What makes a good relic storyline / step

[CNitsah]

(don't know why people preferred CT so much, it's like a love-hate relationship, they complain about hating CT but when given the choice of that or Bozja they do CT).

The speed, for re-doing half of the steps, I can assure you the bozja/zadnor option are not 100%. Compared to the 10 min that CT tower takes, with the certitude of getting one. It's also why people mostly ran out of bozja Fates instead of bozja fates for the augmented resistance weapons. People will prefer to do something that takes them 10 min with 100% drop rates over something that takes 5 min with a 50% chance drop rates (and it was not 50%).

[ChrysOCE]

The speed, for re-doing half of the steps, I can assure you the bozja/zadnor option are not 100%. Compared to the 10 min that CT tower takes, with the certitude of getting one. It's also why people mostly ran out of bozja Fates instead of bozja fates for the augmented resistance weapons. People will prefer to do something that takes them 10 min with 100% drop rates over something that takes 5 min with a 50% chance drop rates (and it was not 50%).

Most do, but I would take the 50% chance over doing CT for anything, every time.

Also, and I know this depends on what your resistance honors are, but you can clear CLL and Dal with 3-5 people (3 if at least two have decent DPS honors). You can clear DR super easy with 5 people. Maybe some see that as a negative.

EW relic has been underwhelming. I don't care for Hildebrand so, especially this last step, was just skipping through. Some like the humour, it's not for me. I get they want to make the grind easy or up to player choice. But all it really does is cheapen the experience. The relic process feels more of a byproduct, or passive achievement, rather than actively doing something. The relic designs themselves? Underwhelming, so far, compared to other relic steps in prior releases.