The funny part is that everyone is just complaining about the crystals, when:

1. If you completed your Zeta you completely skip this step entirely, they nerfed the original Atma grind IMMENSELY since it's launch, you could have had a Zeta complete in a weekend before patch.

2. You are allowed to level other classes while Fate grinding, which literally just turns the entire process into Fate grinding. It would be no different if you were leveling an alt class.

3. Right off the bat the drop rate is light years better than the original Atmas, In about an hour and forty minutes I had 1 third of the process completed. The entire night I was chatting with my static WHM and she had all of her crystals done in about 5 hours.

After the crystals the quest line just transitions into repopulating dead content with no RNG left tied to it. People were complaining that stuff like Alex Normal and CT were just dead in the water, well here's your solution.

These weapons are ilvl 210. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION TO OBTAIN A ILVL 210 WEAPON IN THIS GAME AT THIS VERY MOMENT IS TO CLEAR ARGUABLY THE HARDEST PIECE OF CONTENT THEY HAVE EVER ADDED TO THIS GAME SINCE IT'S CONCEPTION.

Of course it's going to be a grind. If you didn't want an RNG grind you had 5 months to dedicate yourself to progression raiding and get a 100% grantee chance at a better weapon to begin with.

There are other games on the market that generate an even worse grind for players. This is pretty soft in comparison.