Quote Originally Posted by Avarghaladion View Post

This is a major concern of mine. The implementation feels very F2P-esque. I want to say that at some point SE is going to have to stop screwing around with relic, given that with each stage it becomes, increasingly, the most difficult weapon option to acquire. I don't have a lot of faith in SE right now when it comes to content balance though.
Even by F2P standards, this sort of grind blows some of the korean MMO's grind fest out of the water. And it's made even worse like I mentioned that the end-reward hasn't been BiS since release, let alone even be 2nd BiS without contention (esp when other options are easier to obtain like I mentioned).

At least with Alexendrites and the books, you have a sense of progress, if even little per day. Atma can feel like an exercise in futility when you spend hours on it with nothing to show for it.