Returning player in need of some catching up!

[Vahlnir]

Thanks buddy, I had forgotten about one or two of those things. I've tried to keep on to of the patch notes at least but life gets busy. So you can upgrade Relics to +2 now then? That's pretty sweet, I'll look into that. Thanks for the info buddy.

Probably a spoiler, but at least you'll be prepared. Well, it isn't as simple as "Relics to +2"...and it probably isn't something you want to hear. lol The next phase requires you to get 12 items from 12 different zones (farmable by fates and reliant on RNG) then 1500 myth on 9 books with various activities inside. After that you need to infuse a scroll with 75 materia, starting with grade 1s and working your way up to 4s, along with farming Alexandrites which you can either obtain from fates like the items before, or you can get a daily quest to get a treasure map which offers a bit of a challenge if you're undergeared. Monster Hunts are coming in 2.3 though which will offer another option to farm Alexandrites.

*TL/DR, you have a ways to go. As someone above said you're probably better off spreading it out and not driving yourself nuts trying to get it done fast.