Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
We attribute different values to effort then. The 210 step may have taken me forever, but it required no skill or effort beyond 30ish minutes a day for two months. I waste more time watching Youtube. Frankly, I'd say we're arguing semantics at this point. A11S/A12S are significantly harder content. And while you may finish either faster, they won't ever be a mindless chore. Hence why their rewards are better. Granted, I think you could make a case about the Shire weapon, but the Anima will likely go to 270 when 3.5 drops.
Mindless chores still require effort to accomplish, otherwise, they'd never get done. And while to some extent you can increase the effort level to get a task done faster, generally speaking, the longer a task takes to finish, the more effort was involved in finishing it. An ounce of effort a day over twenty days is more effort than a pound of effort for one day only. Both the relic and the savage grinds take longer than that; yet the principle is the same. Relics take a lot more effort over time than a savage weapon.