Quote Originally Posted by Driavna View Post
ARR relic has an ATMA step that drops from fates (not 100% drop at release BTW) and then you needed to complete certain fates for the books (for those you had two options: wait for them to spawn by themself or complete certain fates and hope the one you needed spawned).

In any case, relics are just an excuse to keep any type of player busy. By default is going to be busywork, not any different from "level all classes" achievement. If you don't like what's requested simply stick to tome/crafted weapons and ignore it.
I generally do ignore them, SHB was rumored to be easy to get and yoshi mentioned something about making it easy to upgrade. So I went for it. Alas I wont do that again Hahahaha. I mean if it was dungeon farming - I would be down.