FFXIV relic are not the same as FFXI Relics. They may have the same name but they aren't the same thing.

In 2 months I got all 9 relics, Took about 4 hours per relic. These were not hard to get at all. Once you done the boss fights required for them once they are a joke to repeat after your group knows all the mechanics. Compare that to FFXI pre dynamis nerf which took like 2 years or so of gathering currency farming gil to buy currency to make a relic weapon. There if very little time investment to the FFXIV relics you can finish one in a day. I think I even had a day where I did 2 of them in 1 day when i was getting close to finishing "Armed to the Teeth"