eso weapons vs relic weapons

[Firepower]

I'm sure someone said that it wasn't going to be EX hard to get the relic and I can understand that but if you go back to the initial stage Ifrit, Garuda and Titan HARD with i60-i70 gear (300 myth cap per week meant you might have 1 or 2 pieces of i90 if you wait a few weeks) was NOT easy. It was evidenced by the fact that there was many titan hard runs being sold by FC's that there was enough demand for people to want to be carried on it. Also I believe from most responses over time that it was the most favoured part of the relic quest as it was the least grind and had the most objective approach to the upgrade. I would not be surprised to see something similar in future.

They could easily start the relic with the i210 esoteric weapon since all it would require is a player to spend ESO getting the 200 antiquated piece and then have them run the new 24 man raid for an upgrade piece. The major issue with this is you can't really push the weapon past i210 as relics don't ever outshine final raid weapons until the last patch before the next raid tier. What this means is you would have a 210 piece that would just change into another 210 piece which would be absolutely pointless.