It appears Japanese players are in agreement.

[Nanaya]

Those aren't White Knights, man. Those are just elitists.

True elitists don't have an unified opinion towards this. It's literally nothing more than a gil grind, there is no skill ceiling, there is no technique only a good player would be able to employ, it is simply a numbers game. It's no different from putting your nose to the grindstone and getting everything to 50, nothing elitist about it, it's just single-minded determination.