at least Gate of Tartarus is comparatively good to most of the other staff WS (except shattersoul) But it would certainly be nice to unlock it given how they've treated the relics like crap and casually made other weapons that have similar weapon power and more job effects.

I have an unconventional style for SMN that attracted me to the relic long, long ago, but that just set me up for even bigger disappointement when I found i119 staves that were actually superior (not counting the hidden occasionally does 2.5x damage effect) in terms of melee capability. But I can't have gate of tartarus and one of those weapons at the same time. =\