I would rather they did 12 fates with quest related mobs (something similar to cancer in costa del sol maybe) or something similar to the previous relic (killing EXs and stuff).
Indeed, the Animus part of the quest seems fine to me, it's the Atma totally-random-grinding-low-level-fates-for-hours that I dislike.
Do I have to spend HOURS beating liv 10 mobs hoping to get 1 out of 12 part of a relic upgrade? wow, now I feel very challenged and my skills are being tested...meh.

Also, story immersion anyone? it's called Zodiac Saga and stuff and you send me randomly in old fates? yay ._.
how about something actually related to the relic, its story, ancestors etc?