Is Juju melding the best way to "farm" charms? Currently I set 2 requests (can only afford that at the moment), do Steak Your Ground twice without saving, check the results and if I don't see anything I like, restart the game. The whole cycle takes about 2 minutes and nets around 7-10 charms.
No. Just make a charm farm set and farm that G2 quest instead. Done properly you can possibly score up to 10 Enduring Charms a run which can take 5~8 minutes.
If you really want efficiency you could set Juju melding and claim your talismans after 3 charm runs.
I tried the Juju meld reset thing once and it was terrible. You get like 3~5 enduring at best for 4 minutes of not playing the game.
The end game is all about getting the ultimate weapons, AFAIK with the level 140 Guild Quest stuff, though that might not be as interesting.
Unless you really loved getting smashed by RNG I would not recommend this end game to anyone that enjoys fun. On top of only getting 2~4 Beshackled pieces a run, at best, you have to hope that it's rare10 and that the randomized stats are actually worthwhile (raw, sharpness, element/status, affinity, defense bonus are all randomized within a range or set numbers). You can upgrade relics a limited number of times though to get their non-cap values to their max range though so I guess that's nice, though what stat is upgraded is random too if multiple.
I'm really hoping 140 GQs are bullshit hard, like G+ to warrant the additional "grind." The GQ limit is frustrating though, yet requires community, so kind of cool
They're hard but not stupid unfair hard. The frustrating thing is, again, the actual relics themselves. It's a nice way to extend playtime but I would do 140 GQs more as a thing to do than for relics. It's a fun way to see which pug triple carts at least.