Hildibrand for relic? Really?

[Akiudo]

If you're going to skip it, it would be easier just not to do it.

If you want to eat an apple, why would you buy an apple packed in 16 layers of gift paper?

same reason people did the ivalice raids for the shb relics, you can argue that you would prefer your apple without the 16 layers of gift wrapper, but that is whats offered and you can take it or leave it. honestly i don't see the need to tie it into the hildibrand quests either but really, just skip through it, its not nearly as bad as people make it out to be, skipping and blizzing through hildibrand probably will take half as long as the easiest actual relic step.