Hildibrand for relic? Really?

[Lauront]

It depends on the design of the weapons. If they're just clown weapons in design, I'll skip it altogether. If they're decent and can be grinded using roulettes etc., fine, then it's just a pity that any associated content won't be of much interest to me.

[Youkulm]

a pity that any associated content won't be of much interest to me.

that's how a lot of people felt about eureka and bozja (like myself), so this is fair and makes perfect sense.

[Theodric]

that's how a lot of people felt about eureka and bozja (like myself), so this is fair and makes perfect sense.

Many people enjoyed Eureka and Bozja. The latter was cut short artificially despite being planned to be meatier - so I don't think that qualifies as 'fair'. Especially not when more and more of the game is increasingly steeped in inoffensive, wacky humour.

It's a matter of balance and I hope they can manage to maintain it.

[Youkulm]

Many people enjoyed Eureka and Bozja. The latter was cut short artificially despite being planned to be meatier - so I don't think that qualifies as 'fair'. Especially not when more and more of the game is increasingly steeped in inoffensive, wacky humour.

It's a matter of balance and I hope they can manage to maintain it.

And many people enjoy Hildebrand, its ok you don't like it. Again, that's fair, its your opinion. The ARR Relic Quest was just as silly (still love my relic kettles for monk!) so I think it'll be fun to go back to that.

I agree there needs to be a balance. It's a "wait and see thing", no point in speculating I suppose.

[Lauront]

Many people enjoyed Eureka and Bozja. The latter was cut short artificially despite being planned to be meatier - so I don't think that qualifies as 'fair'. Especially not when more and more of the game is increasingly steeped in inoffensive, wacky humour.

It's a matter of balance and I hope they can manage to maintain it.

Agreed. I'm also concerned we will see more of this seep over into the MSQ again, because I am not entirely sure Yoshi is going to scale back from 6.1 when he thought that was the "limit" of what they can take it to. At the end of the day it means the expansion will involve less world-building of interest to me, if it adheres to the usual Hildibrand tone.

All I'm seeing is 10 pages that demonstrate how the target audience and playerbase has shifted away from what originally brought me to this game. This is just disappointing.

Never forget, "tiny minority".

[RyuDragnier]

Just so we all know how those kettle quests work: you do relic first, learn some lore for Zodiark Braves, and only after the relic is done you have a meme quest about a kettle.

What we have now though, you have 4 DLCs of not-every-one's-cup-'o-tea humor to get to the start of relic quest.

Ahem, 4 DLCS of skippable cutscenes. Most of Hildibrand is cutscenes, so catching up is quick and easy if you're not a fan of the humor.

[Youkulm]

Ahem, 4 DLCS of skippable cutscenes. Most of Hildibrand is cutscenes, so catching up is quick and easy if you're not a fan of the humor.

Not to mention you get some pretty fun trials skipping through the story.

[Kolsykol]

It depends on the design of the weapons. If they're just clown weapons in design, I'll skip it altogether. If they're decent and can be grinded using roulettes etc., fine, then it's just a pity that any associated content won't be of much interest to me.

This is a bit of a concern to me too, but I don't think they're going to be honestly.
It's not only Hildibrand, keep in mind that Gerolt is still involved too.

My guess is that they're not going to be '' clown weapons '' but moreso majestic and all golden and stuff maybe.
I think the design theme they might be going with is something like '' masterpiece ''.
I don't think it'll be like the Saucer weapons or anything like that.

[TaleraRistain]

This is a bit of a concern to me too, but I don't think they're going to be honestly.
It's not only Hildibrand, keep in mind that Gerolt is still involved too.

My guess is that they're not going to be '' clown weapons '' but moreso majestic and all golden and stuff maybe.
I think the design theme they might be going with is something like '' masterpiece ''.
I don't think it'll be like the Saucer weapons or anything like that.

This is what I'm expecting. I mean, look at the kettles. Yes they're a bit silly but they also are visually impressive. We can expect no less from Gerolt and Godbert is a master goldsmith. I'd love if they brought Jalzahn back into things, too.

[SoraLuna]

This is a bit of a concern to me too, but I don't think they're going to be honestly.
It's not only Hildibrand, keep in mind that Gerolt is still involved too.

My guess is that they're not going to be '' clown weapons '' but moreso majestic and all golden and stuff maybe.
I think the design theme they might be going with is something like '' masterpiece ''.
I don't think it'll be like the Saucer weapons or anything like that.

Here's hoping. When I hear about relics I'm thinking about something powerful, no matter how it was introduced. If they make the relic steps funny but keep the designs acceptable, then fine, so be it.