I feel sorry for those people who have spent hours, days, weeks, months on their Relic Weapons, and many of them several Relic Weapons.
But, I guess there was always a chance that the Relic would be replaced sooner or later.
Good thing for the new people that recently jumped into FXIV, as they don't have to feel all to left out with the new exp and a "fresh start" when it comes to gearing up.
I hope the "compensation" from owning a fully upgraded Relic in 2.x will be somewhat acceptable by the community.