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Counterpoint, I love that I can choose to grind tomes in whatever I want instead of their narrow prescribed list of new thing I may hate or specific old content.

Especially in a game of now 19 jobs. Relics can much more easily be accessed for players interested in gearing alternate jobs for current content.
Why does the amount of jobs matter for the relic? It shouldn't be designed around being able to make one for most/all possible jobs, especially not when it's the current relic step.
There's less grindy alternatives to gearing alternate jobs; an iLvl 640 crafted weapon (upgradable to iLvl 650 in patch 6.5), an iLvl 645 EX Trial weapon, and an iLvl 650 Tomestone of Comedy weapon. That's two relatively quick options (crafting/EX trial), and a time-gated one (7 weekly P12N clears).

With those options in mind, I don't see the big deal of having a grindy one, for the players who enjoy that kinda thing.