Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
You have to ask yourself what the function of having a 'relic' is in the first place.
Okay, here's my hot take:
One component of a "relic weapon" is that it has some story associated with it. "Relic" might imply "discovering or recreating a weapon lost to time," but I, personally, am willing to be a bit more lax.

The second component of a "relic weapon" is that you need to work for it. It shouldn't just fall in your lap. There should be some point at which you say to yourself, "Why am I suffering for this?"
I haven't completed a Stormblood weapon (yet...), but I'd say that all expacs satisfy the first component. Most expacs also satisfy that second component, with Endwalker being the notable exception.

For that second component to make sense from a practical standpoint, there needs to be a point in the game's lifecycle where the relic weapon is the best weapon you can wield, or at least comparable to best weapon you can wield given the effort to obtain the relic.