IMHO the current system makes slamming your head into the wall of clearing current content not worth it for most of the server population. Sure you CAN put in the time and effort for the rewarding clears. Alternately though, you can just stay casual and waltz through most of it 3 to 6 months down the line un-synched with better gear. Last night I did an un-synched Odin for the first time since clearing it back when it was released... the fight went from a tight dps check to a complete joke. The same was true for the EX primals at release, vs when they raised the droprates on the ponies much later. I mean, if you are truely out of everything else to do in the game, the endgame grind is there for you to die over & over to, but at that point most would rather just play something else for a while.