Thread: Suggestion for 5.0 launch

4.0 launch had the same issue of 3.0, you'd spend a few days doing story, a few days doing roulettes for tome gear, level a couple alts you care about, then sit there doing nothing but once a day expert / leveling waiting for normal mode raid, which you get the drops of in one day, then sit there doing nothing the rest of the 6 days waiting for weekly lockout, two weeks later of playing only a few hours a day savage is implemented, but for most statics savage is just a few hours a week, outside those few hours (and for those who don't raid) there's nothing until 4.1, which at that point is like 2.5-3 months away.

2.5 to 3 months of a few hours a week of raid and 15 mins of expert (no other roulette is worth doing, only leveling if you're leveling something)

The suggestion: I would really really really like if instead of delaying relic weapons for 6-9 months they would be released along with savage, 4 weeks after launch (in 5.05), this game is seriously lacking things to do after savage is implemented. Out of the current content, not everyone wants to level jobs they don't care about, and lost canals is terrible in that it takes way too long to go through the maps + canal portals combined of an entire party, and on top of it is very unrewarding.

I never understood the choice of delaying the relic weapon when so far that has been one of the main contents that keeps many people playing for longer.

That's one timeline.... I've had plenty to do, I haven't even finished the story and I've been playing for months. Stop rushing through the game maybe? Go out and play other games? Or do everything this game has to offer?

If you want to be able to play the game 24/7 you can't expect to be doing endgame things the whole time. The content is there, go level all the jobs. Collect all the cards, minions, mounts. Become a master crafter, go get every achievement in the game. There is lots to do. Just because the content that you want to do is not released yet does not mean there is nothing in game to do.

if you release relic right away there's nothing gear wise to separate raiders from casuals. that won't go over well.

Originally Posted by DrWho2010

if you release relic right away there's nothing gear wise to separate raiders from casuals. that won't go over well.

They could just make the relic step end at like 5 or 10 item levels below the final tier weapon. If they make the step a big PITA they could honestly justify it easily.
Now if they introduce relic and it's slightly more annoying than it has to be, I would probably just wait until the steps were nerfed. There's a timing for everything and I think square missed it on this one.

I agree..the relic shouldve been here by end of july or in august. They really don't gain anything by giving the smallest portion of the population (savage raiders) the best weapon for 3-5 months. I hope they listen to this since they have a lot of time to change it for next time.

I don't really see how releasing relic at 5.0 or 5.5 is as a bad thing. If anything, it'll add a proper "end game" activity, something quite a few players feel we currently lack.

I'm not sure what is meant by it not ending well if raiders and casuals are both on the same footing weaponwise? If it's status, then the 5.0 raids need to use the gear itself to let them outpace casuals.

I was hoping they release relic sooner a lot of us already got a 345 weapon from the raid. I liked 2.0 launch where relics were available from the start and we used them for progression in coil.