Well now they're somewhat easier, sure.

But if you think about it, it's easier than farming upwards of 180mil in currency for one weapon in one point of view.

It's just a long series of quests that involves killing a lot of mobs. And I think once you do that, you can get pretty much all of them in a much easier fashion. The only real issue is getting the therion ichor, the tokens and the alexandrite -- but even then, I'm pretty sure you can get that faster with people than you could with relics.