What SHOULD a relic step be?

[SalamanderIX]

To me the Shadowbringers Relic was the ideal way to do it.

This comes from the experience of actually going them.
When the content was new, it was a huge grind to do my Dark Knight Weapon, yet the three alternate jobs I wanted a weapon for were not such a high amount of time I wasn't able to grind a couple of days each for them.

During Endwalker, I wanted to get more of the Shadowbringers relics, and passively or actively pursue them. I got 6 more during that time, and in Dawntrail I have continued, getting 3 more. So I'm still not done all the Shadowbringers weapons, and I don't mind it. If I dedicated time, I could have them done in a few days. But it's nice to have a relic grind still going all these years later, the content is still meaningful to me. Meanwhile, I have all the Endwalker Relics, duty roulette completed them effortlessly before the expansion was over, without trying.

I had a friend who was determined to do all the Shadowbringers Relics when they were new, and he did it. He did say it was a crushing grind, but he was very proud of that accomplishment. I guess those kind of statements Square may had seen as complaints? I don't think it's a bad thing, if you really want all the weapons it should be such an accomplishment for effort. The issue with the way we're doing it now, as sure the initial accomplishment of the relic steps is great due to the grinds, we'll end up the same was as last time with all the relics done and the same lack of content longevity.

[SyferU]

I think there would be a burnout of farming the same boss over and over as there would always be an optimal farm choice...

Could just give each duty a daily reset, so that you can only get an element from a duty once per day. That would force people that want to grind into many different duties that have the desired element.