So why are the crafter relics.. bad.

[Atelier-Bagur]

The TLDR from this is 'if you manage to hit a good on IQ2+ then the relic is better, for expert recipes'.

Now how many expert recipes are there in Endwalker, since pre-endwalker recipes can just be brute forced via macros.

Is the relic perk actually worth the small niche use that it gets used for?

Like I said, crafting macros only work for BiS pentameld where you want to guarantee have HQ quality on production. Which requires a lot of effort to do. So the relic is there to serve as progression catch up gear for many players whom dont bother with going through the effort to have viable macros to work.

And were not getting anymore normal upgrade tools till 7.0 so the relic will quickly be a lot better than the indigator once we get the next step to it.