"Fun comes first"

[BreathlessTao]

Thats just your opinion, nearly all of PF on balmung is relic related, so clearly its not the popular opinion either.

And saying this is not seeing the wood for the trees. Yeah, sure, the PF might be full of relic-related ads, but that doesn't mean everyone flocking to it loves it to death. It only means that people are interested in having a relic weapon, they want to have a relic weapon, whatever that might entail* - and/or that a lot had nothing "fresh" to do for a while and they just jumped at this because it's something "new" to do. It's not a proof at all of nobody having any problem with any part of it.
Look at it this way: everyone's using this crummy glamour system we have, does it mean it's an awesome design that everyone loves? Nope, it means that this is what we have so we're forced to use it if we want to appear wearing different gear than what we actually have equipped. Try adding a proper glamour log that requires no physical items, no prisms and such, and have it alongside what we do have for a while - then we'd see which one is loved more.
*: taking advantage of that in such a blatant way and throwing the worst parts at people (at players, at paying customers) again, after numerous expressions of displeasure, with zero effort, just because "they'll do it anyway"....well, that is just bad form. Really, really bad form.


As for the OP: YES, YES, YES, A MILLION TIMES YES. I would really love to hear Yoshi reflect to these, especially in regards to the relic quests now, but in general as well, because let's face it, the fun seeped out of the game quite a while ago, content-wise. And it's quite baffling to see, to hear, to experience how disjointed the players and the devs have become, especially when thinking back of that exact thing that's in the OP. It's like most, if not all, of that disappeared and has been replaced with ¥_¥ eyes and /grabbyhands. Simply very sad.