Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
So yes, no one truly wants it to be "easier" or "more casual" but most people want it to be logical and the Hamlet Def step is just to waste your time, much like the SB portion is designed to waste your time, especially if you ignore the reasoning for it.
It's no different an issue than the Darklight or primal weapon drop rate. There's too little content, so we have to spam it mindlessly to waste our time. We already know that's being changed in 2.0. Everything in 1.x is like this, it's nothing new. So what's so special about the hamlet grind?

Quote Originally Posted by Zantetsuken View Post
The hamlet seals portion of the relic quest was intended as a pseudo-hard limit on the amount of relics that can be obtained over a certain span of time.

The devs realized that no matter how difficult battles are, FFXIV players are resourceful enough to master them (as proven with the Garuda fight). They also realized that no matter how much grinding is required, FFXIV players will just power through it -- almost 24/7 in some cases.
You know the hamlet step only has to be done once, right? If you had to re-do it for each relic it would be a limit, but once you do it once you can knock out 7/7 relics in short order (once you've done the quest once you can plow through subsequent relic cycles in 3-4 days each no problem).