New Relic step is great

[ZephyrMenodora]

Step seems fine. Adds some value for crafters and this isn't the first time crafters could help you (like ARR).

I'm not particularly excited about the bicolor gemstone part unless that item goes down a lot on the marketboard, but if I want the reward I'll just have to suck it up.

Roulettes are whatever, at least gives me a reason to do them since I don't really bother after all my jobs got to 100.

I do agree that there should be light grind available in OC itself though.

[brinn12]

Still underwhelming to me. Not having the atma RNG is an improvement, but now we don't get any OC steps for whatever reason. And considering how long it took them to update the relic, it's disappointing that the new step can be finished in just a few days of daily roulettes. It really feels like they just want people to sub for a month, and then have no PvE content to do for the other 3. I just hope DD/Quantum deliver.

[PaulusHamsteru]

There are people in PF giving out the mats for free, including the Rronek glue. Thanks, Jonah Sorenson@Balmung!

[Veritas-Ancora]

LOVE this relic step.

Excellent job, Square-Enix.

I'm loving my Aetherwell Array.

[St0rmy]

This relic weapon step is good. I don't know why people are complaining.

It's easy enough to gather the first few materials. It barely costs anything on the marketboard with how much people are making. The 300k gil item is barely a gil sink. Gil is pretty much worthless in this game unless you: own a house and are decorating it or are doing week 1 raiding and are paying someone for armor.

The roulette step afterwards is nice. I do wish there was an alternative method in OC especially with the upcoming phantom jobs but I still do my roulettes daily (albeit I don't do high level dungeons this gives me proper incentive to do them) so this works out fine for me. I don't need the weapon asap. It'll be something that completes itself in 10 or so days. Part of me almost wishes that the roulette step was required for each weapon but afiak it goes to the 1.5k tomestone after this, which is a nice for subsequent weapons.

I'm not sure what people expect. Devs can't seem to win. Either there is no grind or it's too grindy. The only bad thing is this step is missing inclusion with OC.

[Jason_Ashford]

This relic weapon step is good. I don't know why people are complaining.

It's easy enough to gather the first few materials. It barely costs anything on the marketboard with how much people are making. The 300k gil item is barely a gil sink. Gil is pretty much worthless in this game unless you: own a house and are decorating it or are doing week 1 raiding and are paying someone for armor.

The roulette step afterwards is nice. I do wish there was an alternative method in OC especially with the upcoming phantom jobs but I still do my roulettes daily (albeit I don't do high level dungeons this gives me proper incentive to do them) so this works out fine for me. I don't need the weapon asap. It'll be something that completes itself in 10 or so days. Part of me almost wishes that the roulette step was required for each weapon but afiak it goes to the 1.5k tomestone after this, which is a nice for subsequent weapons.

I'm not sure what people expect. Devs can't seem to win. Either there is no grind or it's too grindy. The only bad thing is this step is missing inclusion with OC.

Because they simultaneously want something challenging, but only in the things they want. They asked for something harder and the devs delivered, so now they are complaining that it's not fair and it is too hard because they neglect crafting/gathering and how dare Squeenix try and make them do content. (that last bit was sarcastic).

The devs are damned if they do, damned if they don't. Nothing they do or add is ever good enough for some of these people and the ones who act the part of contrarians are often the loudest minority on the forum and on social media.

[Exinias]

Because they simultaneously want something challenging, but only in the things they want. They asked for something harder and the devs delivered, so now they are complaining that it's not fair and it is too hard because they neglect crafting/gathering and how dare Squeenix try and make them do content. (that last bit was sarcastic).

The devs are damned if they do, damned if they don't. Nothing they do or add is ever good enough for some of these people and the ones who act the part of contrarians are often the loudest minority on the forum and on social media.

Please stop adding to the disillusionment that this relic step is hard or challenging in any way and that's why people are frustrated. People are mostly frustrated because it's just roulettes and or they have to spend gil.

[SamSmoot]

I found this Reddit list: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ew_relic_step/

One item here:

"For those curious about what's left after this, you have to charge the aetherwell (a key item) which has four categories:
Green: High-level Dungeon
Blue: Alliance Raids
Red: Trials
Yellow: Normal Raids

Raids? I haven't done any raids in years and don't know any of the current fights. If this is required, I guess my relic progress ends here.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I found this Reddit list: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ew_relic_step/

One item here:

"For those curious about what's left after this, you have to charge the aetherwell (a key item) which has four categories:
Green: High-level Dungeon
Blue: Alliance Raids
Red: Trials
Yellow: Normal Raids

Raids? I haven't done any raids in years and don't know any of the current fights. If this is required, I guess my relic progress ends here.

Roulette raids are easy and most of what you get is so old you can be carried easily as a worst case scenerio.