The reason FFXIV is lacking content is because of casualization.

[VeyaAkemi]

Would definitely add more value than "grind a bunch of old alliance raids that scale you down to 'falling asleep at the keyboard levels' until your soul bleeds."

I mean, relics have never been about difficulty in that sense, have they? they are grind content and grind content is a test of willpower, or, "how much can you afford to let your soul bleed before it's too much?", which is definitely an overly edgy way of putting it, but I was trying to play on your words.