I have to admit, until now, the Relic grind didn't seem too bad.
Sure, 60 memories per weapon was a bit much for the first stage, but you could farm those in Bozja while doing other stuff. Namely, farming clusters or even skirmishes, and you could pick up the ones you were missing from HW FATEs. No problem.
The 6 green memories after that? They drop so often in Bozja, it was barely a step.
But now here we are...
15 memories from CT clears. Alright, that's a bit monotonous, but I can stomach 3 hours of Syrcus Tower per weapon, sure, why not. Don't get me started on how the Critical Engagements don't drop the damn things.
15 memories from Void Ark clears or Stormblood FATEs, and 15 more memories from Ivalice clears or Stormblood FATEs. And the FATEs only seem to drop them around 10-15% of the time. ARE YOU INSANE?! Those raids take half a hour to a hour and sometimes more if your group is really bad. The FATEs are pure RNG and will drive you insane.
That step. THAT STEP. Completely destroyed my willingness to grind these weapons out.
I had, so far, obtained every single Resistance Relic and upgraded all of them. The Crystal Tower step had me hesitant to bother doing all of them. The Void Ark/Ivalice step has me completely and utterly turned off the prospect.
Why? Why did you do it this way?
If you wanted us to run Void Ark and Ivalice more, you could have added rewards, made them a bit less punishing, or if you absolutely had to make them part of the Relic grind, PICK A SANE NUMBER OF CLEARS.
I would be down to do each of those raids 1 or 2 times per weapon. 6 or 12 clears per weapon. It's rough, but it's something you can knock out. But f*cking 30?!
Just... why.
And why not make that stuff drop in Bozja? Why can't I go back to Bozja and farm all of it there? The CEs barely drop the memories though, so Crystal Tower is better.
Just... what is going on? Is this the endgame quality we have to look forward to in the next expansion? Empty grinding for 200+ hours of old content?
Is the next expansion's Relic going to require that I clear 30 Nier raids?
This direction isn't great. Sorry.
The biggest shame?
The new raid is tons of fun. TONS OF ACTUAL FUN. I would run it all day every day. But no. I need to go run Ivalice and Void Ark 30 times first. Cool.
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Sure, 60 memories per weapon was a bit much for the first stage, but you could farm those in Bozja while doing other stuff. Namely, farming clusters or even skirmishes, and you could pick up the ones you were missing from HW FATEs. No problem.
The 6 green memories after that? They drop so often in Bozja, it was barely a step.
But now here we are...
15 memories from CT clears. Alright, that's a bit monotonous, but I can stomach 3 hours of Syrcus Tower per weapon, sure, why not. Don't get me started on how the Critical Engagements don't drop the damn things.
15 memories from Void Ark clears or Stormblood FATEs, and 15 more memories from Ivalice clears or Stormblood FATEs. And the FATEs only seem to drop them around 10-15% of the time. ARE YOU INSANE?! Those raids take half a hour to a hour and sometimes more if your group is really bad. The FATEs are pure RNG and will drive you insane.
That step. THAT STEP. Completely destroyed my willingness to grind these weapons out.
I had, so far, obtained every single Resistance Relic and upgraded all of them. The Crystal Tower step had me hesitant to bother doing all of them. The Void Ark/Ivalice step has me completely and utterly turned off the prospect.
Why? Why did you do it this way?
If you wanted us to run Void Ark and Ivalice more, you could have added rewards, made them a bit less punishing, or if you absolutely had to make them part of the Relic grind, PICK A SANE NUMBER OF CLEARS.
I would be down to do each of those raids 1 or 2 times per weapon. 6 or 12 clears per weapon. It's rough, but it's something you can knock out. But f*cking 30?!
Just... why.
And why not make that stuff drop in Bozja? Why can't I go back to Bozja and farm all of it there? The CEs barely drop the memories though, so Crystal Tower is better.
Just... what is going on? Is this the endgame quality we have to look forward to in the next expansion? Empty grinding for 200+ hours of old content?
Is the next expansion's Relic going to require that I clear 30 Nier raids?
This direction isn't great. Sorry.
The biggest shame?
The new raid is tons of fun. TONS OF ACTUAL FUN. I would run it all day every day. But no. I need to go run Ivalice and Void Ark 30 times first. Cool.
Continue reading...