MY alternative is this, Bozja and Zadnor were fine, The Relic step should be released at the beginning of a patch X.0 X.1 X.2, etc, you get my point. Now, You have to do a grind for those who want it, and you ofc get all the other rewards for doing said content, mounts, armor, gil, glam, etc, and then the Alternative tome/crystal tower/ no effort version is implemented always at the x.5 patch. Bam, you fixed the issue will making sure the grind stayed Relevant and people got to be lazy.