Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
Materia would be an easy item to add with plenty of demand, and unlike Tomestones Wolf Mark rewards are tied more to victory, so I don't think we'd have to worry about an influx of trash quite as much with such a thing... t4 and t5 Materia would be fairly costly I'd imagine... More of a reward for people actually interested in PvP, rather than something someone who isn't going to bother will be able to farm with any real efficiency...
Personally, I'm still advocating for them replacing Tomestone bonuses with a vastly expanded PvP vendor system. Not only would this eliminate the plague of tome farmers, but it would also appeal to a much broader audience with almost endless possibilities. Housing items, minions, tomestone items (pretty much anything Rowena sells should be available at the right cost), GC items from all of the GC's (eliminating the need to swap GC's and reset your rank), crafting supplies, materia etc. There are so many other incentives to use to get people to queue into PvP without the need for tomes, if SE would only just make full use out of the vendor system they already have in place.

I do like your idea for a PvP relic (Artifact PvP gear would be a lovely fantasy as well), but it wouldn't make sense unless Morale was put back into the game. There's literally no point to grinding out a new weapon if that weapon can easily be matched by any PvE gear that is currently available and easily attained with almost no effort. If you cannot secure at least the smallest of advantages by customizing your PvP gear, then there is no reason to do it. Currently, without morale, PvP gear is useless. A relic would be equally useless, and not worth the time to grind ... unless you really want it for glamour (in which case it better be damn good looking).