Quote Originally Posted by Majidah View Post
I hate the idea of weapons stronger than relics, even if they become upgradeable.

Something better than artemis bow seems ridiculous.
It's a MMO, you need forward progression even for the people who have "topped out". By making Relics the #1 weapon you're going to have a small but significant portion of your player population having nothing better to strive for.

This wouldn't be a problem if Relic acquisition was more of an effort like it was in FFXI were it took a whole alliance several months to years to outfit 1 person with a relic. However in FFXIV you can get several people their relics in a fraction of the time it took 1 person in XI.

To create longevity in the game you can't have people at the finish line quickly and indefinitely.

Introducing weapons which are superior to relics give non hardcore gamers progression and upgrading the top tier relics to more powerful forms give harcore players progression. It's a win/win.

Unless you only play the game for the "I beat this game" mentality. Which begs the question, why do you choose to play a MMO which is constantly evolving and progressing, instead of an offline game which has a clear and defined finish line?