Relic Quest is pure Crap, i am done with it SE.

[Lemuria]

I just love how people have rose tinted glasses when it comes to Xi. That was a grind on a whole different level. It took people years to acquire the necessary items to create one relic with the help of a huge amount of people and you are complaining about the grind needed for this? Get out go back to Xi for a few days and really remember what it was like, and make sure you take your glasses off.

Sure, but what did you get at the end of it all? A unique weapon skill, a weapon which could occasionally deal TRIPLE the normal damage, and even a bonus special effect on top of that such as dealing additional damage based on HP in the case of Excalibur. It wasn't just another dime-a-dozen weapon, it was special and that's why it was so highly coveted.

Another point to articulate is that the relic quest was far more involved. You had to enter Dynamis and fight difficult boss fights to obtain many of the key items necessary to finish it, there was no endless repeating of low level activities when it was first introduced, and dynamis itself required a massive team effort. Though, admittedly not so much any more that they've heavily nerfed Dynamis to the ground.

Compare and contrast to FFXIV "relics" which are just another weapon. There's nothing unique about them aside from their appearance, and the novelty of that is clearly wearing off as I've seen many relic users glamor them anyway. The quest involves doing the SAME missions we've been doing ad nauseum and killing the same enemies we've been killing since day one. There's nothing really new or exciting to look forward to during the grind.