I agree with OP After i got my relic Shield in XI and all my other pld gear I did start to find XI uninteresting. While i don't have any relic weapon my self i would have one if i would have tried for it but i did not for 1 reason I HATE FUKING HAMLET, and i also thought the mnk wep was sub par(personal opinion) but i did help with almost the entire quest line and it was not hard at all from what i did.