Not sure how much time I'll even have to play, but IM for me is way more enjoyable.
Like "oh I need to craft like 50k bloods to use" would make me enjoy it more than "oh I need to craft 50k bloods for exp" - like I'm just crafting them to use it and the EXP becomes a non-factor. You sorta just play the game and do everything on your own naturally so it just feels less grindy I guess