Yeah it's probably more fun later on. The beginning is very tedious when there aren't any high level players around to farm enemies faster. We're all trapped in the beginner section of the map for too many hours, leveling very slowly. Feels a bit punishing and unfun to do on release, but if you wait until later then you'll be earning the weapons when they're already obsolete statwise since a simple crafted weapon next month will trump these elemental ones.