Hildibrand for relic? Really?

[Kazhar]

I did acknowledge older content.

Did people actually wait from TEA to 5.55 to get their BiS weapon to clear?

Ultimates are always current content.

Also yes. If I didn't clear by then I definitely intend on using whatever stat boost, no matter how small, which can help me to clear both EW Ultimates and that includes relic weapons.

Not only that but DSR was originally planned for 5.5 so many people did farm the Resistance weapons in anticipation for that.
And people will farm the Manderville weapons because it will eventually become BiS for DSR, but also the 6.3 ultimate and probably any previous ultimate.