ehm no, it makes no difference if you spam alex 800 times or a new trial 800 times, you'll hate both the same in the end
Regardless of if its an encounter, quest line or relic, I'm not paying a sub for content that gets delayed and requires you to do content from the previous expansion.
Problem is once a piece of new content is played once it becomes old content. That's a fact. Keeping all the content viable is important to the health of the game. That's not to say that something new in the way of trials similar to hydra and chimera would not have been welcomed. On the other hand one just needs to look around to see how many are doing relic. The response on my server seems to be overwhelming both in party finder and in my free company.
Coil drops law or poetics depending on which turn you complete. Ravana and Bismarck Ex drop law and older Extremes drop poetics. There is already a midcore solution to your problem. You don't have to do a single Alex NM or hunt or daily quest or map.
Also I'm a bit surprised about so many people bringing up Hydra and Chimera. Did doing 2 trials once really make much of a difference in the grind from base relic to Zeta? Bear in mind, Garuda, Ifrit and Titan were not relic-exclusive content just like Alex NM isn't either.
We don't use the F word around here
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Well obviously you don't. That's not to say they aren't. Stop projecting YOUR OPINION on everyone. The fact is that relic has been very well received from a player standpoint doing it. I suppose you need to take a poll to find out but you really don't know now do you.