I've done the raiding and the relic. I think the game is fine as is. Even if they made the relics same ilvl as the raiding stuff IDC. Relic can be worse for some then raiding, and vice versa. Anyway in 4.0 we are getting it thru some different content called Eureka, which sounds neat so far.

If anything the issue isn't that they are close to ilvl, it's that there is nothing to do with the raiding weapons except be a true hero of Eorzea and stand with it in idlyshire. I guess I could do my roulettes faster!! Awesome...