Quote Originally Posted by Hakuro89 View Post

I assume the 228 at the top indicates how many of whatever we feed it.
Even with more ways to obtain these token things than with the 200-210 step, this looks like it could be a significantly greater hell.
But they added a bigger shortcut- in this grind, if you have the gil, you can choose to substitute the weapon food with materia. That can significantly cut the grind, even if you only use grade I - III materia, which are dirt cheap.

Also it may be 228 stat points, so it could be whatever 228/3 (since each food is +3 to a stat minimum) is worth of food minimum, plus the +4/+5 bonus chance. And they did say the relic will have the same stats as an i240 weapon +3 grade V materia so, you're coming out ahead of the lore tome i240 versions on top of that. I think even the Novus was 75 Alex/materia but when it was finalized, you got bonuses added to your first two stats, so it ended up not being a total 1:1 ratio of items to stats.