AF+1 or Relic+1?

[Pellegri]

Depends on your class and what you are upgrading out of. If you are a bard or tank(minus pally for shield) and are upgrading out of say ak gear then yes the af1 gear would be better overall than going straight for your relic upgrade, for bards it's a little different as chest/legs and possibly a few other pieces are flat out better than the +1 dmg on relic.

Now for other classes though it is pretty much unless you like the looks of af1 more than darklight or even ak gear, getting relic +1 is more of a benefit to your dmg or healing than any piece you could upgrade.

For those coming in here instantly saying get +1 for everything over anything else, i'll say this. Not everyone sees the significance in getting full darklight before getting relic, and honestly in a good enough group it's not needed for titan(my group did it 2 months ago in half dl/ak with ifrit/garuda weps). There are pieces depending on your class that will blow away any sort of upgrade you could get from the relic upgrade when compared to upgrading from an ak piece to a myth piece.