They already tried a compromise with ShB relics. Alternatives outside of Bozja, 1-Time only steps, even having people finally have a use for Blue Mage made the ShB relics some of the easiest and less grindy relics. The results? People still complained the game would have the audacity of having players go out of their way for relics. So now it's logging in, doing a quests for an hour and watching the funny man explode, then gib shiny.