Manderville Relic Criticism

[Seraphor]

Counterpoint, I love that I can choose to grind tomes in whatever I want instead of their narrow prescribed list of new thing I may hate or specific old content.

Especially in a game of now 19 jobs. Relics can much more easily be accessed for players interested in gearing alternate jobs for current content.

Options are great. But this isn't a relic weapon anymore, this is a tomestone weapon. In fact it's less involved than a tomestone weapon which requires swords from the latest raid tier as well.

[ReynTime]

Relics were never difficult content. They were something you spent time on. This game is very vertical, but at least you had 3 types of final "earned" weapons depending on your playstyle. Tomestone gear for people who don't like taking too much time grinding for something. Savage gear for players who like hard challenges that require practice and coordination. Relics for less hardcore players who just appreciate grinding in content that lasts throughout the patches.
But you want to take the self-absorbed entitled argument of "I don't like grinding so I want the content aimed at you to be aimed at me from now on, screw you" go ahead. Now you have 2 of those aimed at you.

I'm sure raiders would be super happy if they stopped awarding savage tier weapons through the raids and instead made them tradeable for currency you get doing casual roulettes instead.

[Supersnow845]

Relics were never difficult content. They were something you spent time on. This game is very vertical, but at least you had 3 types of final "earned" weapons depending on your playstyle. Tomestone gear for people who don't like taking too much time grinding for something. Savage gear for players who like hard challenges that require practice and coordination. Relics for less hardcore players who just appreciate grinding in content that lasts throughout the patches.
But you want to take the self-absorbed entitled argument of "I don't like grinding so I want the content aimed at you to be aimed at me from now on, screw you" go ahead. Now you have 2 of those aimed at you.

I'm sure raiders would be super happy if they stopped awarding savage tier weapons through the raids and instead made them tradeable for currency you get doing casual roulettes instead.

The FFXIV ultra casual playerbase and whining perpetually that “not all content has to be designed for hardcore raiders” while also simultaneously demanding all content be designed for the ultra casual playerbase

Name a more iconic duo