Do you see Grinding as a bad thing?

[COKTOE]

I've been able to enjoy grinding to varying degrees, but it's also cast a shadow on games I was otherwise fully enjoying. Post game grinds for rare random drops took away some of the shine from both Demon's Souls and Final Fantasy XIII. Once it was done though, I kind of reset, and was like: "Yeah, I still loved it". As it was happening though......it was definitely a test of patience some days. I can't recall exactly how many times I fought the enemy in Demon's Souls that dropped the Pure Bladestone I needed, but it went on for a WHILE.