Thread: 4.25 Patch Notes are Up

Originally Posted by Laerad3993

Is this actually even a Relic? It keeps being referred to as “Eureka Weapon”.

On one hand, ARR relics were called "Zodiac Weapons" and the HW ones "Animas." On the other hand, I'd fear for Square's creativity if it wasn't already for FFVIII and that Spirits Within movie. <_<

Point being: yeah. They're relic weapons and armor (I think?), but called Eureka gear, because of course it is. InB4 Yoshi says something like "Well I'm not calling it Thanalan Gear."

Originally Posted by Laerad3993

Is this actually even a Relic? It keeps being referred to as “Eureka Weapon”.

The only weapons that were really called Relic were the few first stages of the ARR weapons. They became Zodiac weapons with the Relic weapons as base, but the name as used by the community continued to be used.

Originally Posted by Laerad3993

Is this actually even a Relic? It keeps being referred to as “Eureka Weapon”.

Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

The only weapons that were really called Relic were the few first stages of the ARR weapons. They became Zodiac weapons with the Relic weapons as base, but the name as used by the community continued to be used.

Yeah that's always bothered me a little. Only the first stages of ARR weapons are relics because they were using the word literally, they were old worn relics we found and restored. If people know the definition of the word, any purple-rarity weapons that followed were not relics. Like anima is just anima, it's a new item that was created, not a relic.

So yeah it's correct that the new weapons are not referred to as relics in the game and official notes, but they are what you think they are, upgradable weapons you work on across many patches which eventually catch up to the item level of raid weapons.

Originally Posted by Aster_E

On one hand, ARR relics were called "Zodiac Weapons" and the HW ones "Animas." On the other hand, I'd fear for Square's creativity if it wasn't already for FFVIII and that Spirits Within movie. <_<

Point being: yeah. They're relic weapons and armor (I think?), but called Eureka gear, because of course it is. InB4 Yoshi says something like "Well I'm not calling it Thanalan Gear."

I guess that makes sense. I just was making sure this isn’t some POTD-esque Weapon is all.

I don't know what to think about the patch notes... Eureka sounds pretty new, with a kind of "exploration" feeling, like we're exploring a new land with new rules and with mysteries...
And at the same time, it just looks like a Relic 2.0 skin with Atmas, right ?

Well, we'll see that !

So, if Eureka is taking queues from FFXI, does that mean we'll be sitting at the zone entrance pulling single crabs or bats to kill and praying someone doesn't drop a mob train on us (or worse, a goblin)? :P

Personally, if they're taking some inspiration from FFXI, I'd prefer to see skillchains come back. Hell, I'd be all for them completely overhauling the LB system to make that happen.

So, if Eureka is taking queues from FFXI, does that mean we'll be sitting at the zone entrance pulling single crabs or bats to kill and praying someone doesn't drop a mob train on us (or worse, a goblin)?

GOB TRAIN TO ZONE!!

Originally Posted by Deedsie

GOB TRAIN TO ZONE!!

Also, I kinda want to see Gob Trains again. I loved those so much more than the ptsd-inducing exp loss from death post lv 10 that XI had.