1) So far the relic stage for me has been a grind that has not been fun Since the first step in the quest chain. The first stage was done really well although i think it should have been Garuda,titian, and Ifirit extreme instead of the hard mode versions. I feel as the entire quest chain in just a massive time sink to re run old content and by the end of it you don't even feel like you have been rewarded or accomplished anything of note. The axe looks awesome tho and I'm super happy with it.