How do you think they should handle relic weapons in the next expansion?

[JunseiKei]

A fleshed out backstory to the weapons origins. The ARR relic had this, at least somewhat.
Something challenging to prove your merit. A series of solo instance dungeons or something to help drive the story and immerse yourself into why this weapon exists, why you're recreating it now, who used it in the past. (Am I the only one who thought the Zodiak Braves or the Darklight Raiders, etc. were the coolest thing?)

I'm tired of paying of Gerolts bar tab. Let's get some real lore in here.

Absolutely this. I loved how the ARR relic started a story that really could have been so much more. Instead, it turned into Gerolt talent showcase. I don't mind him having the talent to recreate the weapons, but more emphasis on the weapons' histories rather than a focus on him would be great. It's like Seiken Densetsu placing a focus on the Watts instead of the Sword of Mana.

That aside, I hope they return to the relics not being tied to a place wholly annexed from the rest of the game. I can stand the tedious grind relic was in ARR and HW because I could still mostly run it with "current" content (older dungeons aside, it was up to me on how I wanted to go about light gathering, sand gathering, etc). I also don't get why the relic has to be so far behind raid weapons. We have a bunch of patches in between each raid tier. Just release the relic weapon increments sooner, so raid weapons stay top for a majority of the time they are out, but relic catches up just before the next tier.