Originally Posted by
solracht
If they simply needed a carrot they could've handled this so much better, like adding i300 hands or i290 pants... or really any slot except for weapons, because clearly the community cares about their relics. Alternatively they could've used this lull period where apparently "nothing matters" to try actual interesting systems like letting you upgrade the ilevel of all of your current gear, or something even more imaginative like letting you grind out extra effects.
I get that they needed something, I don't get why this was their answer. The devs are absolutely clueless.