the "relic" and "anima" and whatever 4.0 version of it should not be powerful

[CookieMonsta]

I can understand it but you'll have to think that the anima weapon is not an Alexander weapon. They are still two different weapons and people shine the A12S weapons in a different light. The game doesn't work if they only give things to the tiny player base that clears the hardest content, it has to be accessible.
It's more of a time thing, they want the relic players to keep playing their game for many many hours, as a result the reward must be desirable and a glamour would not have the same effect.

You could argue that you don't need to do savage Alex to upgrade shire gear anymore, it's just what happens :/ there'll be something new for raiders to get, then the rest of the players can get it much easier

Thats not even the issue, the problem is that the relic is and will be superior to the raiding weapon. That basically means theres not much point grinding out the raiding weapon lol.