The Lessons Not Learned.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

TBH the first stage relics were always super trivial and the "grind" part of them was the process of upgrading them later.

I dont recall a single 1st step of the Relic Grind in this game being hard at all.
ARR and HW its probly had the longest 1st steps, but they wernt hard, and I dont consider them any better then past relics. And frankly, I like and can appreciate them not doing the Exact same thing each time, and making the gate of entry long and tedious.
Again, they're not even hard.