Quote Originally Posted by MisterNublet View Post
There's already a handful of other ways to level DoH and DoL jobs.

Leve quests, Firmament, GC turn ins, and good ol' fashion grinding with exp buffs.

Instead of endgame content for DoH and DoL jobs that rewards players with maxed out jobs the relic weapons for their work, Cosmic Exploration feels like it was designed mainly for those still leveling jobs, and it just so happens to have the relic weapons tied to it, that's even better for leveling with than for those with maxed out jobs.
The firmament was the Cosmic Exploration of Shadowbringers.
So you would have had the same type of people also levelling and contributing to the end result.

This is only the first step(s) of the relic tools, the last 2 of the current steps you have to be level 100 for.
It allows lower levels to have something they can work for over time, no?
They can get to a higher level and think "oh, now I can upgrade my crafting/gathering tool, cool!".

It has never been stated that it's "end game" content, as far as I know, you just have to complete Endwalker, which isn't the current expansion.

So what I'm understanding is that the community wanted long form community progression content, but you also want to gatekeep a large part of the community from doing it because they're not on an end game level.

Awesome.

Just help people that ask questions, or refer them to your favourite guide and let them figure it out.

I don't think a level 15 miner is dragging your experience down too much.