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

[Vahlnir]

I care because rewards should scale with difficulty. Watching netflix while grinding out fate trains isn't difficult. You really want to play a game where people can bot their way to the best item level? I sure don't.

If you're going by item levels and power, casual players can end up getting equally powerful gear with little effort in the form of tome gear. The biggest difference between raiding and tome gear is maybe some optimal stats (maybe), +5 on a raiding weapon compared to another, and maybe 1 accessory, probably a ring unless they give us another Proto Ultima-style fight. It just takes a bit longer, but certainly doesn't require much effort to get tome gear and upgrade them fully. This isn't accounting for BiS this and that, mind you, but as far as item level and power goes they are all but one in the same. Raiders just get there sooner.

Nah, good gear doesn't equal good damage. Bad rotation is still bad. I'll take a raider that has an undergeared alt over an overgeared casual player any day.

Bad players will be bad, that much I can agree with. Gear won't help them. However, raiders themselves can potentially be bad. Don't judge a book by its cover.