FFXI R/M/E Thoughts:

[FaeQueenCory]

RME should continue to have upgrades via Trial or Quest, however; it shouldn’t be like it was building it to level 99. While building my Relic, it sat in my Mog House Storage unless being upgraded, then, right back in there. It was only until level 75 I ever actually equipped it, and not because it was viable, but because the Trials said, “Hey kill stuff with this gimp weapon ‘X’ amount of times using the unlocked Weapon Skill”. Only at level 90 did it become viable; here is where I think a good change could be made.

The level 99 R/ME/s could be upgraded via the new content, I’d be doing the same things all the other players are doing for the new content gear and weapon, but those same methods could be used to further upgrade the weapon’s stats. So I’m not all alone soloing in Dynamis or Abyssea for example. I’m actually playing and doing content with the other players; already a much more enjoyable thought.

I agree. I actually made a post about continuing Magian trials into iLvs....
But it didn't get a huge amount of positive feedback... because I don't think ppl were remembering that you upgrade REMs via that...............
And Daemon showed up to say that continuing them into iLvs would make ppl not make REMs anymore... cause... that makes sense. 9_9

I would actually prefer this over what they are doing (making the 99 and 99-2s tiered to be equal to 119 Delve weapons for Mythics, and equal to 113 upgradeable Delve gear/skirmish +1s for Empys and Relics. Roughly.).
Because mechanically... unless they also make the 99s to actually HAVE the iLv... and not just be the same numbers... (this includes the "fake" skill but I'm pretty sure that was always a given that they'd be given that too) You'll see a bunch of mechanical gimpness.
The hardest hit would be the BST and DRG.... Because their pets are dependent upon their weapons having an iLv.
But DRK, BLU, and any other hybrid that I'm overlooking would also feel the pain from no longer having the "fake" melee skill help determine their Macc, which is something that only happens when the weapon actually HAS an iLv... if it just had "fake" skill... the math would still be using the basic 99 calculations... which doesn't include the "fake" skill Macc thing.
So even if the REMs get the "fake" skill... it wouldn't help any job that needs that for their Macc. Because it's ignored by the calculations due to a lack of iLv.

So, personally, I'd prefer some simple trials "have a bottle of translucent slurry" or "get 50 basic drops from mobs in Adoulin".... but none of this thousands nonsense.