I think the "first step skip" should be there for the people that one it. Also it makes it seem like you are a continually upgrading the same weapon doing that. However I traded 2 of my 2.0 relics for a head start ont eh 3.0 ones and later wished I hadn't. Felt like I died a little inside when I traded them, or like I had been kicked in the balls. I could trade the Eureka relic... what I have of it anyway... in a heartbeat tho.

I think they should go back to the old way of doing the relic. Wonderous Tails isn't enough to keep the old content alive like the Relic could. Tho in all honestly I would like to see some more "personal" content for the relic. Like semi challenging solo instances to power up your weapon after you've collected stuff. And more story to the weapons.