Eureka Elemental Weapons and Shadowbringers

[Kalise]

So I was wondering, if it would be feasible to still get the Elemental Relic weapons from Eureka in the new expansion, when people are less likely to be farming in Eureka in order to do the Fates?

Given that a majority of the items you need come only from Fates, along with the unique Elemental Levels (Also item level caps) that mean that an increased level cap with a new expac doesn't make the Fates any more soloable.

It would be a shame if these items become much harder to obtain, since I'm some sort of crazy person who wants to obtain all the relic weapons...

Even if it was kind of slow going because of the reduced speed of spawning Fates (Due to not having a 20+ player zerg clearing mobs) and taking them down, it'd be nice if there was at least SOME way of progressing towards them solo in Shadowbringers and beyond.

P.s. Is there any sort of weapon racks available to show off my shiny relic weapons in my house/apartment? If not, there should be

[kikix12]

There's not much point to discuss it at this point.

1) We don't know for sure that players will abandon it.
2) We don't know what Square Enix plans on doing with it if players will abandon it.

Unlike Diadem, being unable to do Eureka is pretty significant. As it's also relic grind method for Stormblood...it's very likely they will actually simplify it.

Possible ways they can do that:
1) Remove the item and elemental level syncing. That doesn't solve the FATE's problem, unless they'll be "unlocked" too...Doubtful.
2) Make standard mobs drop significant amounts of the crystals. The boss items (like Pazuzu Feathers) are already possible to be bought.

If the mobs will drop a crystal per mob killed...that's going to be a grind...but most certainly doable, once upon a time. They can also add the crystals as reward to challenge log though to speed it up by a fixed degree.

[Raldo]

I suspect they'll bump the iLevel cap such that soloing/low-manning everything is even easier. i300 is pretty low at this point, and there's plenty of room for it to go up, and it would allow them to make it easier without having to mechanically change anything.

[Kurando]

They will need to make Eureka more solo friendly, after all it was pretty much advertised as being something to do alone or with other people, and once the content gets old there will be much less people doing stuff inside. Raise the drop rates of everything required to do upgrades, up the NM spawn rates and give players increased mount speed from the get go, it's quicker to fly in the Diadem than it is to travel anywhere in Eureka. The ilvl increase seems like a good idea though.

[Kalise]

One of my main concerns is the fact that Anemos Crystals and Pyros Crystals can't be purchased and don't drop from random kill chains (As far as I can tell, I've not yet received one)

Which necessitates Fates, even if items such as Pazuzu's Feather being purchasable means that the specific Fates aren't necessary.

Meaning, that in order to make solo grind feasible, not only would they need to make it less butt to actually farm (Higher item level cap would do wonders) but would also have to do something about sourcing those crystals, be it making Fates a TON easier or by putting an alternative means of gathering (Either allowing them to drop from kill chains, which would be easier to manage with a higher item level, or by allowing the exchange at Gerolt)

[Shadygrove]

Yes but one Pazuzu kill is one weapon's feathers. I don't think anyone who is working on the armor as well will buy feathers.