[2020] Slayer's Path: Absurd amount of Ram and Merit to complete

I was taking a look at the Slayer's Path and I noticed that in order to unlock all nodes I'll need:

32,000 combat merits;

53,000 exploring merits;

6,350,000 rams.

I play this game for a year and half and so far I have only 3,000,000 rams (I've never used any ram to buy tonics). So, another year and half to get bonuses like +5 resistance, +5 % attack speed, + 10% stamina...?

I don't see a problem in griding, as long as the grinding is enjoyable and the reward is worth the time, but that's not the case here, seems too much for too little.

*Feeling bad for those players who spent all their, up until now, uselles ram in tonics for trials.