Yeah it’s a pain in the ass. I thought THJ leveling of items was slow but at least you put the shit in your level up power slot and got AA exp whilst leveling your item, which only had 3 levels to them. In this iteration there is 10 levels and only way to level them is farm more items, like hundreds, or use the precious motes on them. And of course there was always a chance to get the item to drop +3 so you didnt even have to level it up. Also here you have to level up your good spells too, which is yet another mote sink. In THJ they had clicky items that made your spells do 2x dmg and your heals do 2x healing.