Step 1-11-
A several hour grind for a new look on your weapon is stupid, the iLevel is useless, Making me grind to unlock another grind without anything in between is not a reward.
No other step in the relic quest makes you grind so you can grind again before rewarding you.
Step 1-74-
Don't change the definition of a step. Each step except Zenith -> Atma in the relic questline has given some statistical boost to the weapon
Looking at these-
That is impossible as that step gives literally no boost to the weapon.
What makes Atma-
Using a mirror on your weapon buffs it. Using atmas on your zenith does not. Only the animus books do, making the atma grind an unnecessary step and a horrible choice in game design. It should be nerfed and have the base atma buffed to i95.
T9-
There is a huge difference in rolling on a drop which will upgrade you and grinding for hours on end for atmas that will not upgrade your weapon.