Give the possible Eureka 5.X its own weapon, and separate Relic from it

[Jandor]

Why the relics isn't required to progress Eureka then ? Like at all.

Story and lore are quite important to FFXIV, so where possible the devs like to provide an easy option for players who are only interested in the story.

And you dodge the real point with the "opinion are like ass crack every one get one" and don't bring any argument for your claim about how Eureka was created around the relic. But it have nothing to do with the next Relic OP sugest being not tied to the next Eurekrap 5.0 to begin with so whatever. Damn, he even suggest you have your own toy totaly related to it...

The claim that the relic was thrown in Eureka at the last minute is the one that needs proof. You spend nearly all your time in there grinding crystals, light and specific mobs in order to build it.
Everything apart from the 10 minutes or so you spend on Kriles thing in each area is related to building and powering up your relic weapon(s.)

It feels more like she was thrown in at the last minute because they needed some excuse plot to justify the whole area hopping relic grind they'd created.

[Nariel]

Story and lore are quite important to FFXIV, so where possible the devs like to provide an easy option for players who are only interested in the story.

Relics had their own story while not being related that much to any content of 2.0 and 3.0. Eureka weapon have no lore at all or you have some to provide ? Because last time I checked it a weapon upgraded with junk we found around here, nothing comparable to a zodiac brave weapon or a living weapon having her own soul.

[Jandor]

Relics had their own story while not being related that much to any content of 2.0 and 3.0. Eureka weapon have no lore at all or you have some to provide ? Because last time I checked it a weapon upgraded with junk we found around here, nothing comparable to a zodiac brave weapon or a living weapon having her own soul.

I have no idea what you're talking about with the zodiac brave and living weapon stuff, because I didn't do those grinds, because they were terrible and I hated them.

You get to experience the entire storyline of Eureka though for a fraction of the grind making a relic involves.

Coil didn't have a story mode, Alex and Omega do.
Previous relics didn't have an easy story mode, Eureka does.

The trend is obvious, where they can, they have added a separate story-line mode that requires a fraction of effort. That you can progress through the story without the relic isn't proof that the relic was put in Eureka at the last moment in order to get people running it.
As I said previously, it feels far more likely that Kriles paper thin excuse plot was what was thrown in at the last moment, so that this area hopping relic grind we go on has at least some lore behind it.