What happened to the lvl 80 AF WEAPONS? Why only armour?

[VenKitsune]

Okay so, in HW and SB the first step of the relic used the AF weapon you get from your job quest as a baseline, becoming shiny and/or dyeable after the first step. Later, such as in Pagos or in the following patch in HW, it became a brand new model and then we build upon that, and then later on got another new model and so on.

So STQ (Save the Queen)....What happened to our antiquated weapons we get from the tempest for completing our role quests?
We get dyeable AF ARMOUR from the ex trial, but as far as the relic weapon is concerned it jumped straight to a brand new model. This means that while you can glamour the dyeable relic armour, and dye it a completely different colour...Lets say for example, the DRK armour to white...you have no option of being able to dye the weapon that came with the set in the first place.

One friend mentioned that it wouldn't make sense for the Gunhildre weapons to be dyeable and/or shiny AF weapons, because the AF weapons were made in the 1st...Buuuut....So is the armour...and we get it from a persons memories? How does that make sense lore wise?
I get that the quest is all about reforging and making replicas of the original Gunhildr weapons...But would it of been much to ask to have another single quest that takes 10 minutes to do, where we use our lvl 80 Antiquated weapons as a base, and so we get the dyeable variant?

What gives?
We can get Idealized armour (dyeable lvl 80 AF gear) but not the equivalent, idealized weapons?

[AmalahRose]

I was hoping for dyeable versions of those too. The first's af whm staff is so pretty.

[althenawhm]

Seriously, I was looking forward to dying the AF gear, but the weapon is a no show, and the armor is locked behind EX content.

[Miziliti]

I completely forgot about 5.0 AF weapons. Yeah I don't want those unique designs to go to waste. Most of them are better than Resistance's single-theme designs.

[Theodric]

My guess? They were deliberately held back and will be available as dyeable versions during the next part of the quests.

[Duskane]

ARR still dont have theres i wouldn't be too surprised sadly

[ReiMakoto]

Lionheart is one of my favourite gunblade designs, but its normal silver colour doesn't match any of my outfits, so I was looking forward to the ability to dye it.

[Pintsized]

This thread is a classic example of anything being capable of finding someone to complain about it.

[ReiMakoto]

This thread is a classic example of anything being capable of finding someone to complain about it.

I mean would you not argue its a valid complaint. If you can find something to complain about and its valid I do not see an issue?

[Duskane]

This thread is a classic example of anything being capable of finding someone to complain about it.

OP post is not complaining about it they are just confused why the AF weapons were missed out