I'm going to disagree with the general ideas posted in this thread. The last thing FFXI needs is to seperate people into haves and have nots, and changing relics into OMFG overwhelming weapons will do just that. We don't need to go back to a system of "relic or GTFO."

While some relics were bought using legitmate time and effort, I would venture to guess that most relics were funded by linkshell bank stealing, gil buying, or NM botting. Or those wonderful people who make a linkshell to help people get relics, but then they break it after they complete theirs. I'm really not inclined to have SE bend over backwards to "reward" these players with must have, game defining weapons at 99.

I'm ok with them being slightly more powerful then other options, but the changes suggested here are just overwhelming.

And when I say relic here I mean mythic weapons also, which are largely terribad with a few exceptions.