Quote Originally Posted by -DMR- View Post
Do I just leave the relic quest for now?
I've also been stacking up vitality and parry, bringing the amount of hp higher, as I made upgrades.
Yes. The relic is entirely unecessary in the grand scheme of things this close to the expansion. After the initial quest to get the i80 weapon it isn't really worth your time with only a month to go anyway. Focus on gearing up every other slot. Hell, you're having trouble getting into the first fight, but you have hydra, ifrit Hard, Garuda Hard, and Titan Hard after that all with tougher ilvl requirements to meet. In general you need to work on all of your gear not just the weapon. Even if you could do Chimera right now the road block would still be coming sooner rather than later.