Anima Weapon...should I bother?

[Wonkyfinger]

Hey, folks, first post for me! I have the iLvl 230 Hyperconductive Majestas, and i am about 2/3 or so through the umbrite/crystal sand upgrade phase for the 240 level. Should I continue with this with Stormblood on the horizon?

[RaijinSupreme]

If you want it for glamour purposes, then sure.

[Bacent]

Well if you do complete it, you'll more than likely be getting a free pass on the first stage of the next relic, similar to how the 2.X finished relics allowed for a free pass on the first stage of the 3.X relic

[Transient_Shadow]

I'd focus on your shire/ proto ultima gear. anima weapon is a waste of time at this point unless its for your main of main classes. even then you won't be even close to done by the time sb comes out

[Maero]

Just if you like the look of it for glam, otherwise at this point in time not worth it. Augmented Shire weapons are just fine

[Hamada]

Depends what you want and what you have.

It is very likely you can use a full relic to get to 70, at the very least up to 67 or so. It also has the usefulness of being able skip the first step of the next one (likely) and if you are truly "2/3 or so through the umbrite/crystal sand upgrade phase for the 240 level." the rest of the steps is 2-4 days total if you grind it out. In 5 days I had a friend that had all the items saved up for 2 relics, and in these 5 days (after .. the maybe.. month or 2 of dailies) did lights , dfs, etc for 2 relics.

The only little issue I see is you do not have the benefit of having 2 weeks for those quests for clusters. even just doing the 3 leveling for this week................ if you get the umbrite stage done over the weekend, you can do this week and next week's weekly for clusters to be 36, so I def recommend getting it done over the weekend so you can do the weekly. (since you would only need 14 after doing the weekly twice)

[NefarioCall]

Should you do anything endgame gear related in a vertical MMO?
Anything you ever work for will be replaced every next cycle till this game sputters and dies.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

I'd focus on your shire/ proto ultima gear. anima weapon is a waste of time at this point unless its for your main of main classes. even then you won't be even close to done by the time sb comes out

Eh, it's more than possible to finish a complete anima from the very first stage with the time we have left before SB. And it will likely stay the best weapon until level 66-67, and will likely be used to skip the first stage of the SB relic. It's far from worthless.

[xxvaynxx]

HW used the ARR relic as a small shortcut in one of the steps in the HW relic, so it won't be too far fetched to think they'll do it again so I say go for it.

[rxnin]

If you're going for glamour or achievement, then yes complete the anima.

If you're going for iLvl, then run PotD or Zurvan EX, for use of a better time.