Giving us something to do shouldn't mean putting in such a mindless grind for absolutely no reward in the end- they could have made this more interesting by adding better lore, better *methods* to obtain what was needed. Instead we have repetitive grinding that is going to kill anyone's desire to keep going. Only people with the time/in-game money/networks of people to help can actually make any headway into this, and this is just the first step. Even the original zodiac path wasn't this hellish and that was a painful grind on its own.