Long, arduous, time dedication, random drops, teams of people working together (or at least all doing the same thing), frustration, fulfillment, couple with many different parts that are out and more to come later on....

I actually like the idea. It is something that will not be completed by everyone in this patch, and additionally will not be completed by and for every character that everyone has already gotten a relic with.

As someone mentioned earlier, they would really have to rework the entire fighting system and game to make it any different.

Maybe I haven't played MMOs long enough to have built up frustration; but I know you can't have it both ways: short and sweet, or long and taxing.

I'd prefer the long and taxing. At least you will have something to do every hour of every day you log in.