Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
Except, it does fit the intended design, it isn't excessive, and there's nothing wrong with it. I'd bet you that a dedicated grinder can upgrade their anima faster than a dedicated raider can clear all turns of the newest raid content AND get their weapon drop from it. Just because you feel something is excessive doesn't mean everyone does. Just because you think the grind is too much doesn't mean that everyone does.

That's a thing you understand, right? This isn't rocket science.
It cannot fit the intended design. The intended design was that it would be comparable in difficulty to other methods of obtaining 210 weapons, and at the time the only other method was quite difficult. If you seriously think that the entire third step is equivalent to running Void Ark once and earning 490 esoterics, which is the only way for it to still fit the intended design, then you are delusional.