I miss the old relics...

I'm almost to level 30, and the grind is awful.
Non-stop monster grinding is starting to make my wrists ache, a friend of mine with carpal tunnel can't even do it. But every time I take a break and idle a little to eat and rest- people make me feel bad and consider me an afk'er and moocher. Just because I need to rest my hands and want to sit and talk with my friends for a little while (since talking is impossible when you are constantly chaining monsters desperately trying to reach that 30 chain)

When a friend of mine finally was able to try Pagos (they weren't able to get time off until this weekend) our level gap was so huge that I couldn't even attempt to help her with any content. I couldn't help her with her challenge log, and even if we weren't in the same party and I tried to back her up, she would get no credit or exp. NM are so spread out that it's now hard to reach one in time if you were anywhere else on the map grinding monsters. And yet, despite SE's obvious attempt to stop the fate train, they tied relics to Fates anyway. So we have to do it, but also it's much harder.

It's overall just very frustrating.