The biggest problem with grindy quests... (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Saturday, September 26, 2015, 16:19 (3442 days ago) @ Korny

Is that people will treat them as their main quest.

I remember one of Cody's recent Whine-of-the-day posts that complained about the Dreadnaught shards., saying that such a quest had no place in Destiny. But here's the thing, they do have a place. Quests can't all be "pick this and be done in 20 minutes for sweet loot".
Some are about delayed gratification. Have that quest? Don't track it. Forget about it. Leave it in the background and focus on quests that you want to do, and be surprised when you get a notification that you've made progress, or check on it down the road and be pleasantly surprised at the progress you've made.

That's all well and good if the quests involve activities that we are doing anyway. But when was the last time you went out of your way to find Relic Iron? Last night aside, I don't think I've picked up 10 of the things since House of Wolves launched. So if I ever wanted to complete this quest, I have to go out of my way to make it happen. Nothing was forcing me to do it all in 1 sitting, but I dislike quests like this so much that I just wanted to get it out of the way. If I only put in 10 or 15 minutes at a time, it'd be weeks or even months before I completed it.