Theonehio wrote:
The problem is, while you're not wrong this is FFXIV - The setup for this game is atrocious so an "alternative" to say a savage weapon at this point in the game's life would mean "Why do the content where you have to push more than 123 when you can get the same if not a better weapon doing far less work?" There would be no reason to touch content that doesn't hand out gear.
With the Zodiac weapons, the amount of work was actually a bit more than just taking your **** into Coil and clearing T5/T9/T13, so that weapon was well deserved to be an alternate you can customize - in 3.x however, the ilvls are quite different and they jump a lot higher, so handing out a 275 alternate would negate creator savage, which yeah would make people who don't touch content happy, but for people who spend more than 3 hours a week on this game you take away one of the few goals this game has, which seems to be ok to take away from other's playstyle but isn't ok if it takes away from your playstyle.
So an alternate weapon can never be equal to a high end weapon unless they SIGNIFICANTLY change the itemization so you can make both well worth your time.
So you do indeed have your alt weapon, you just have to deal with being behind the top weapon because realistically, unless you plan to do harder content in this game you don't need anywhere near the current gear, you realistically only need ilvl245 gear (new dungeons) and ilvl255 weapon at best.
With the Zodiac weapons, the amount of work was actually a bit more than just taking your **** into Coil and clearing T5/T9/T13, so that weapon was well deserved to be an alternate you can customize - in 3.x however, the ilvls are quite different and they jump a lot higher, so handing out a 275 alternate would negate creator savage, which yeah would make people who don't touch content happy, but for people who spend more than 3 hours a week on this game you take away one of the few goals this game has, which seems to be ok to take away from other's playstyle but isn't ok if it takes away from your playstyle.
So an alternate weapon can never be equal to a high end weapon unless they SIGNIFICANTLY change the itemization so you can make both well worth your time.
So you do indeed have your alt weapon, you just have to deal with being behind the top weapon because realistically, unless you plan to do harder content in this game you don't need anywhere near the current gear, you realistically only need ilvl245 gear (new dungeons) and ilvl255 weapon at best.
Thats a VERY simple question to answer. It would not at all make doing Creator Savage pointless.? Why because the "uber l33t" hardcore players can get their "uber L33t" weapons in a matter of hours so theyd STILL choose to do that over getting an equally powerful relic whereas us "peasants" who cant get into a Savage part because of all the red tape (i.e Must have experience, must have clear, know fight, No bonus" etc etc groups you see in party finder.. Trust me I would MUCH rather do Savage but thats not an option as because of this games community ppl like me wouldn't even get a chance to TRY..... something player in FFXI NEVER had to face). Could spend 50+ hours solo and still get the same power of weapon.
So tl;dr Hard core players can spend 3-5 hours and get an IL9000 Whereas casuals could spend 50-100 hour solo and get an IL9000 weapon. Thus Creator Savage would still be worth doing (for those who are able) over just getting relic because of the amount of time it would take would be SIGNIFICANTLY shorter.