Quote Originally Posted by AmpelioB View Post
jokes on you guys because the first step has always been this easy:
  1. ARR:
Do the chimera
Do a few dungeons
Slay so mobs
Do a few trials
spend 15 poetics
  1. Heavensward
About 12 fates, 6 if you are very lucky.
OR turn your Zodiac weapon if you are some kind of maniac
  1. Stormblood
They actually gave the first step in the job quest, so it's basically free, just level your job

  1. Shadowbringer
a bunch of quests introducing Bozja + 1000 poetics (which is kinda like ARR if you think about it but it's not locking you in specific content).
you don't even have to enter bozja to get it anyway.


so yea guys, first step of relic always been easy.
On content ARR relic was NOT easy. Hard Mode trials were the original tough content of the game and back in the day Titan HM was a tough wall to climb. Obviously the content got dwarfed by Extremes and gear tuning destroyed their difficulty over time, but back when they first came out, the first relic step was actually a bit of a hurdle to overcome.

Not to mention you needed to craft or source an at the time expensive weapon melded with materia for Gerolt to "use as a base".