Forced scarcity and exclusivity.

[Mistyregions]

Yet another incompetent retort. If the reward is specifically for "world's first" then duh, any idiot would agree that only the "world's first" deserves the reward.

I'm talking about general accomplishments and achievements. For example, Ultimate raids, which live up to their name perfectly: they're ultimate. Clearing them will always be impressive (assuming clears aren't bought) because everyone who attempts them will always be armed with the same tools, due to sync-only requirements. Forced scarcity would be removing even the opportunity to attempt these fights. Therefore it's a flawed concept that is objectively wrong.

That's false not everyone who clears ultimate have the same tools, everyone will ride the coattails of the people who made guides, spent hours editing a video, hours making videos, running it blind, then voice overs. Then the less dedicated and skilled players who dont know how to blind prog come behind and have everything handed to them, all they have to do is remember a string of events, which is not hard at all. Green light, yellow light, red light. That's all a raid is.

Edit: lame ducks was harsh.