I've been out of the game for... a good year and I never realized how BAD the Relic Quest had gotten in terms of sheer... GRIND.

Atma was a Breeze, Animus was annoying but not that bad of a Grind.

But this... this is ridiculous.

Spiritbonding to MAYBE get Materia you need.

Farming the gear TO Spiritbond for Materia.

Farming FATES to try and get Alexandrite.

Farming Daily Quests to get Alexandrite.

And if you don't want to farm for freaking Materia, the stupid things cost way too much on the Marketplace boards!

To top it all off, I just watched a video about converting that happened BEFORE 2.35 and that you could get good Materia without much hassle, but now the pool to get Materia's has widened! I could get i90 armor, Spiritbond it and only get an Elemental Resistance Materia when I wanted Heaven's Eye Or Savage Might!

Why is the grind literally multiplied by 100 from Atma's!?