Normal raid weapons

[Caitlyn]

No need to put a weapon for normal raids.
You got 450 from Titania/crafted and 460 from tomes. Thats more than enough.

With the upcoming 24-man raid and new ex primal, people will get their hands fast enough on new weapons. And what will this normal weapon look like? Just like a non-dyable version of the raid weapon?

[Stepjam]

I think the real answer SE leans towards is that the savage weapon models are part of their value as endgame rewards. Now I know not everyone agrees the models are "absolutely great" every single time, but their uniqueness gives them value to MOST players and I doubt SE wants to change that.

I think this is right. The savage weapons are supposed to be something of a badge of honor for players who obtain them. Even if they aren't dyable, having normal versions of the weapons could cheapen that for players who get them

[RoyalBeef]

I just wish I didn't have to do Eden to get my 460 wep.

The horror of investing 8 minutes into a duty per week. It's basically a free gift, one step above having it in your mailbox forfree the day it came out :P

[Vahlnir]

The horror of investing 8 minutes into a duty per week. It's basically a free gift, one step above having it in your mailbox forfree the day it came out :P

Eh, to be fair, it takes 7 weekly kills and 3 weeks of tomestone grinding to actually obtain one. So no, not really for free. Not really difficult either, just time consuming. When they nerf it to require 4 Titan kills which can be repeated until done and unlocked tomestone access then yeah, it will basically be free. Even more so if they add these gear/weapon sets to the Hunt vendors. Considering they've done so with the first weekly capped tomestone sets of every expansion so far I'd say it's a pretty safe bet.

[RoyalBeef]

You get the tomestones for basically all endgame activities, you'd have to go out of your way to avoid capping them ^^ So yeah it takes time, but you get it for free for stuff you already do anyway. On the other hand, if you don't even want to do Eden Normal, what would you need a 460 weapon for?

[swiss_Momo]

sure, why not. I think the game is too stingy with lover ilvl weapon alternatives for alt jobs anyway when compared with the other gear (no weapons from 24mans and espert dungeons)
also remember: the weapons from deep dungeon so far always ended up with the same ilvl as the current ex primal of that patch, and those didn't completely invalidate each other

[Samsta]

The difficulty argument is not a good one since the normal raids are so easy they don't even warrant the gear they normally give, the accessories are the same as innocence ex but innocence ex is actually a proper fight with enrage and mechanics that actually punish you, although it's not the hardest at that. If we are talking about difficulty there is no way they warrant a whole 350 left side since they can be slept through, so I doubt square cares about that. I do find it odd that they don't also give weapons, but it's whatever, if you are not gonna do savage what is even the point of getting a weapon from normal raids?