A grind for a grinds sake, or an integral part of the game

my self im starting to think its grind for grinds sake cuz its easier look at the new patch in testing

thing number 3xx that you now need to grind the mats for to then try and maybe fail to forge to access the new content rather then just making a new type of tool to handle the Latticework

i would not be surprised if a year down the line we have to stage forge things in order to make something so forge boon a to be able to get boon b on it in order to get boon c that you want