Anyone else just going to completely ignore relics?

They look too complicated. I don't need another thing to never dupe and then have to grind for resources to rank up. I will never use relics if I am not forced to in this game. I'm just not excited about them at all considering all the issues this game has currently.

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13579rebel_

Meeeeeeee

Crine60

I think with the limited information provided so far they sound awful. I absolutely hate strikers (and root) and the fact that the first thing they plan to do with relics is bring strikers in permanently sucks. They have never been able to fix the special button not consistently activating on the first press and the issue was present the couple times they brought the striker button into play as well but hey let's bring it back for good now.

They also pick and choose what abilities and functions that benefit us get messed up by our using AAR and they have chosen to make strikers be of limited to no use previously with AAR so I doubt they will allow it to work with the relics either.

Shiroihara

The Juggernaut one is quite nutty. I think they’ll infuse new life into the game in general. We’ll have to see how they are introduced though.

Colinwhitworth69

Not enough info.

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DNA3000

They look too complicated. I don't need another thing to never dupe and then have to grind for resources to rank up. I will never use relics if I am not forced to in this game. I'm just not excited about them at all considering all the issues this game has currently.

You will never be forced to use Relics, in the same sense as you will never be forced to rank up champions.

Actually, a better analogy is synergies. I will bet that 90% of the players of the game ignore synergies either mostly or completely. Synergies are a complex feature of the game. There's no such thing as the best synergies you can just always use, because using synergy teams is a trade off between adding synergy champs to your team or using other potentially more directly useful champs on your team. To the extent that people use synergy teams at all, most just do what someone else tells them to do. Probably less than 1% of the players of the game sit down and study synergies and try to optimize them in their day to day gameplay.

Relics will probably be something like that. They will be there, and people will use them, but most won't think about them deeply. They will just get them when they get them, and use them when they have them, and whatever benefits they get, they get. The rest is for the people who actually want to theory-craft around them.

AMS94

I'm afraid future contents will be designed in a way that we won't be able to ignore it for long even if we want to
Perhaps it will also have an adverse impact on new champion designs

mbrace

Just watched a video and feel like I really want to ignore them, but then you can’t be meta. With the 7* effectively bringing another reset in parallel, this game is too demoralizing this month. I feel like I’d like to come back in early 2023 and see how it’s all going, maybe avoid spending unnecessary money to keep up in the next few months.

Sw0rdMaster

The game is getting too complicated for my tiny brain.

PapaMidnite007

Have to wait until it's released

Hector_1475

They look too complicated. I don't need another thing to never dupe and then have to grind for resources to rank up. I will never use relics if I am not forced to in this game. I'm just not excited about them at all considering all the issues this game has currently.
You will never be forced to use Relics, in the same sense as you will never be forced to rank up champions.

Actually, a better analogy is synergies. I will bet that 90% of the players of the game ignore synergies either mostly or completely. Synergies are a complex feature of the game. There's no such thing as the best synergies you can just always use, because using synergy teams is a trade off between adding synergy champs to your team or using other potentially more directly useful champs on your team. To the extent that people use synergy teams at all, most just do what someone else tells them to do. Probably less than 1% of the players of the game sit down and study synergies and try to optimize them in their day to day gameplay.

Relics will probably be something like that. They will be there, and people will use them, but most won't think about them deeply. They will just get them when they get them, and use them when they have them, and whatever benefits they get, they get. The rest is for the people who actually want to theory-craft around them.

That was a terrible analogy. Synergies are one of the most well-thought, interesting and useful parts of the game. They reward deep knowledge of the game mechanics and champion abilities and are huge problem-solvers, especially as you progress in the game and you start facing more complex nodes.

Relics are a pay-to-win mechanic that is mostly designed to give players the edge on PvP competitive game modes, like War or Battlegrounds.

Nothing alike.

LeNoirFaineant

I don't have the time to put into the game I did once upon a time. There are a number of champs I have that I still haven't put the work in to learn to play properly. I do think that relics could potentially add more complexity that I won't have time to really figure out as I would like. Nevertheless I can't see ignoring them, especially when there is some much about them we can't know at this time. I'm always an advocate of waiting to see before making bold proclamations.

ShinobiGuy

I’m actually excited for the relics, they will add some newness to the game. 7* though, I’m gonna ignore for a while. Maybe hold until I can pop 5-10 crystals for the first opening.

smy168

Better relics than 7 stars...

Panchulon21

I don’t plan on ignoring them but idk if i will grind as hard as usual.

Ercarret

I'm a little confused why they are initially usable in Battlegrounds and not certain PvE content, though, since I think a broken relic has a far higher chance of messing with PvP than PvE. I would rather have seen them introduced in PvE only and then, only when deemed functional, brought into competitive areas of the game.

Ultimately, however, I am curious to see how they work. I do think they can bring something interesting to the game. I'm just on the fence about how it'll work in PvP. In Battlegrounds, you can just look at whichever champion you're facing and draft a good counter. If we add relics to that, I fear that it'll make it increasingly complex. Increasing complexity isn't inherently a bad thing, but I don't need it when I'm already on a short timer.

It'll depend on how they are designed, I guess. If they just make bleeds deal more damage or regen heal more health, then that's one thing. However, those are not very enticing abilities. I worry a bit that we'll eventually see "this champion gets this kind of new immunity", which has the potential to really screw you over (as the opponent) if you don't catch it in time.

But we'll see, I guess.

Kerneas

To me it will depend a lot on their availability

Wozzle007

I’ve seen Brian Grant and Karate Mike do a video on them. Although they look interesting, I’m not 100% convinced about why they are needed, outside of them being another thing to collect/buy. If they had been in the game from the start and content had been designed and shaped with them in mind I might feel differently. As it stands I don’t see why they are needed in addition to 7*

I have no objection to them being brought in, it’s just so much more extra info we need to keep in mind to get optimal out from our champs. Having to look at the node, look at the synergy, look at the interaction with the relic. In reality I can switch my brain off and just Herc through 90% of content. All the competitive stuff like AW and BG where this would be the real difference maker, I’ll just care less and less about.

TheLightBringer

Feels like too much headache, I'll not target them specifically and I'll only use em when they come with some other rewards as a package, for example I'll not spend BGs tokens on them at all

Buckeyesha

They look too complicated. I don't need another thing to never dupe and then have to grind for resources to rank up. I will never use relics if I am not forced to in this game. I'm just not excited about them at all considering all the issues this game has currently.

Probably ignore, but you know they are going to end up releasing new content where u need or must have relics in order to get through it...

PantherAP

Yeah, I’ll probably ignore them too…I don’t even make changes to Masteries.

I’ve been ignoring most of the new content. I don’t play variants, incursions, or battlegrounds, it’s just not fun for me.