Originally Posted by
Kensagaku
If I may interject... I don't see how it would "destroy part of the game" to get a relic faster if you have the money and means to make it. I understand the lore argument, but riddle me this: how do you know if X player took the full time to get it (farming, daily dynamis, etc) versus buying the currency pieces outright with their gil? Does their relic look cheaper, more poorly-made? Not really. In essence, it affects nothing but your sense of "but this is how I see it."
It's not an instant gratification point; it's quality of life. Instant gratification would be more "push button, receive relic" than removed wait times. They still have to take the time to do the runs for their necropsyche, their attestation, and their fragment since those can't be sold. They still have to do their trials to get it up to 119. They're not instantly being thrown the best weapon it can be just because they have the means to complete the first step right away. I mean technically you can complete an Empyrean in the same way; since it's all entirely item trades, if you have them stockpiled from various endeavors then you can have it finished in a heartbeat, with no wait time except for watching your Magian Moogle dance himself to death while calling down the sky's worth of stars.