Seems there are many people who thought relic weapon meant some kind of a god tier weapon that is always the best-in-slot option in any scenario. Relic weapons were never meant to be the best weapons, just alternative for those people who cannot clear the hardest content of the game for the top tier weapons. The stats of the upcoming tier of relics are purely based on combinations not already available on other item level 210 weapons. Relic weapons, even ones without optimal stats are still the best weapons for majority of the player base for now.