Quote Originally Posted by Frederick22 View Post
It doesnt make much sense.
Presumably, if my hunch is correct, the antiquated esoteric weapon will be used as a base of the Relic/Mythic/Whatever, and there will be a separate i210 weapon that will glow or whatever. They may just add some Latinate suffix to it like they did before to designate it. The fact that there's already an i210 version doesn't mean there can't be yet another that's unlocked through the relic quest at all--it's not as though something prevents them from using the item for two purposes. There were two versions of the i100 Relic weapons as well (both Atma and Animus were i100).

They also displayed a number of the Esoterics weapons when they showcased the new AF gear, so they probably consider them part of the set (just like the original Relics were considered part of the AF set and the Atma weapons were by and large "matched" to the i90 AF+1.) So while it might seem somewhat strange because of the presence of i210 Esoterics weapons to some folks, personally I think there's enough there to highly suggest we'll see them be part of the new questline.