Is it too late to start on Relic upgrade?

[Sessurea]

I came back to FF a month or so ago and decided to make a drg.

I got lucky with atma and got it done in 2 days.

Animus took me 2 weeks. The myth part is laughable now with hunts, along with the myth u get from your weekly dungeon running. I maybe could have done it faster animus is just so soul destroyingly boring, it took me a bit longer than I expected.

Novus was about another 2 weeks. It's made faster if you're willing to spend not only myth, but also allied seals on alexandrites. Every 10 A marks = 2 aleandrites. I only used about 6 grade IV material though, so my novus cost me under 4m. If you wanted to use no grade VI materia, it would cost under 1m and if you wanted to use full grade VI materia it would cost about 15-20m. ( this is if you need to use savage aim and savage might ). I actually don't recommend trying to to SB your own materia IVs. I did it for the entire time I did atma and animus and got no matera IV I needed. Also, novus is customisable materia by materia once you reach the nexus stage I have heard. Also, the difference of a few secondary stats is honestly laughable. That 15-20m doesn't even net u 1% damage increase, so do think about it.

So no, it definitely is not too late to start on it. You could have novus done before 2.4 probably unless atma really takes the piss about it.