Quote Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur View Post
Its not a full bribe thing. Rewards are rewards. You derive some of the fun of doing it because you get a reward out of it. Its just playing a bit into the dopamine aspect of MMOs, the issue is keeping a good balance of it with content where its not JUST about the rewards. But if something lacks any tangible reward then that personally affects my brain into not doing it. Thats what incentives mean to me.

Which is why I dont mind Hildibrand quests being a requirement for EW's relic chain. Its a nice incentive to get people to do em since you get some decent trials out of them, also some blue mage spells are acquired from them so there's yet another incentive.

I think the problem is the loose terminology of saying "forced". Am I forced to join an FC in order to progress the game? No. Am I forced to participate in FC made activities such as contests, maps, fate trains etc? No. I just want more in-game activities to be available for FCs. Thats really all to it.
This is pretty much what i was trying to say.