new relic weapon

[Undeadfire]

I was able to get all 17 relic weapons during 5.35 stages. I knew the 5.45 stages will be harder, so I said I'll try one for my main first and see how difficult it is before deciding whether to get more. I completed 15 runs of Crystal Tower and then was told to get 18 memories from HW Alliance raids or Gyr Abania FATEs and then 18 memories from either Ivalice or Far Eastern FATEs. Had I known that the FATEs is random drop this time around, I probably would not have progressed further. I was doing those FATEs for three hours alongside many other players who had the same idea (was levelling my Blue Mage at the same time, to kill two birds in one stone) and boy got only 1 memory. At this rate, the Alliance Raids would be faster. I may have to go through this because my main job relic is currently not glowing having done the previous step. I will definitely not do this for all my other jobs.

It got confirmed once you complete the Void Ark/Ivalice memories you won't need to do them again for more weapons, Crystal Tower however you will need to. Just join the Blue Mage Alliance they absolutely destroy them, Blue Mage Alliance can Syrcus Tower in 10 mins tops.

[ForteNightshade]

It got confirmed once you complete the Void Ark/Ivalice memories you won't need to do them again for more weapons, Crystal Tower however you will need to. Just join the Blue Mage Alliance they absolutely destroy them, Blue Mage Alliance can Syrcus Tower in 10 mins tops.

I like how Crystal Tower is the one they keep around. Because we just have to keep incentivizing that content no one ever runs. It never, EVER pops for Alliance nor is it mandatory for MSQ...

[Undeadfire]

I like how Crystal Tower is the one they keep around. Because we just have to keep incentivizing that content no one ever runs. It never, EVER pops for Alliance nor is it mandatory for MSQ...

In Roulette? It's always Crystal Tower in Chaos.

[Vahlnir]

In Roulette? It's always Crystal Tower in Chaos.

Yeah, it is the same way on Crystal. I've seen Rabanastre a good bit the last few days though through roulette, but we have the relic grind to thank for that.

[MariaArvana]

In Roulette? It's always Crystal Tower in Chaos.

I think they were being sarcastic, given they mentioned it's not mandatory for the MSQ as part of their quip, which is obviously not the case lol.
they were just pointing out that out of the three raids, they chose the one that already is guaranteed 99% of the time in Alliance roulette, rather than choosing Mhachi or Ivalice to be the part of the step you have to do for each relic.

[Rasler_Heios]

It got confirmed once you complete the Void Ark/Ivalice memories you won't need to do them again for more weapons, Crystal Tower however you will need to. Just join the Blue Mage Alliance they absolutely destroy them, Blue Mage Alliance can Syrcus Tower in 10 mins tops.

Thanks good to know. I’ve completed the Void Ark / Ivalice step already. I spammed them the last couple of days. I’m now in the Delubrum/PotD step, which are even more tedious. Oh well, it is penultimate stage of a relic after all.

[Undeadfire]

Thanks good to know. I’ve completed the Void Ark / Ivalice step already. I spammed them the last couple of days. I’m now in the Delubrum/PotD step, which are even more tedious. Oh well, it is penultimate stage of a relic after all.

It's not as bad with POTD provided you got luck bring Machinist to clear 51-60 fast, nothing beats it.

[Hanayumi]

If your are going to skip, youll need to skip this entire expansion's relic just cant skip steps, but you are free to start on next expansions relic with no strings to this current one.

[Nighthawky2010]

As I stated in different Bozja or Relic posts, I'm very disappointed & upset with SE for giving those of us option to upgrade our relic weapon without doing Bozja. I got to level 8 in Bozja when it first came out, wasnt invested in it, & stop going in it. I leveled up 3 relics via the HW fates.

Now we have to go through Bozja, complete Castrum & DR to get to the next step. That's BS. I dont want to do either fights but its seems like I'm forced to if I want do the next relic steps. Whatever happened to options SE!! Doing all of that to get an i515 weapon. I wouldnt mind the alliance raids because everyone would be doing it & the que times would be fast.

Now I doubt if do the relic any more.

[Kaurhz]

As I stated in different Bozja or Relic posts, I'm very disappointed & upset with SE for giving those of us option to upgrade our relic weapon without doing Bozja. I got to level 8 in Bozja when it first came out, wasnt invested in it, & stop going in it. I leveled up 3 relics via the HW fates.

Now we have to go through Bozja, complete Castrum & DR to get to the next step. That's BS. I dont want to do either fights but its seems like I'm forced to if I want do the next relic steps. Whatever happened to options SE!! Doing all of that to get an i515 weapon. I wouldnt mind the alliance raids because everyone would be doing it & the que times would be fast.

Now I doubt if do the relic any more.

I think them making a distinction in the way they have between Bozja and the relic is a good decision really, as it is a perfect test to see how content like Bozja holds up independent of the relic. Locking the relic behind Bozja will really skew it. Since the incentive will be to do Bozja FOR the relic and not for other reasons. So I think it's a good chance for them to see if Bozja-esque content is worth developing going forward into future expansions. Otherwise, I daresay they'll play around until they find something that works.

One of the biggest criticisms of Eureka was you HAD to do it if you wanted the relic, and that it was the ONLY choice. This criticism was obviously addressed, perhaps too much.

The issue with CLL at the moment is just the overall incentive behind it. If it had the incentive or a sufficient number of people doing it then I'd argue that it wouldn't be an issue. That being said I'm surprised they didn't make the final step of the relic be CLL, PotD, and Delubrum.