main story chapter done :-)

[Woggers]

So question to more skilled players: Do I lose a lot by just going for the normal weapons of the same iLvl compared to the Atma/Zodiac weapons?

Right now if you can stand the grind, go ahead and work on your relic. If you meld your weapon with optimal stats it will be BiS once you get the Zeta(Zetas are even better than DW weapons if melded correctly!). If you don't have the time to complete it before expansion I would recommend just going for the tome weapons.