Patch 5.5: Death Unto Dawn (April 13th 2021)

[Anoat]

Just peeped the data mined completed relics and gotta say they are really visually disappointing. Previous versions looked much better imo

[Corrderio]

Please say I can get a replica of previous weapons. The RDM/PLD ones look fugly

[Anoat]

Yeah the one chick in Gangos sells the level 1 version of completed weapons for your glamour

[Xno Kappa]

I think they all look sick as hell. The PLD one especially. Gives off strong FFXI Kam’lanaut vibes.

[Gokulo]

The drop rate for the relic items in Zadnor seems to be quite decent this time

[Hellfury]

I could use a for dummies on the Yorha end...

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Did Konogg actually die in the final cutscene and that's how he was reunited with Anogg or did "she" (her spirit?) just return from the other world to grab him? I am assuming it is left open to some interpretation intentionally, but I hate that kinda crap.

also and unrelated

[Lucavi]

She fucks everyone in the scions, basically. She's awesome.

[Corrderio]

What a playa.

Also finished the quests and GFDI Yoshida throw me a bone on answering some things.

[Dotsudoku]

think the weapons look sick tbh

[Athas]

Eh, Sword and Shield, Gunblade, couple others look ok, most of em are a miss for me. DRK especially.

And why the heck does BRD have a built in fidget spinner?

[Lucavi]

They already do triple backflips and sideflips. Why not lean further away from archery and into the realm of stupidity and Michael Bay?

I still want a pure goddamn archer.

[Kaisha]

Relic steps:
Do it once quests (only for first weapon):

30 tokens from Zadnor Skirmishes/CEs or Alex raids
30 tokens from Zadnor Skirmishes/CEs or Omega raids
30 tokens from Zadnor Skirmishes/CEs or Eden raid

Repeatable (for all weapons)
15 tokens from Delubrum/new dungeon or Heaven-on-High

And here I was hoping they'd alleviate the need to do 15 god damn Delubrums per relic after you cleared the current steps.

[Prothescar]

Nearly cleared the new raid with 5 people. It gives Echo just like Castrum

[Anoat]

Got a theory about Arenvald.

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He’ll become a Reaper in 6.0 after making a pact with a voidsent so he can walk (and fight) again.

[Gokulo]

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Everyone's coming up with new theories about how he's going to continue fighting, like he'd pilot the G Warrior etc, while his exchange with Fordola clearly points that he's supposed to come up with a way to be a hero without fighting

[Corrderio]

So for the weapon upgrades is getting one of the items or the other completely random? Worried I'll get a bad luck streak and get nothing but springs and no axles.

Also is there a way to make mounts go faster? Noticed some people can get to FATEs pretty fast.

[Anoat]

You can buy riding maps with Bozjan clusters from the base camp provisioner. One for Bozja and one for Zadnor. I think they are 25 clusters each.

Springs will always drop from Alex 1 & 2, Axles will always drop from Alex 3 & 4. The pattern repeats for Omega and Eden.

[Corrderio]

Ah so that's what clusters are for. After I maxed out my mettle (and lost a good chunk of it it all in DR) I zoned out and completely forgot about clusters.

EDIT When you mean 1/2 and 3/4 do you mean the first and second half of each tier? For example, Alexander: Gordias would drop springs in Fist/Cuff of Father and axles in Arm/Burden of Father?

[Prothescar]

Finished the raid with 12 last night. The bosses are quite fun, like them a lot more than DR ones. Shame it doesn't give Mettle at the end though, makes it stupid to not do DR for the new relic stage.

[Anoat]

This Belias CE in the new Bozja area is a pain in the ass lol