Cataclysm weapons: SEVEN WEEKS!?

[JamieRose]

I do not get it.

Who looked at the previous system with four weeks for a deepshadow weapon and thought, "This needs to be a longer wait!"

I really don't understand this. Even by the usual standards of time gating this is excessive.

[Avidria]

Didn't deepshadow start at 7 weeks and then get nerfed? Or am I totally misremembering that
I thought that's how it's always been done

[Barraind]

Its 7 weeks to start, reduced to 4 once they unlock armor pieces, at which time weapon pieces are still locked until either the next patch or, on the last cycle each expansion, until the .55 patch.

[Mavrias]

It always starts at 7 weeks lol. In odd numbered patches they drop it to four weeks. You want a higher level weapon than the extreme drops sooner, run savage.

[RaideDuku]

Deepshadow started at 7 and got nerfed to 4. So has every previous equivalent since at least 3.0.

[DubiousDisk]

I mean, you still can get Ruby Weapon and we still got ShB relics, so it's not too bad.
But it's always been like this.

[ForteNightshade]

It has always been seven weeks; reduced to four during the odd numbered patch cycle. If you want it faster, you could also attempt to clear E6S where the upgrade itself drops instead of tokens.

[Mahrze]

I do not get it.

Who looked at the previous system with four weeks for a deepshadow weapon and thought, "This needs to be a longer wait!"

I really don't understand this. Even by the usual standards of time gating this is excessive.

Uh no, hun. they are always 7.

Search for "The number of Blade of Early Antiquity required in exchange for a Lightweight Tomestone has been reduced from 7 to 4."On the patch notes

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...716915b851002f

They reduce it later to make it easy for people to gear up

Didn't deepshadow start at 7 weeks and then get nerfed? Or am I totally misremembering that
I thought that's how it's always been done

That's how it is. This person likely joined after the nerf happened

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Lol, This is how its always been.
Its a 7 week grind. Then after a few months, they reduce it to 4 weeks. Till eventually towards the next update Tier they lift the weekly restriction and you can get as many clears and X item as you want.
This is nothing new Bruh, they've been doing this since Alexander. Or even the Binding Coils

[JamieRose]

Oh they've always done this. So this dumb idea was in place from the beginning? Good to know.