The 5.X era Relic Weapons

[EdwinLi]

So what do you think maybe or hope the upcoming 5.X era Relic Weapons are?

For me, I do hope we get True Lionheart as Gunbreaker's 5.X era Relic Weapon (unless they give it out for free from a special event (hopefully not exclusive to Mogstation ))

currently they have the HD version only in FF Mobius (not in FF Dissidia NT sadly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8zfmUk-4mQ

[SilverObi]

I'm intrigued what names they'll use for the final forms as they've already dug up most of the XI REMA names. I'm hoping they end up like our AF and are based off our ARR weapons or take cues from them somehow. How this would work for newer jobs? That's up to them I guess.

[Avatre]

I'm just wanting to be able to start working on them.

[EdwinLi]

I'm just wanting to be able to start working on them.

Part of the reason why I am a little bit hesitant to spend my tomes on the Tome weapon since I know they are soon to arrive so I can start farming for my GNB Relic weapon which would then replace that weapon

[Granyala]

After the mess that were the 4.X relics and Eureka, I'm unsure whether I even want another incarnation.

[Nalien]

I really wish expansions could launch with some Relic content... Can't say I'm a fan of this "Do a very basic Job (or I guess Role now) quest for AF + weapon" that Stormblood started... I much preferred 2.0s launch with the Relic Reborn quests for each Job, I get that was largely carried over from 1.x so less work needed to go into it, but still... It was a nice bit of lite endgame content to do after hitting the level cap, and this game honestly needs more endgame content... More variety of, at least...

[Duskane]

Well I hope it's something different or a improved version of Eureka

Redoing older content for a new relic is just bad
But probably won't be the case since why would a relic in the first send you to the source

[Selova]

Not to be tied to whatever Eureka 2.0 is.

[Alexandre_Noireau]

I just hope they really go for a route that allows multiple relic-progression, make it less grindy. Even if NEETs get their 15 relics on week 1 or whatever, idc. I want a fun rewarding experience that also is meaningful progress.
Eureka would have a hella better recived if it was a tad less grindy. Maybe as it had FATEs, also had "Hunts". For what it was, it wasn't bad if it had been a "shorter experience". Pagos irredeemable though.

Besides, it would promote "replayability".

But this problem will never end really. There should be an alternative way to develop our characters than merely rising iLvls...

[Nalien]

Eureka would have a hella better recived if it was a tad less grindy. Maybe as it had FATEs, also had "Hunts". For what it was, it wasn't bad if it had been a "shorter experience". Pagos irredeemable though.

I will always maintain that Eureka would have been vastly improved if they used Levequests as the progression template, instead of FATEs. Hunts too for that matter, but that's another topic.

Still, Levequests with a tiered progression system (so beat X, get access to the Levequest for Y), perhaps some additional requirements like mob drops. So much better, you can just go in and work on that at your own pace, there's no "Follow the train" mentality to crush any sense of fun... Since they're not FATEs and you're in control of what you spawn and fight, they can also make the actual quest to upgrade the weapon a tad more interesting than "Go gather Crystals", give us actual objectives with specific targets. Perhaps I need to kill Emperor of Anemos to upgrade my Bow, but a friend needs The Lord of Anemos for their Axe. To me that's just more engaging, more fun...

It also melds much better with any potential Light farming (oh Gods, please no more Light farming) concepts... Honestly most of the "interesting" concepts in Eureka really didn't work IMO because of the FATE train... EXP Chain for special rewards? Yeah but a FATE spawned so screw your EXP Chain. Bunnies? Yeah but a FATE spawned, so enjoy watching that smol bun die to an AoE. Really was just ill thought out IMO, there was no synergy between the activities in Eureka and it suffered for that.