Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
I don't believe at this point we should be entertaining people who unironically favor getting relics via roulettes. They can go buy a crafted weapon or the actual tome weapon on their own time. Those of us who wanted a relic first got laughed at in our faces when we went from Bozja level storytelling associated with it to Hildibrand and that set the pace for every letdown that came afterwards.
That's good point. All past relics had some kind of story. ARR was recreating this fabled, legendary weapons. HW had all the Anima and linking soul to a weapon or what was it exactly. SB and ShB had you explore new lands with new story and getting new cool weapons while you're there.

Now what do we get as a substitute? A fucking Hildibrand, Tom Bombadil-like character, minus the good parts. Character which breaks all the immersion that's left and makes no sense in a lore. Or at least I think so, the last hildibrand cutscene that I've watched was that truly hilarious one where there was 10 minute build up, just to point out how hilarious it is when a man wears woman dress. Truly a peak of comedy.