In my opinion, when it comes to your 'Relic' weapon and it's upgrade path, I feel it's best to make a solid 'steady eddie' weapon and not worry about min/maxing of specific stats perse...I feel this way for ALL jobs.

Here's why:

Your relic weapon is just supposed to be your trusty all-around go to weapon you can always have, no matter how the rng gods treat you when it comes to other drops. Furthermore. since it's a weapon designed to grow WITH you, it should never really be completely useless or outdated...but this does not mean it will be 'BiS'. Just that it's a good weapon that can see you through all content until you get a BiS. Also, since it is an upgradable weapon, it will keep up with content better than other weapons, but since we have no idea what the next content's requirements might be, it's hard to say for 100% sure that maxing stats x and y over z will always be better.

Basically, the BiS weapons for your class should be the drops from the current 'high end' content...but they shouldn't last longer than a patch cycle or two as 'BiS'....a Relic weapon though w/ it's upgrades should be more than enough to clear the hardest content with and use until you can gain the BiS for that patch (if the RNG gods favor you/you desire).

Think if the Relic quest and it's upgrades as insurance....nothing more, nothing less.


But no, it is NOT worth the gil/time to min/max a Novus as there will always be weapons with the desired min/max stats otherwise available in game. Just make a good solid weapon.

The only other potential alternative to use the Novus weapons for is off-spec builds that you are doing for a very specific reason, and even then, there are likely better, less wasteful options. (+STR tank builds/PvP builds etc)