Quote Originally Posted by Knot_D View Post
It's already comparable with HW relics. Did you forget how much you spent poetics for Anima relics?
The difference between this and Anima is that there were other options to get drops. Some steps did strictly require poetics but you weren't forced into that if you enjoyed grinding them other ways for most of them. They offered dungeon running options, crafting options, doing weeklies, etc. Those required tomestone steps also weren't back to back like they are with the Manderville relics.

This step could have felt similar to Anima if they provided an alternative method to get the materials required. For example, running Expert roulette gets you one daily...or a weekly quest where you can complete it and get all 3.