WoW Legion uses FFXI style for relics but FFXIV does not?

[CaptainLagbeard]

Well, the Relic (or Anima for HW) is kind of meant to be your main weapon that you use throughout the expansion...

But not only is the grind obnoxious, the requirement of obtaining some expensive items meant it wasn't available to everyone to even get it.
The only alternative weapon that's easy to get is the tomestone ones, and that takes away a little over 2 weeks of upgrading your armors to get one of them.

While the Relic isn't supposed to be something you get easily to give it some actual meaning, putting it behind large amounts of grind and money just makes it not worthwhile which is why the alternatives seem so much better options.

I don't mind grind, but when you have to grind with a drop chance that varies from terrible to random, it's not fun. And locking it behind crafted items that have no purpose beyond getting your relic just makes it harder to get unless you level up your crafting classes as well by not having the Gil for them.

Edit: Ok, I don't know the developers thoughts on the Relic... But as long as the Alternatives to the Relic are easier and faster to get, people are going to be getting them over the Relic. If you can get potentially get a full set of armor and a weapon with 450 weekly capped Tomestones before you can get your Relic and get it powered up, then the Tomestone gear is obviously a more appealing option making the Relic almost worthless to everyone who isn't Minmaxing.