The Relic Weapons

[Ootarion]

Why is the quest to obtain an Animus Relic so long/difficult? Gathering the 12 Atma for the Atma Relic was so easy by comparison, and then the difficulty just skyrockets....why? Its been easy up to this point and now im just pulling at my hair over how annoyingly long it is taking to upgrade my Atma to Animus :/, it makes no sense D:

Someone please help me make sense of why the difficulty just skyrockets so hardcore D:

Edit: If I sound like I am whining I do apologize, its just stuff this difficult is something I am unaccustomed to and makes little sense to me. Dont we play games to have fun instead of working a second job? Cause thats what this part of the relic quest is feeling like right now...a second job instead of something fun, and that defeats the purpose of a game. No I am not asking to just have something handed to me, I do like a challenge, but there is a difference between playing a game that has a challenge, and doing something thats so challenging its like a second job.