Ok...let me level with you here SE...

[Atomic_Skull]

When it comes to the first stage of upgrades for relic/mythic/empyrean weapons, this is considered to be the weapon’s complete form

Except it's not complete so long as the final stage remains. It is a slap in the face to relic holders who undertook the original relic quest as a capstone on their character to suddenly take that completion away from them and tell them that the weapon is no longer complete and will never be for 99.9% of relic holders.

I wouldn't mind a hard quest, even something on the order of the difficulty of the 10,000 currency stage as it was at level 75. Even if that meant the removal of the easy lvl 99 stage. Because at least that's just a matter of hard work and can be completed by someone willing to put in the effort. But this final stage is simply impossible for 99.99% of relic holders. You have taken my completed weapon from me and you can say the easy stage is "complete" but I'm sorry it's just not complete no matter what the developers say so long as there is a remaining stage and people are going to be angry and feel like something was stolen from them.

Asking for another 10,000 unit currency for 95->99 probably would have actually caused less rage than this because at least that can actually be completed and the upgrade (40% WS damage and enhanced extra damage proc) would be worth the effort.