This absolute best part of this was when they were like "Yea 2-3 drops guaranteed!" and then in the past people were like "Yo! Make some drops guaranteed!" and then today people were like "OMG stop rewarding luck, bc tokens! Grumble grumble still not good enough!".

You just want it now now now, just admit it already. There's no shame.

How bout they just make daily dungeon quest like wow. Where if you do a certain instance/instances you get a relevant reward. That is a motivation enough to do outdated content.

Relic items are also a way for people who like to do old repeat instance x infinity model. They shouldn't force the outdated model on all players. Unless they don't want the subs of a large portion of non hardcore players.
I don't like that very much, so don't force it on me. Poof, out the window.