Anima... its not fun anymore

[DaikiKiyoshi]

To be fair, the anima/relic weapons are glamour sticks and nothing else. You don't work on a relic to get the BiS weapon for your job, you do it for the appearance and, perhaps, the story. Its meant to be a grind because you have other options to get weapons on an equal strength to the current step, much faster no less. Having an anima/relic weapon isn't a requirement, its purely for those who want to pursue it.

I don't think they'll ever be free of grinds, but I do feel like the grinds need to be simpler while the epic moments need to increase.

I was under the impression that not counting the diadem weapons, the i275 anima is BiS for certain jobs because of the customizable stats?

And as far as the person that said it would be worthless once SB comes out I disagree there too. If HW is anything to go by we'll be able to use it to get a head start on the SB relic.