Is there any plans to introduce Relic AF or Group 2 Merits for BLU, COR, and PUP?

[Dyvid]

This has been a debated and I wanted to know Square-Enix's stand on the issue. Will there be Relic Artifact Armor for Cor, Blu, and Pup as well as Group 2 Merits? If so what is the kind of time frame would it be till introduction?

[Karinya]

Re: Is there any plans to introduce Relic AF or Group 2 Merits for BLU, COR, and PUP?

Good question. There seems to be no reason not to add them, but update after update passes with no word from SE about them...

[Sevv]

Re: Is there any plans to introduce Relic AF or Group 2 Merits for BLU, COR, and PUP?

they would have to make dynamis Aht Urghan area for the new afs to keep inline with the story. group 2 merits probably will be a lil while away as much as people are /crying about it it took the orignal how long to get them. The longer they see how the jobs pan out for group 2 the less likeyly they will be useless.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Is there any plans to introduce Relic AF or Group 2 Merits for BLU, COR, and PUP?

I think we've waited more than long enough for Group 2 Merits. We're talking 9 months after the original jobs got them and we've seen no mention of Group 2 for BLU, PUP and COR. I realize SE has to sit back and see how people play they jobs, but if that's what they're doing it's pretty easy to break down.

They just need to weigh what the players want against thier intentions for the job and present something functional for all. You're not going to get volumes of feedback on something like COR, the population of the job is just too small and that's not to mention how stubborn over half of them are about thinking outside of a DD function.

Talk about relic is just pre-mature.

First off, we're assuming there is relic. If we're to assume what Luzaf is wearing is COR relic, then I could extend that logic to any NPC appearing in cutscenes. SE is notorious for repainting AFs, that very well could be all that is - a repaint.

If there is relic, I very much doubt it would appear in ToA. This is the start of a new storyarch and the current AFs are very good for the functions the jobs have.

I'm even starting to suspect there isn't "true" endgame content like we've seen in RoZ and ToA, just look at what we have so far. It seems like a mix of mini-games and alternative endgame content, its definately something for people that don't want to waste thier time with other endgame content or just don't have the time to.

I wouldn't be surprised if true endgame content was reserved for the next expansion. Plus there's so much in prior endgame content that still remains to be addressed, like the difficulty of ground HNMs a lack of instancing for Dynamis.

The baby HNMs from FFXI and the kings from RoZ need to be ramped up quite a bit to stay challenging. I don't want more Dynamis until the current frustrations of entering Dynamis are resolved. Assault and Salvage are the model Dynamis should be following, its just not right to leave it as is now. I'd rather see this stuff fixed before more relic and endgame content is introduced.