If any one thinks relic is now easy to get, you're in for a surprise.

Yes, relic has been made *slightly* easier to start off.
However, along the way there are gear checks, and skill checks, both of which will prevent you from completing it.

1: Clear the entire storyline
2: Clear class & job quests up to level 50
3: Get the quest from gerolt to get weapon
4: Get a weapon and double meld it
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From here on end, you have gear checks and skill checks in place:
5: Alumina salts from Chimera in cutters cry
6: Literature from Amdapor (Very short instance with about 3 bosses...good luck)
7: Kill 24 mobs (this is the easiest step in the entire chain) with item equipped
8: Kill Hydra in Halitali 8 man (skill and gear check)
9: Kill Hard Mode Ifrit, Garuda and Titan for an item from them each (things have changed since 1.0...)
10: Buy a 900 philosophy token item from Rowena. You get these from end game raids.

After all that you have 1 relic. For skilled players, this makes getting relics very easy. For the not so skilled players...good luck.