(Relics) What is the lowest-development-cost content we'd still find fun?

[Shurrikhan]

Why not just have a level up system to relic gear? That way you could do whatever you want in the game and still be working on your relic?

Should the Relic gear then be only a byproduct of regular content (e.g. if I'm not interested in Savage and have already gotten everything I can out of Ex trials, I'm back to logging on only for Expert roulette and maybe weekly normal raid gear)?

Or, should we still add further 'Relic EXP' bonuses from particular content and the like to stimulate participation of otherwise stagnated content?

Every Relic step has gotten players to do more than their usual efficient low-time-played weekly grinding. Are there any such additions you imagine for your system?

[RitsukoSonoda]

The books were awful just due to the fates.

I could do light grinding steps of a different relic in the time it took a couple of those to finally spawn when I actually needed them to.

The fate steps on the books went a lot faster if people were actively clearing fates in a zone to accelerate the respawn cycle. When people just sat around hoping for the one they wanted for the book, that's when it took forever to spawn because you were waiting for the ones on the map to time out so another could spawn.