The Anima grind is not the problem.

[Zumi]

I said earlier, Im not a raider. I probably wont feel any direct effects of getting one 210 over another. But if thats the case, Its like im a 5 year old who was given some keys to play with to hold my attention, while the big kids get actual toys. The difference may be minor, but now Im working towards a number, not a weapon.

If you are not a raider you won't fell the effects that much at all at getting a better weapon due to the non raid content not requiring high levels of gear. The relics for the most part are for the hard core player base who have a lot of time to play and do a huge grind. I would suggest just waiting till they put in eso upgrade items in hunts/void ark.