I've had my Alex Codex i275 for months. But their choice of stats obviously made the 270 anima a better weapon for DPS.

See I did agree with YoshiP on how they changed their anima philosophy after Gordias where they said it's ilevel would not match the raid weapon to give further incentive to raiding. Like the Midan weapons topped at i245, but the anima only went to i240 before the end of 3.3. I personally wouldn't have mind if they actually ended the anima at i270 to be in-line with that.

Time spent grinding an anima/relic really should not match or surpass raid weapons in stat quality (this one always makes us scratch our heads, they just spin the wheel for weapon stats), which are acquired through difficult content in the game, and only one of them drops a week for a raid. Then if you are that unlucky it takes 2 months of clears to buy your own i275.