if you want to collect items from things at or above ifrit extreme's difficulty level to craft a weapon superior to relic, fine. by all means. just be careful what you wish for. as i've already said.

but you yourself keep contradicting yourself on the difficulty issue. on one hand you make it sound like there should be an easier alternative, on the other hand you say it should be as hard or harder. on one hand you say the crafting of the item itself should be "as hard" as ifrit extreme, on the other hand you say it requires clearing (battle) content "as hard" as ifrit extreme.

i get that it's just an idea in the baby stages, but i'm asking for specifics and your responses have been somewhat vague.