I think its rather lame how relics work in this game just because of past complaints

[Rae88]

As I said earlier I just take issue on what Devs call a "Relic", if its supposed to be legendary then its stats should be top of the line, but this is never the case.

If anything the savage gear consistently was always the best, and you think that gear should be called Relics instead.

I just take issue with the classification more than anything.

Relic isn't a synonym for legendary. It just means it's a historically significant weapon Cultural weapon Maybe great for lore

[Kaliesto]

Relic isn't a synonym for legendary. It just means it's a historically significant weapon Cultural weapon Maybe great for lore

I always assumed it was used interchangeably in MMOs, but if this is not the case then I do apologize for my ignorance.

[Verendal]

I always assumed it was used interchangeably in MMOs, but if this is not the case then I do apologize for my ignorance.

This game tends to choose words carefully.

See: Guild vs Free Company. The historic definitions of them. It is logical and proper that what we can form be a free company and that a guild be an established thing at a city, NPCs.

[MariaArvana]

I always assumed it was used interchangeably in MMOs, but if this is not the case then I do apologize for my ignorance.

Yes, the purple designation is not a notification of power; its a simple categorization of what type of gear it is. Purple denotes the item is a relic, nothing more. Stats are entirely based on ilvl, and in the case of white/green items, whether its HQ or not.
Hence, the Edenchoir weapon is stronger because it is i505 whereas the relic is only i500.

Troll thread or not I agree. They are broken. Not mechanically, just - How are they "relics"? And if they are, should they not be more powerful then anything else in the game at all times regardless of expansion? I feel like they should be reworked into some kind of new teir so that relic can actually apply to its core concept: A extremely powerful, hard to get item.

Or maybe rework them such that instead of a new one per expansion, we get one and we upgrade it over all expansions.

The simple reality is that this game uses a very vertical based power system; raiding gear always has to be stronger than any equipment the player can attain when its released or the content becomes obsolete to incentivize it. Relic in this game has been delegated to a catch up weapon that anyone can attain regardless of skill; with the only factor being time.

If you want it to be the strongest at all times in the expansion would be the same as asking that to upgrade your relic, you would be required to beat savage & ultimates, which you can guess how well that will go over with the fanbase lol.