Make relics have the same iLVL as the Raid weapons and released at the same time

[Fhaerron]

Ok sure, released at same time as the raid.

But then, make the last requirement to upgrade to highest Ilvl of that patch an item that drops from the final boss in savage of that tier.

And to the people that no doubt wil come complain on my suggestion. You DON'T need highest Ilvl if you don't do savage. Period.
There need to be more locked rewards available only to people who put time and effort into obtaining it.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Ok sure, released at same time as the raid.

But then, make the last requirement to upgrade to highest Ilvl of that patch an item that drops from the final boss in savage of that tier.

And to the people that no doubt wil come complain on my suggestion. You DON'T need highest Ilvl if you don't do savage. Period.
There need to be more locked rewards available only to people who put time and effort into obtaining it.

Yeah, no. No one's going to gate the weapon that's known for being available to everyone and just requiring time commitment behind raiding.

You don't need highest ilvl if you're not going to do Ultimate, either. And in the next tier it's usually surpassed by crafted gear anyway. Even worse if it's the last tier, then you don't have anything to use the highest ilvl on.
There's plenty of time-gated rewards behind raiding:
- access to tome weapons after 3 weeks instead of 7
- their upgrade items
- exclusive gear