Quote Originally Posted by Grimwald View Post
Square didn't really call them relic weapons, and these weapons are currently the best in the game, AND Yoshida confirmed that they will be upgradeable in future content and will scale with the level increases that come.

...so, they're pretty good at least for a start.
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...61cf1bf68fa674

It looks to me like they called them relic weapons. As they titled this dev post "Relic Weapon Revival", and use that term to describe them about a dozen times in the write up. Also, the quest is "A Relic Reborn". Not sure what other confirmation you need to verify that that is what these weapons are.

As for comparing these to FFXI relics, the amount of time needed to obtain them and the difficulty to obtain them is obviously much less....so far. But consider that this is basically 'stage 1' of what the final counterparts will be when there is a level cap raise...then it is understandable that they dont currently blow other weapons out of the water...yet.

They are still best in slot.

As for people complaining about the RNG of the double meld stage, if your really 1 of the people who want 'measured progress' like Garuda and dont wanna play the gambling game of hitting your double meld...you have that option. You can buy it off the Market Wards...just go farm 1-2 million gil or however much you are capable each time you have some time and make your measured progress towards that 15M mark or however much the weapon costs. There are options here.