After seeing Eureka I would have rather gotten a relic similar to HW. Even using the older one to skip the fate step. Because when all is said and done the current step for the level 70 is just glorified fate grinding.
Besides the older relics could be done while doing others things too. Like helping friends or others complete their dungeon runs, farming mounts, or just roulettes.
Now it is pointless because the tome gear is extremely easy to get. i330 gear, even the weapon takes no time to get. And Eureka gear isn't really all that much better. and i360 only takes time because of the weekly cap.