As we have learned in recent years the casual focused MMO is one doomed to failure. A well balanced MMO which has content for all parts of the spectrum has a much better shot. Although the relic weapons dont' have OMFGWTFBBQ stats they are clear BiS for every respective job, they dont' involve insane time commitment (modest effort but nothing in the relic of FFXI timeframe), and the key point is they are going to be upgradable and the effort were putting in now likely will pay for itself down the road. I dont' expect them to be BiS forever/always but I do think they will be #1 at 2.0 and should stay a top tier weapon far into the future. Think of it as a long term investments.