Quote Originally Posted by Tint View Post
Another point is that the relic was the only option to get a strong weapon without (savage) raids at all. The tokens for the tomestone weapon were locked behind the raid. The introduction of the story mode raid also made these tokens available for everyone, wich further reduced the relevance of the relic weapon.
Technically, you always had access to tokens from the following 24-man raid tier or hunts, even if not right away.