Anima... its not fun anymore

[Transient_Shadow]

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?

[Ferth]

Was it ever fun?

[PArcher]

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.

[Transient_Shadow]

Was it ever fun?

har har. but to an extent for me it was. I was working towards that specialized weapon that you couldn't get anywhere else. Now that I have it though these ilvl ups just seem superfluous.

[NolLacnala]

Relic stopped being fun when they realized they could get people into year old content with it. The only time it was ever fun was when it utilized relevant content in 2.0

[Laerad3993]

It was never fun for me in any sense, but was the only thing I had to get me to stay when I felt "bored" and wanted to leave.

If it weren't for the Relic I likely would have quit 10 months ago. I would even go so far as to say it "punished" me in a way that made me appreciate everything else there really was to do in the game.

I realize how stupid it sounds, but it's true.

[Transient_Shadow]

It was never fun for me in any sense, but was the only thing I had to get me to stay when I felt "bored" and wanted to leave.

If it weren't for the Relic I likely would have quit 10 months ago. I would even go so far as to say it "punished" me in a way that made me appreciate everything else there really was to do in the game.

I realize how stupid it sounds, but it's true.

You are among fellow masochists my friend. XD

[JisKing98]

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.

[Ama_Hamada]

You can get relics without any grinding if you just keep up with dailies. I am an alt that does dailies only and I am apporching getting 2 done by SB is released. (keep in mind I started this chr on nov, 2016)

I am currently on the 270 for smn, have like 50 umbrite/sands for sch. All I need do really is 2 weeks of dailies (the daily expert and 18 leveling quest) I am sure ill have sch 2-3 weeks from now.

The 2.0 relics where a true grind, those sucked, for these however, you got options to do them though dailies/ weeklies that do not take much rl time but may take a month or so to finish it.

[Enkidoh]

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.

^This. I haven't even unlocked the quest (Rowena is still there in Idyllshire with the quest available icon above her head, and I ignore her every time I pass by), and have no intention on it either. I never got a Zeta relic either as I just don't have the patience to grind for such weapons which are ultimately fated to become just glamour gear anyway. And glamour wise I'm perfectly happy with my base relic regardless and that won't change. It's just easier to source a near-comparable weapon through other means and spare myself the mind numbing grinding (which is what I've done).

I know some people might just regard that as cutting off the nose to spite the face but I just can't be bothered with it.