The Anima grind is not the problem.

[Fevelle]

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.

Relics are supposed to be casual friendly. The grind actually is, the crafting isn't.