I hoped the relic grind (at least atma) would be toned down with this patch. People who want the best relic right away can grind like crazy. Meanwhile everyone else could have their relics 2-3 upgrades behind without too much grinding.

What's wrong with increasing atma drop rates to 25% per fate? Or dropping myth books from 1500 to 250? Don't make that large of a jump all at once, but ease down the grind over time.

I too liked the Titan HM approach for relics. (Titan HM was too hard for the gear pugs had, but it was still the right idea.) It let people who were inbetween casual and hardcore have some fun progression. Zenith weapons were a reasonable amount of work and skill for reasonably powerful weapons. The grind after Zenith is miserable and should be nerfed.

Let raiders show off, let grinders show off, but don't discourage the majority of players from upgrading relics.