Manderville Relic Criticism

[Jojoya]

It's an MMO. Players should not be entitled to welfare handouts of weapons. Accomplishment should actually mean something.

Of course, in the participation trophy era, it indeed quite seems that this is becoming an untenable position.

Accomplishments do mean something. The strength of meaning will vary from individual to individual. What was trivial to one may be a major achievement to another.

A relic weapon isn't an accomplishment. This may come as a shock to you but relic weapons have never been anything other than participation rewards. Participate in doing the following activities and you get the reward. Everyone wins if they do the necessary participation.

If you need something that will provide you deeper meaning than a participation reward, create your own accomplishment. Set goals that challenge you then see if you can make them all happen. If you feel a material reward is needed at the end, then set one that you feel is fitting.

I'm still highly confused by them opting out of involving the Criterion dungeons in any of the relic steps, even as an optional alternative to the tomestone farm.

People complained about both so they had a chance to kill two birds with one stone.

Criterion rewards Causality. They didn't opt out of it. It was another opt in all along.

If most players are taking what some consider the easy way out to get Causality, i guess it goes to show just how much relics weapons mean to the average player.