Good morning! As a new player to Hydatos, I'm confused about some aspects of this level/stage/instance; questions below:

1) Crystal Drops: I'm noticing that NM's only provide about 6 crystals after defeat. I need 300 just for the relic, and that's not even including the armor. Does this get better? This seems like more of a grind than people complain about. Are there easier ways to get crystals?

2) Notorious Monsters [Spawning/Farming]: I've been in a handful of instances and this seems to be (anecdotally) non-existent. You'll hear shouts for PW spawn or that Ovni is up (both lvl 60 bosses), but the vast majority of the instance is AFK at the entrance or at the bunny fate location. Is this normal? I'm trying to level, but this seems impossible - which leads to my next question.

3) Leveling? Am I Too Late?: Dovetailing off the last question, since players are not spawning NM's regularly, and there doesn't seem to be chain/mob farms, how is one to level after challenge log is complete? Pyros at 52+ is too slow. I'm worried that I'm too late to Hydatos with it being a month old and will need to wait until it's nerfed before people start coming back into the instance. Is this a valid concern?