I remember when I first played this game that I did the relic for the base game, and I remember it being very convoluted because I believe at the time they were figuring out how to set it up so there were multiple steps that ranged from many facets of the game. It was interesting, but a huge pain in the ass. I never really bothered with the relics in the future expansions but I decided to give the most recent one to try because it’s a lot easier to do than the others. So far to say, this format is perfect for someone like me but I can definitely understand why people would not like the system because it makes the relic feel a lot less special because it really is just something you do on the side and not something that you focus on to begin with.