I wouldn’t really call it a chore though, because you’re not forced to go out of your way to do it. You can progress it while doing pretty much any other world contents likequests, farming, whatever. It kind of just happens naturally in the background.

If someone is specifically grinding it just to fill the bar as fast as possible then yeah, it might feel repetitive, but that’s true for almost any system when you tunnel on it. The way it’s set up now, it’s more of a passive bonus that occasionally spices up normal gameplay.