Quote Originally Posted by ElHeggunte View Post
I don't remember relics ever being more powerful than raid weapons. They always upgraded to the same ilvl or a little less than the current tier but there was never a situation I can recall where the relics had a higher ilvl unless you compared them to a previous raid tier.
Well, after the stage where you customized the relic (was that Novus or Nexus?) it can be argued that the relic weapons were more powerful not because of higher ilevel, but simply because the stats were tailored to your specific playstyle and class.