Anima... its not fun anymore

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I have 3 i275 relics, 2 260 relics, a 230, one thats almost 240, and ther est are all at 170, with one halfway through the dungeons.

Its really not that bad. There's no RNG involved with it. If you do them when they are relevant they stick with you for the whole expansion. I've never regretted starting them. Reason they stopped making them "hard" was cuz for the 2.0 version, everyone bitched over how hard titan was, because people couldnt do mechanics.

I never once got knocked off by a landslide, because i didnt try to finish what i was doing before gtfo'ing.

[ShinMetsu]

Don't do it then? Nothing is forcing you to get the weapon done.

If you don't want to finish it, don't. There are other weapons in the game at around the same level, and the cap is going up soon anyway.

By this logic. How about we stop making raids easier? You guys don't need to do them. Seriously.

[Natashio]

Well..just wait till the expansion is release and the thing is nerfed to the ground. By level 64-65 it be worthless anyways.

[ServerCollaps]

I finished 6 or 7 275 relics just by doing nothing but daylie roulettes, no special effort or grind involved. Its so easy to finish nowadays

[SenorPatty]

I'm sorry but I need to vent. I've spent hours grinding for that special weapon of weapons and have endured grind after grind. However upon reaching the 'reborn' phase I honestly can't take it anymore.

Mindlessly grinding though content isn't clever or intuitive. its insufferable. It was fun when it had a story and a goal behind it. that and the weapon was below par. but now I literally have the custom stats. there's no motivation.

I want to explore other classes but I have this nagging guilt in the back of my head for not completing this endless story line for a weapon that'a already better than most weapons i could get right now.

Is anyone else burnt out on this or is it just me?

Well there's your problem. You're burnt out. Of course its not going to be fun for you. You used to but now you don't.

Take a break from it. That's all you can do.

[AlphaFox]

I think grinding is where some people are going about it all wrong. These weapons are ment to be done over time, not grind out and completed within a week of being updated.

[Windseraph]

Preach man. Im still on the umbrite step. Lord do i wish they instead cut the amount of tomestones in half for purchasing umbrite. im thankful for the crystal buff tho i also wish that was cut in half.

The Umbrite cost WAS cut in half, they used to be 300 lore :V

[Kazrah]

As someone working on anima #4, I have two things to say on the matter:

1) It's better when it's current. In this late stage, you're feeling that grind all at once, and that can definitely cause issues. After doing animas both incrementally with each patch as well as grinding it all in one go, I'm glad that my first animas I did with each patch when the grind wasn't as big of a ordeal. It's a good lesson for when the relics come out in Stormblood.

2) Sometimes it's more than just burnout. Right now, I'm on my aether phase for a DRK relic, and I'm sure it might stay that way even into Stormblood. Although the burnout is real, it's not the major reason why I've mostly stopped working on it. The biggest reason is primarily the whole a1s PF demand for as few tanks and healers as possible, even seeing a couple of 1 heal/7 dps groups, meaning that as a tank or healer, it's unfortunately a lot rougher and at this point in the game, it's just not worth it for a job I probably won't play in Stormblood. Looking back on it now, I'm actually surprised I managed to get my SCH relic done because of it.

Best tip I can give to the OP? Throw your relic away. Hide it on some retainer. Do anything you can to make you stop caring about it, because all it's going to be in a couple months is a glamour.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Reason they stopped making them "hard" was cuz for the 2.0 version, everyone bitched over how hard titan was, because people couldnt do mechanics.

Or the fact atma drops and dungeon drop rates had astonishingly low percentages, so low that almost nothing in this game has ever rivaled them in terms of drop rates. Or the fact that the special fates required had some of the longest wait times out of any other fates. The fact you had to meld 75 materia into the weapons while trying to Spirit Bond or purchase them off the mb. Or the required perfect crafted items which was a grind in its own special way if you didn't have gil, knew a crafter, or never started a craft before.

Nope it was because Titan, all him, all the other steps were meet with glee and happiness from everyone in the community, we all sang songs and joined hands during those other steps, that's exactly what we did.

[whiteblade89]

I'll admit, Animas weren't nearly as satisfying as the relics of 2.0. Granted there are ways of obtaining some of the necessary items that don't involve tomes, but the majority of the animas, imo, were just tome grinds. Done your weekly quest for clusters already? Better go grind some tomes. Done with your beast tribes for the day? Better grind some tomes for those unidentifiables. Need umbrite? Ha! Start grinding tomes, son. The steps for the Zodiacs also required tomes (Animus books and whatnot) but there was more to it than just grinding ARF. It required you to hunt treasure chests and do certain instances. They weren't all fun even in the 2.0 days, but they felt more meaningful. If I'm wrong on any of the above, please feel free to correct me.