Nyzul Weapons

[astrael]

Each job gets 1 Salvage armour piece, Nyzul armor piece, and Nyzul weapon, and all originate from Alzadaal. Maybe the weapons enhance Salvage/Nyzul sets?

oops, sorry. I meant a full Nyzul Set. I know only a few people have them (by a few im assuming like 40 haha). I dont really think they are related to Salvage in any shape or form, unless I missed a part of the story that connects the 2 events. The NPC storing them doesnt really say anything to me. But yeah...

This is what I was trying to say last page, though I'm not so confident about the three Nyzul Armor sets since they aren't storable with the same NPC as "in progress" (a sign from S-E that they acknowledge the weapons are useless on their own?). The clues connecting the areas are there though, the 4 Remnants areas are clearly visible at the final cutscene of Mission 32 and the central area is also mentioned (in this case Nyzul Isle) in describing the hunt for the missing Astral Candescenes.

Actually, if you look at the entrance to each Chariot room you'll notice the same symbol of the Astral Candescence but each with a different glowing marker, and the same symbol appears at Nyzul Isle with yet another marker highlighted. This could indicate the subtle relationship they all have together.

I am really curious if anyone with a Nyzul armor set has tried, but I would think that was more likely done and done again from the people who first got the weapons. I'm sticking to the Salvage Armor set theory from my points above, along with the fact no one has finished a set yet: enhancing/doubles the Set bonus or unlocks some hidden trait based on the name of the weapon along with a general buff (or both). Enhancing Set bonus would attempt to solve the Dynamis-relic problem of weapons being generally unattractive to mages...

The only other thing that I could thing of (if this theory ends up failing and for the sake of keeping new ideas going) is that post-ToAU they will have a BC unlocked by collecting the Nyzul Isle runic key, and 4 key items from the Salvage Areas (similar to the Promyvion silvers), to finalize the relationship they have (probably some crazy alliance-battle vs. Alexander, since we already have Einherjar for Odin) and only then would we be able to see what our weapons do.

[Spekkio]

maybe i'm behind the times, but have we ever figured out what the lvl 100 key item is for?

[Sagacious Sundi]

maybe i'm behind the times, but have we ever figured out what the lvl 100 key item is for?

Access to a part of Nyzul where you fight Alexander in order to summon him.

No we haven't.

[mat]

I just think its very illogical for them to link the 2 sets, considering to do nyzul you have to have used MANY tags on that, and the same for salvage (indirectly)

[Eratosthenes]

Did anyone with the floor 100 key item ever try using a weapon and see if anything special happened? Just wondering if that's been ruled out.

[Rocl]

Did anyone with the floor 100 key item ever try using a weapon and see if anything special happened? Just wondering if that's been ruled out.

Yes. Nothing special as far as I know with Tearshang's Mage Staff and awesome Runic Key.

[JMunin]

In the set train of thought, has anyone tried a Nypon with a regular assault set?

[Sagacious Sundi]

I just think its very illogical for them to link the 2 sets, considering to do nyzul you have to have used MANY tags on that, and the same for salvage (indirectly)

That has some logic. Keeps you playing more.

[Arouz]

with luck we should find out soon if salvage armour and nyzul weapons are linked with the 5th floor frog being found.

[kuronosan]

Someone in my LS reported additional effect damage with PUP knuckles, and when I used Windslicer sometimes my criticals seemed to do more damage (a better geared SAM had lower crits than me)... but it could just be randomness at its finest.

We should just ask SE what the hell the weapons do and to stop dancing around the mystery because right now they're bloody worthless.

[Midnightjade]

Yeah, we really need a systematic parse of a Nyzul weapon over a sustained amount of time versus a weapon with apparently similar stats. Preferably in (but not limited to) a solo setting - stable, steady and controllable baseline and maximal signal-to-noise ratio.

BST axe or BRD dagger would be perfect for this - I'd be more than happy to spend 2 weeks in Sky knocking off birds as BST/NIN or BRD/BST to find out what the secret to these things is (or simply to find out that there's no effect in a non-event setting).

Sadly we got PUP claws on our only floor 100 - maybe second disc will be more obliging.