Most people don't seem to realize, but we get almost as much AF farming done on runs "for clear" as on "farming" runs - maybe more! Hydra mobs take a lot of effort to kill and it doesn't seem like they have a larger chance to drop AF or anything like that; compare this to the extra mobs that we have to go through to get to Angra Mainyu. We get all TEs either way... the big difference on "farming" runs is that there is a chance of getting an attestation, although we may turn our attention more to trying to pop the NMs at some point.
Didn't mean to single you out or anything but I wanted to try and clear up this common misconception.