The quest isn't slow, it's boring. I don't mind a long term grind, but the 3.x relic quests have all come down to "grind tens of thousands of tomes" Tome grinding is the absolute worst part of this game. The only efficient way to grind tomes is through daily roulettes. So I have to spend everyday doing dailies instead of doing stuff I'd rather be doing. More options than grinding tomes to ge these items would be nice. I liked the crystal sand part of the quest. then they had to make umbrite only obtainable from tomes. Alternatives ways to get umbrite or alternative ways to get tomes besides spamming the same dungeon over and over and over is needed. It's not fun, which means SE is doing it wrong.