Anima Weapons. Putting things into perspective.

[Felis]

Here are Yoshi-P's own words on the design intent of the anima quests:

Similar to Zodiac weapons, Anima weapons are based on the following concepts.

• Will not be the strongest weapon at the same time as the rewards for clearing the hardest difficulty content.
• Clearing the hardest difficulty content will not require you to obtain Zodiac/Anima weapons.
• Creating these weapons will require you to put in effort over a longer period of time.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/s...65#post3494765

And because the ilvl 230 step is not about effort over a longer period of time, the ilvl 210 nerf is not coming until the next step with a big grind