I agree. I don' t mind grinds. I could (and did, during the original relic) run the same content 1000 times over to do the job. Nothing will ever be worse than the Zodiac grind where I literally ran the same dungeons 60+ times each just because I'm super unlucky and couldn't get my item drops. If I'm willing to do that, I'm willing to grind out this new relic... but crafting is a no go for me.

I do not go through my day to day garbage just to get home and watch my avi sit in a corner and stare into a glowy light for hours and hours. I don't know how crafters can do it. I honestly admire their patience, but it's not for me. I log on to actually play a game. I don't log on to count digital sheep and make myself pass out from boredom. All this step of the relic does is essentially lock non-crafters out from finishing the grind they committed to, because the crafting community are basically the digital incarnation of corrupt capitalism and charge millions upon millions of gill to exploit players who can't make these items themselves. It's disgusting. I'd rather roll the dice with PUGs in Alexander Savage than buy into it.