Do relic levels even matter anymore?

Coolnessda

Lately it feels like relics have become a pointless mechanic that does nothing for improving character performance and gives the devs a good reason to increase the difficulty of events. Sure there might be a noticeable boost to how well a toon handles themselves at say relic 9 when they recieve a 9000 increase to protection but at lower levels it doesn't seem like much happens. Yeah mods are probably more important but I remember back when toons only really needed to be at gear 12 and have a strong mod set to work well anywhere but now not even a relic 5 toon has a chance to survive unless they have god mods and good rng

Revan2271

You can see what the relic levels improve, and by how much, in the relic page on the character screen.

Nazarene

In this game what matters most is datacrons and mods.

p.s. I play this game not because of the gameplay but because I like Star Wars.

TVF

Yea OP, they still matter.

SidVicious444

Good question because I just beat a relic 7 padme team in GAC with gear 12 Traya omicron.
I won't be surprised if I get flagged/reported for cheating this GAC round.
I just attacked so I can get my 10 points in 3x3 GAC and surprise surprise I won.

Ranzono

To quote almost all veteran players...
"Power level doesn't matter as much as strategy"

Ranzono

In mirror matches every stat counts tho

Haugs

SidVicious444 wrote: »

Good question because I just beat a relic 7 padme team in GAC with gear 12 Traya omicron.
I won't be surprised if I get flagged/reported for cheating this GAC round.
I just attacked so I can get my 10 points in 3x3 GAC and surprise surprise I won.

I would be surprised. Traya omicron in GAC is absurdly strong and this is fairly common knowledge

OP, yes, relic levels matter. Again, fairly common knowledge

Ghost666

Nazarene wrote: »

In this game what matters most is datacrons and mods.

This makes no sense. Datacrons dont matter on many game modes.
Zeta levels are FAR more important...you can add all the DCs you want, if you dont have the zetas you wont go far. Dcs will make a difference if Zeta levels are similar or close enough...
(There may be a specific scenario where DCs make a bigger difference...never saw it)
Not sure what your personal gripe is...but where i play, most teams dont have any datacron anyway...

EDIT:
Mods are much more important...not sure if more than zetas, but in this case it is a valid point.