To spend so much time on something that I don't need currently? Yes, I know avid players of XI that looked into it and have hundreds of hours in that that have said that the Relic weapons seem like bravado vanity weapons that aren't worth the time in XIV, that's a perception based on long-time experience in Abyssea, Chains of Promathia, and all of the other additions to it. XI is it's predecessor, someone who's played it for a significant amount of time will be able to notice and take apart things.

So that Spell Speed in the end doesn't matter at all does it? Currently with the gear on my SMN and ACN, ACN has 30 more Spell speed with it, MP is nearly the same, and it only has more Vitality because of the Crimson Circlet and Summoner's Doublet, while ACN has the Darklight Cowl. When that playing field gets more evened up, I won't see much of a difference.I have two Allagan rings, then 3 pieces of Darklight casting on the right side, Crimson on head, hands, and legs, then ACN has the same besides the body and head armor. That's what's making that difference in Intelligence and otherwise right now. That small 20 bonus won't matter when that's evened out, I'd bet on it.

If I need to heal myself in a pinch, and for Healers to more quickly heal me in the event that I take damage of course.
If you know of a way to dodge the wide-spread attack that happens in the Bone Dragon CT fight when a Skeleton runs into it, then I'd love to hear it.

Regular swaps of Internal Release and Blood for Blood are making up the difference in what I'm seeing and experiencing constantly.