[REQUEST/SUGGESTION/FEEDBACK] Endwalker Relics & Tomes

[IngaRyuugu]

Hello everyone, hope this post finds you well!

I'll leave a little story here to describe my full feelings about the situation, You can probably skip it if you'd like since I'll also drop a TL;DR at the bottom with the key points.


I've been playing for a long time now, around 4.2; I've spent countless hours in this game and I love it, HOWEVER, certain lack of activities started to burn me out. This time we had no Bozja, no Eureka, relics were there but the first step wasn't really that engaging, not easy, not fun, just there, get dailies done, pvp, DD, do hunt trains, get your tomes, get your relics.
I dropped the game for a couple months not even finishing the first set of relics; news for 6.4 are announced, relics are once again using the unrestricted Endwalker tomestone to upgrade them, I was disappointed but that didn't stop me from enjoying the rest of the patch when it dropped.
There was still certain lack of something, personally, Island Sanctuary definitively couldn't carry that lack of exploration zone or relic grind, nor did the C/V Dungeons do much for me (THOUGH I'D LOVE SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THEM IN THE MSQ).

TLDR;Feedback:

• Relics shouldn't depend on a single way to get them, you've shown us your understanding of this during ShB, this is a step back.
  
• Using the Endwalker tomes instead of Poetics can be a bit troublesome, it does give certain illusion of choice "Do I get crafter materials or do I build my relic?" But I don't think it's worth it. (Though this might be more of a subjective take)
  
• Farming them can get really really annoying considering the alternative ways to get them. (Other than Hunt trains).
  
• Maybe make use of other currencies in the game just like you did in Heavensward. Especially having in mind these are Manderville weapons it wouldn't be too far out to grind MGP, Wolf Collars/marks, Seafarer's Cowries for it.
  
• Include content in the game that otherwise is rather inactive, non-gemstone FATES for example.
  
• It would be very nice if you dropped Relic Weapon AND New PVP Series at the same time, that way you could work on multiple things at once unlike the first step of the Manderville Relics that dropped BEFORE the New Series was out.

[IngaRyuugu]

Some misunderstandings (maybe):

• Not saying that the Relic shouldn't be grindy, in the contrary I love that, however there's certain balance to it.
  
• Not blaming my burn out on the Relics alone, just saying that is usually something that keeps me around for a while.
  
• Not against this more casual friendly way of farming for the relic, however, I would love if there was an option for more variety.
  
• Island Sanctuary is brought up, I don't think it's bad, it's just there, nice gil resource if you know how to use it. I don't hate it, I know it's supposed to be a side activity in contrast to Exploration zones which are more of a "Focus on this". However I brought it up because it was in a way the replacement for that in my mind considering the way I play the game.