Quote Originally Posted by ChickensEvil View Post
Not really sure how these two are related??? unless you mean materia farming which used to be best accomplished in WP... but I mean, more people are hitting 50 and more are going to be going for their relics. I don't really see how it destroyed anything... what "new" weapon was released that replaces your relic?
The base materials used to create relic weapons drop from chests in WP. Since no one used to run the dungeon very often, there was a market for those drops. Now that everyone and their dog runs the dungeon, the market for those items has collapsed.