new relic weapon

[MicahZerrshia]

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.

It actually wasn't a good thing and would make for a horrible dataset. Farming the drops outside of Bozja could get you all 60 easily in an evening of farming with the remaining 6 done in an hour or so, while in Bozja, even at rank 15, it would take days to get the same amount of drops. Now if they dropped at the same rate it would be a fair comparison, but since they drop at alarmingly different rates, with Bozja being an immensely extensive grind by comparison, any comparison would be so flawed it would be worthless.

I think Bozja would have seen a lot more completion if they would have just made the drop rate the same both inside and outside, for all the various memories. Then they could use that data for future content.

[Ash_]

Pro tip for those still doing the 2nd step: fate grind is far better than Ivalice/mhachi raids. In Azim steppe I grinded out 8-9 in an hour, and that is with so-so or very average rng and just a small number of Blu's and randoms. Ivalice raids take about 20mins per run because they are just long, so 3-4 an hour, if your real life stamina holds out.

[Vahlnir]

Pro tip for those still doing the 2nd step: fate grind is far better than Ivalice/mhachi raids. In Azim steppe I grinded out 8-9 in an hour, and that is with so-so or very average rng and just a small number of Blu's and randoms. Ivalice raids take about 20mins per run because they are just long, so 3-4 an hour, if your real life stamina holds out.

It is HIGHLY RNG dependent. I found that doing the raids was more efficient, but that's because Fate RNG largely hated me. I got a few for my efforts, but I got more for my time by doing the raids.

[Undeadfire]

Raids are quicker, Fates are only relevant if you got Blue Mage to wipe them out quickly.

[Reinha]

You can get some other things done like leveling alt jobs and your chocobo, for example. It's not so bad.

This relic has been very compatible with grinding an Anima weapon at the same time. You get crystals, GC seals, light and memories from HW fates. Then poetics and memories from the alliance raids, of which the void ark series also gives light. You can also do leveling roulettes for singing clusters and memories.

[SavishSalacious]

I do not do relic weapons because of this. The grind is ridiculous. Besides these weapons, no matter how powerful you make them INSTANTLY get replaced with the first set of gear and weapons you are given In the new expansion. So they are useless after the expansion you got them in.

They are cool, but I won’t grind or pay money for pixels. I’ll do my tomes and get my gear that way or craft hq max level gear.

[Rasler_Heios]

I do not do relic weapons because of this. The grind is ridiculous. Besides these weapons, no matter how powerful you make them INSTANTLY get replaced with the first set of gear and weapons you are given In the new expansion. So they are useless after the expansion you got them in.

They are cool, but I won’t grind or pay money for pixels. I’ll do my tomes and get my gear that way or craft hq max level gear.

Yes, this is quite true. This is the only glam I pursue though.

[Undeadfire]

They're worth it for doing synced Ultimates thanks to their custom stat setups, they're your choice setup.

[Ryaz]

Finally got my relic done. It was a grind, for sure, but at least the DR step was fun and I got the hair to drop for me. And I'll never have to do the Mhachi/Ivalice step again.

[Nighthawky2010]

I totally disregard doing the relic now. I never was invested bojza, after level 8 i stopped going into bozja. Now that you have to Castrum & Delubrum to advanced the relic weapon & along with doing the grind to a whopping i515 weapon, I'll pass.