind to me.

The second is a recurring annoyance: You either know an endgame crafter or you gotta pay scalping prices. In the future, alternative DoW/DoM means to acquire the items would be appreciated.

[LalaRu]

I were into anima before, then dismissed it, then a friend involved me in the 2.0 version, and after a while, then it again came to more or less grind all time to get this or that, dismissed it again. I now swear, no more Anima for me.

I'll be happy with alternative weapons and will not be concerned anymore about 5 IL less, when it comes to compare i3000 vs i2995. I leave it to the pro gamers, and kudos to who completes it.

[Blackcanary]

I've given up on Anima i was gonna start working on the 3rd one for monk but i'm not in the mood to grind any of the dungeons because i hate all of them now. I wish there was other ways to get Tomestones with out grinding dungeons.

[Serilda]

I've given up on Anima i was gonna start working on the 3rd one for monk but i'm not in the mood to grind any of the dungeons because i hate all of them now. I wish there was other ways to get Tomestones with out grinding dungeons.

You can do PVP, POTD, Diadem, even maps if you're really patient. I can't stand grinding dungeons either so I just... didn't. Got my umbrites done at the original cost without doing a single dungeon roulette; it wasn't exactly fast but at least it wasn't tedious. Working on my second now for glamour.

[Ama_Hamada]

You can do PVP, POTD, Diadem, even maps if you're really patient. I can't stand grinding dungeons either so I just... didn't. Got my umbrites done at the original cost without doing a single dungeon roulette; it wasn't exactly fast but at least it wasn't tedious. Working on my second now for glamour.

Hunts* 3.0 relics give you so many options, you can even get them done doing dailies.

450 poetics= 2 sands, (hunts give that too) lol@ thinking you need crafting or pay "scalping prices" I am getting a second done in the next 3-4 weeks or so just off dailies and quests. 2.0 relics did not have options like this.

[Maero]

This was no different then how horrid Atma was when it first came out.
Just think of the glam you will have once complete

Hopefully eureka will change it up for the good

[stardrifter]

Yea it's not fun, it could be, but they just want a massive grind fest. At least they could make it feel like your doing an epic quest line.

[Vexander]

To be fair, the anima/relic weapons are glamour sticks and nothing else. You don't work on a relic to get the BiS weapon for your job, you do it for the appearance and, perhaps, the story. Its meant to be a grind because you have other options to get weapons on an equal strength to the current step, much faster no less. Having an anima/relic weapon isn't a requirement, its purely for those who want to pursue it.

That said, endless grinds are a pretty tiresome mechanic to gate it behind. I don't mind some grinding, and I'm grateful there is little RNG involved in the weapon, but I wouldn't be opposed if, say, you have to visit the stones of the Twelve around Eorzea to seek their blessing to empower your weapon either. Maybe face a solo-boss tuned to the weapon's iLvl as a kind of challenge by said deity. Or imagine facing primals solo for the same purpose. I feel like there are a lot of options to make these weapons -feel- more legendary in the course of the journey of their creation, than we have currently seen. The entire story of the anima is to make it stronger so the budding life can grow within it and such. I can accept we're essentially treating it like an infant and giving it a steady diet of selective aether baby-food. I just hope what we have in Stormblood will be more about creating a legendary weapon, and -performing- legendary feats in the process. I'd like for NPCs to have little gossip texts like, 'Is that the blade Masamune?! Forged by the Blacksmith Gerolt and the Swordmaster <insert Doman name here>? The blade which struck down the terror Susano?!"

I don't think they'll ever be free of grinds, but I do feel like the grinds need to be simpler while the epic moments need to increase.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

To be fair, the anima/relic weapons are glamour sticks and nothing else. You don't work on a relic to get the BiS weapon for your job, you do it for the appearance and, perhaps, the story. Its meant to be a grind because you have other options to get weapons on an equal strength to the current step, much faster no less. Having an anima/relic weapon isn't a requirement, its purely for those who want to pursue it.

I don't think they'll ever be free of grinds, but I do feel like the grinds need to be simpler while the epic moments need to increase.

I was under the impression that not counting the diadem weapons, the i275 anima is BiS for certain jobs because of the customizable stats?

And as far as the person that said it would be worthless once SB comes out I disagree there too. If HW is anything to go by we'll be able to use it to get a head start on the SB relic.