Quote Originally Posted by Tint View Post

So why is the relic, wich needs a huge time investment, not actually better than a weapon wich is handed out almost for free? Okay, the relic has 3 materia slots more, but that's still underwhelming when you compare the amount of work to get these two weapons.

Because tomestones have a weekly cap. You can get your eureka weapon in a few days if you're crazy enough. Also, the tomestone weapon competes with the other tomestone gear because, again, tomestones are limited. Personally, I wouldn't touch the tomestone weapon with the end of a stick. It would just delay my BiS and the possibility to try other jobs in savage.

And as already said by Whiskey and Cassandra, gear is not very relevant for your numbers if you don't know your job's rotation and how to adapt to different encounters. I've seen ilvl 380+ players in expert roulettes being outdpsed by healers and tanks. Gear won't help those players.