Why couldnt they make they use the primals in the relic, that would of been a bit different, but similar to the original and wouldn't feel as horrible as the item stage. The last step is the worst since, while its not a give, it basically would "force" people to bjy the items and posible buy gil to get the items. If the items were 1x and non-specialist, yeah maybe okay, but 4 all HQ and specialist only, SE must be smoking something.