I wouldn't be surprised to see the entirety of the relic quest nerfed considerably come 3.0. 100% Atma drop rate, Animus FATEs changed to pop independently of other FATEs every 15 minutes like Beast Tribe FATEs and mob kill requirements cut down to 3 of each enemy type, Novus nerfed to require 10 Alexandrite, Nexus nerfed to require 200 Light, the following step nerfed to have 100% dungeon item drop rate and much lower soldiery, gil, and seal costs for required items...
I don't foresee them simply forking it off into an entirely different relic weapon branch when they can just nerf the previous steps to near-irrelevance and let people catch up that way. The whole point of the relic quest is to serve as a massive timesink in the first place. That intention is transparently obvious just looking at the various steps as they stand.
I, personally, started working on a second relic out of obsessive compulsion (because I was doing my Alexandrite daily on a regular basis and that Alexandrite just keeps piling up....) but eventually stopped after realizing I actually don't give a toss about having ALL THE RELICS. There's already too much for me to do as it is; wasting time with this stuff is not much in the way of fun or productive.
I say just work on one Relic at a time, at a casual pace unless you just want it RIGHT NOW, let it work as a long-term thing for you to just build up over time. You'll burn yourself out trying to do it fast anyway, so I don't recommend it.
(It does kind of suck that I'm going to just throw that bow away when Machinist comes out, but, eh...)
I don't foresee them simply forking it off into an entirely different relic weapon branch when they can just nerf the previous steps to near-irrelevance and let people catch up that way. The whole point of the relic quest is to serve as a massive timesink in the first place. That intention is transparently obvious just looking at the various steps as they stand.
I, personally, started working on a second relic out of obsessive compulsion (because I was doing my Alexandrite daily on a regular basis and that Alexandrite just keeps piling up....) but eventually stopped after realizing I actually don't give a toss about having ALL THE RELICS. There's already too much for me to do as it is; wasting time with this stuff is not much in the way of fun or productive.
I say just work on one Relic at a time, at a casual pace unless you just want it RIGHT NOW, let it work as a long-term thing for you to just build up over time. You'll burn yourself out trying to do it fast anyway, so I don't recommend it.
(It does kind of suck that I'm going to just throw that bow away when Machinist comes out, but, eh...)
