Quote Originally Posted by Damnhedge View Post
First of all who cares about ilevel

Even CE gets it right, this wouldn't be an issue if subsequent relics required less and less Atmas.
1) The developers do. You either grind a lot, raid or you are TIME gated. These are the 3 options the use for high level gear. Relic is currently option 1.

I am sure, following steps will be similar in nature: do a grind and then get a short-cut for follow-up weapons for other classes.
IMHO this is a good compromise for people that play multiple classes. They could buff the droprate of the red tomes needed for the Azurite from CE's to make them competitive to dungeon running though. So people that want to stick to OC can do that.

2) I prefer tomes. Tomes drop from a variety of content and do not lock me down to a single thing: FATE farming. Which is IMHO the most boring content the game has to offer.