Though I would have to agree with the OP that the grind is bad, tedious, and unforgiving. I can see why SethLex would want some things to be tailored towards skill and it makes sense. Overall I can understand why SE would make this quest so grind heavy. It is an MMO, is one way of looking at it but also because as others stated previously, there are some of us, me included, who after completing t5 and started SCOB can't get a static party, just don't want to be bothered with it, or would simply want to clear these things at their leisure, or because we can't play as often or aren't as intensely hardcore about some aspects of the game, mainly SCOB. This quest was intended for casual players, granted I am mostly a casual player. I only recently completed t1-5 about a week ago lol. I can understand where you are coming from but then again I can also understand both sides of the argument as well. You may disagree with what I am saying but this is just my opinion.