Locking dyable artifact gear behind a extreme trial, good idea?

[Vahlnir]

At first I saw what was required and thought "yeah, I'll have this cleared in a couple days and farmed after that". So I went and joined learning party after learning party, clear party after clear party, and I have come to the conclusion that it is simply a waste of my time.

I want my GNB set badly, and perhaps I will get it eventually. But that won't be right now, not while all the...unique individuals who can't seem to get past phase 1 in a clear party are trying to clear too. I will revisit this later. I know my stuff, but sadly it seems as though almost no one else does.

My opinion on the matter overall is that this was a really questionable decision on the dev's part. I had every intention of doing this, but...I value what sanity I have more. I hope that they add another way to obtain it in the future. Guess I'll be taking my break from the game after all. My sub money will go towards PSO2 stuff I guess. If your plan was to beat all my willpower out of me, SE, then you have succeeded with flying colors. But thanks for the relic weapon I guess!

Edit: As an aside, yes, I am rather salty. I'm fully aware of that. But it took a lot for me to get to this point. I wanted to take a break from the game for a few days before finally posting about this, so that it wasn't 150% more salt when I did.