Quote Originally Posted by NefGP View Post
Haven't had much experience with this, though I know a few people who are trying to get one and are just agonizing over the hamlet defense bullshit.

I thought SE finally learned their lesson about relic-class weapons when they introduced Empyrean Weapons into FFXI - that was doing it right (mostly - the patch that added AF3 to the older Abyssea NMs made the process much more bearable). Making it a challenge that takes time and dedication, but is also accessible to anyone who wants to attempt. We don't need more Relic/Mythic Weapon BS where only the super rich elitists with entire linkshells of unwitting slaves can attain these things.
Entire linkshells of unwitting slaves? Little dramatic, don't you think? We passed all seals to people one by one and now everyone in our linkshell has either a relic weapon or are at least 9/9 on seals with their double meld complete (unless they just joined the LS this week).

Sounds more like working together than having a linkshell based on slavery and exploitation to me.

Hamlet is horrible. No argument there. It's incredibly boring and tedious even if you ace it every time, nevermind if you're with a group who can't complete it effectively. The special conditions (NPC's having to be responsible for special mob deaths for zombie mage pop) killed it because that and pretty much that alone prevented parties from entering with battle classes and more diverse set ups. The entire event seems to me to be a prototype for something in 2.0.

They should have added grand company seals as individual rewards to make it more tolerable.
Right now it's an incredibly boring super-grind (I can't think of ANYTHING in XI I would rather do Hamlet over), but like i've said before, if your roadblock to a relic is the Hamlet seals I highly doubt you'll have much luck with anything else (the skill based content) further along in the quest.