I'll admit, Animas weren't nearly as satisfying as the relics of 2.0. Granted there are ways of obtaining some of the necessary items that don't involve tomes, but the majority of the animas, imo, were just tome grinds. Done your weekly quest for clusters already? Better go grind some tomes. Done with your beast tribes for the day? Better grind some tomes for those unidentifiables. Need umbrite? Ha! Start grinding tomes, son. The steps for the Zodiacs also required tomes (Animus books and whatnot) but there was more to it than just grinding ARF. It required you to hunt treasure chests and do certain instances. They weren't all fun even in the 2.0 days, but they felt more meaningful. If I'm wrong on any of the above, please feel free to correct me.