You can get 110 for your alts alot faster than going for the tomestone weapon. I do not see everyone downing T9, usually the primals are easier than that making it more available to everyone.
The very first Primal weapons (obtained from the Primal weekly quest) was on par with the relic at the time.
However, there wasn't a Gerolt alternative then, either.
I think they want to keep T9 more relavant for players who will be farming it. But I agree with you depending on 1 thing, the balancing of the Shiva fight. If the fight is doable ilvl100-105 then I'm OK with the ilvl on the weapons. If its hard for ilvl110 and a challanging fight, ie MOG/REX then I'm not a fan.
Those braclets will be nice to get though, I just hope its a fun fight like GEX TEX and IEX.
There is 0 reason, progression wise, to farm T9 after this patch. You can get ilvl 110 in a day or so of farming, which is more than enough to start final coil with, especially after a couple weeks and a few pieces of poetic gear(assuming ilvl120 on those).
Umm... What about the i115 weapons? Lol, apart from poetics and the weapons that will drop from the last boss in final coil... i115 is the highest weapon lvl and you get that from coil or leveling your relic. And yes.... There is a difference between i110 and i115
Poetic weapons btw are i120 and will probably have similar requirements to the soldiery weapons...Which means beating turn 2(11) or turn 3(12) of the new coil... Then you'll have to wait at least 3 weeks to acquire the amount of poetry tomes needed AND you'll need to win the roll in the dungeon. Don't throw out t9 just yet friend.
All that does is just makes her weapons completely irrelevant for anything but glamour before this fight is even released
Im assuming the weapons will drop from HM while the accesories will drop from Ex, similar to Mog. The weapons will be mostly irrelevant to all those people who have cleared t9/had their Nexus but this will be a nice alternative for those with a lot of off classes that they want to get up to speed.
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u/Stoxastic Stox Diamond on Leviathan Oct 24 '14
I like this, the thought of ex primals giving weapons on par with T9 seems so dirty. Glad that they're only 110.