Anima Weapon...should I bother?

[magnanimousCynic]

Don't forget that we probably won't be able to start the Stormblood Relic until 4.1 with the release of Eureka, the place where we are supposed to do the majority of Relic-related content.

With that in mind you'll have plenty of time to get a i275 Anima if you chip at it with dailies and weeklies.

[HyoMinPark]

Considering the only other grindy phase after the unbrite phase is light farming, which can also be done quickly if you jump into the right content for it--especially during bonus windows--it's entirely plausible for you to finish it in the 2 weeks before SB. The Singing Cluster step is ridiculously easy, as is the 270-275 step.

It will give you a decent weapon until level 66-67, and possibly provide a jump start to the SB relic by allowing you to skip the first phase of it, like how the Zeta weapons allowed you to skip crystal farming if you traded one in.

[savageink]

I'd say if you find it fun it's worth doing. It's been nerfed alot. I needed a quick ilvl jump and did the first step so i could get in to Sohr khai. My gear is mostly in the 255 to 220 range but my weapon and a couple accessories were holding me back. If your gear isn't a problem, then it comes down to what you would get out of it. the achievement, the glam, or if you like dungeon running. If i get my accessory problem sorted out and get through the wall and still have time before SB, then I'll probably do it for something to do.

[Deedsie]

Up to you. I know people who went back to work on ARR relics.

[Gamer3427]

I've been working on my Anima for the past few days just because I want to finish it up before SB comes out. My reasons for it are mostly just that I want to clear up the quest and see the rest of the story to it, as well as have a weapon with my preferred stats for once, rather than how every other weapon always seems to have one thing that's either pointless or less effective. Ultimately, the decision of whether or not the grind is worth it though is up to you. Stat wise, it'll probably keep you until the 65-67 range as others have stated, and will likely be able to be traded in to skip the first step of the next relic, but at the same time, that first step is usually fairly easy and you can likely get decent weapons for your main class as you do class quests and side quests in SB, and that's not even considering dungeon drops......

[Mature]

If you wanna have that sense of achievement DO IT!

[KisaiTenshi]

The problem with gear in this game in general is that the Relic/Anima weapon is designed around being a time/gil/crafting sink. That's the entire point of it. For the amount of time you spend trying to get the materials to do it, you could probably just wait until the next patch and the process gets nerfed. Because of ilevel sync, most "BiS" gear is of no benefit in a synced dungeon.

Like, I say this as just a way of discouraging farming tomes just to buy some parts of it, If you like the appearance of the weapon, or specifically playing the level 50 or 60 content with the matching level 50 or 60 relic/anima weapon to get a tiny advantage, then by all means. But in the grand scheme of things, the relic/anima weapons are just resource sinks.

Even in other games, similar gold sink/resource sinks exist. So the ability to actually get them is heavily depending on you getting them within the patch window of release, otherwise if you wait too long, the process gets nerfed and the resources to do it become scarce as less people produce the crafted materials.

Whatever class you main, is the only one that is worth doing this for. If you're not in love with the appearance of the weapon in it's final form then stop now.

If Yoshi-P/Square-Enix really cared about these quests, they would rethink the strategy so that it doesn't need to be nerfed after a certain point. Like simply having one weapon go through the process should be enough to be able to repeat the process on other jobs at discount, or "transform" one weapon for one job into one for another job if you've decided to change your main class.

[TristanBlane]

its not too bad and the glamours nice, and it could help for the next relic step so why not. Just take your time with it

[ManuelBravo]

It's more of time killer and for us achievement type of people is a matter of pride. We also go for need in gear and get CS so it's a double win in a way. Relics aren't for everyone and if you really have to ask it just means they aren't really meant for you. No offense, they aren't for everyone, it's an exclusive type of membership :P

[Ama_Hamada]

Relics aren't for everyone and if you really have to ask it just means they aren't really meant for you. No offense, they aren't for everyone, it's an exclusive type of membership :P

NOW ya.. but in general how so? You can get them in about 1 month off dailies you do anyway to cap script etc? as an alt all I did was dailies (expert/pvp) and ended up with 2 and in fact last 3 weeks or so I haven't done any. (you can get sands off poetic dailies/ squads and the new craft/gather weekly)