Opinions On Relics

DigletGaming

Personally, I don't really care for them that much...

Giantslayer88

I think it's a very complicated addition for a very small bonus. Time will tell if rank ups and stronger relics are truly game changers but for now it's just a lot to learn for a small boost and a steep price to increase that boost.

IamGrO_ot

Until 5/6* relics are as available as 5/6*s, I don't really see much use yet. Relics appers to be the most overhyped concept Kabam has made in MCOC.

If you could, for example, use relic champs sp attack and add it anywhere regardless of class... for example Angela with Doom's SP1, then I would probably have gone all in... but it's not like that. So for now I don't care.

Demonzfyre

Too early to make an opinion. Don't have enough of them at different rarities to know the impact yet.

SHIELD4AGENT

and it costs 300k gold to rank up the relic

Giuliameij

I really don`t care for them. I think the menu is really out of place with the rest of the game. Much like battlegrounds. Althou I like the mode.
But mostly I do not like the potential risk they will cause in the future. Right now. We need certain champs to counters obstacles. With relics. It will only take time before only certain counters with certain relics will work as a viable option.
Or god forbid the return of gates where you can only do a path with a 5* cosmic relic equiped or something like that.

There are so many champions in the game that are already pretty hard to get. Especially when 7 star become the new meta.

The only thing that could possibly make this a positive for me is if they change from 2 new champions a month, into 1 new champion and 1 new relic. Since a relic seems easier to make, more attention and love could be put into the single champ added to the game.

But overall. I wish they would have listened to the part of the community that didn`t like the idea. Which to me seemed to be the majority.

Colinwhitworth69

At this point it seems too early to pass judgment. As we're able to rank these things up, maybe they'll have a bigger impact.

I do not plan to chase these items, only use the ones I get doing the stuff I already do in the game.

ChiliDog

It's selling abilities (and prestige). All that was needed was the old character balancing.

TheLightBringer

I wish they were not strikers, I'm fine with the abilities. If it was like an item (Juggernauts helmet for example) or staff like that but not the character itself, that would've been better imo.

Bazzingaaa

It will take some time to work out the best pairings, but I feel the runes abilities are the best aspect of relics. They can make some champs quite op.

Mackey

I can't pass a judgement as I haven't used any of them. What I can say is I don't like the idea of it and will not be using them at all. Hopefully kabam don't make the game around them in the future but if they do then I'll just hang my gloves up and walk off 😂. No drama lol

Axew

Personally, I feel they were an unnecessary and over complicated change. Not very excited to see the addition.

Hopefully they remain an optional part of the game, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see nodes in long term content that require the use of relics.

Denslo500

I hate the number of qualifiers they are putting on almost non-existent debuffs/buffs.

I put the Hulk one on Spiderman 2099, because it does a Physical Vulnerability debuff.
I did not see that you could scroll down.
Further reading says that you ONLY GET THE DEBUFF if they are stunned (by anything but Parry) or they are disoriented.
SP99 does neither.

I currently hate Relics.

GroundedWisdom

I've been a fan of Strikers since they came, so I'm cool with it so far. It will take some time to develop a preference.

spiderknight616

It's a little early to form a concrete opinion, but so far I like em

JragonMaster170

I haven't tried them yet, but they look so complicated.

Mpd1

Don’t like them. At the moment, they don’t seem to make that much of a difference. Seems like they take a long time to charge up. When used, my champ just stands there when the striker is done and I take a combo. Certainly won’t be buying or going out of my way to obtain them.

DragonMCOC

Still to early for definitive statements in my humble opinion; just trying to find joy in something new to the game

Crys23

I hate them. Whenever I see a trace of them in-game I'm filled with disgust.
Horrible, horrible addition. If they end up killing the game, I wouldn't be that upset.

SuelGames

Honestly i think this was a great year for Kabam... until August, since then its been downhill ever since, cant believe they threw 7* and this Relic bs.. After almost 8 years playing, throwing back to back 2 new stuff to start the collection from scratch is demoralizing and doesnt excite me at all, actually it makes me wanna quit

I rly dont get why they went with this and pushed back Masteries 2.0 and the buff program (And thank god i did the Gauntlet when it was released, cause i feel for those who didnt)

However, as far as new champ designs go, they have been flawless

Jaded

They monetized it quickly and way too costly imo

Then overly complicated, having to try resources for a completely different object to rank up. Gold, ember, alloy, runes? So many moving wheels. It would have been better if it was more simplified.

Olbaka_79

The concept is dumb, and forced. This is a bizarre way of getting the whales of the game to pony up more to hit that prestige cap. While the rest of us are only annoyed, and inconvenienced.

Magonus

I don't have an opinion on relics yet but I would like to rate the roll-out of them a 0/10. High-jacking your screen and forcing you to start using something the minute it goes live is an awful user experience. I closed the game when it first happened because I was just waking up, bleary eyed and wanting my first sip of morning coffee and now my Champions screen is Kabam'd. I guess I will have to do the tutorial just to get my Champions screen back. I did not like this one personally.

spiderknight616

Jaded said:

They monetized it quickly and way too costly imo

Then overly complicated, having to try resources for a completely different object to rank up. Gold, ember, alloy, runes? So many moving wheels. It would have been better if it was more simplified.

It's literally the same upgrade system as Champions with different terms. Alloys are catalysts, embers are Iso, and Celestial alloys are alpha catalysts.

GroundedWisdom

Crys23 said:

I hate them. Whenever I see a trace of them in-game I'm filled with disgust.
Horrible, horrible addition. If they end up killing the game, I wouldn't be that upset.

Isn't that a tad extreme?

Jaded

spiderknight616 said:

Jaded said:

They monetized it quickly and way too costly imo

Then overly complicated, having to try resources for a completely different object to rank up. Gold, ember, alloy, runes? So many moving wheels. It would have been better if it was more simplified.

It's literally the same upgrade system as Champions with different terms. Alloys are catalysts, embers are Iso, and Celestial alloys are alpha catalysts.

Yeah I never said it was different, I said overly complicated to manage all the different resources. It says “try” But I meant “manage” lol.

They would have been more effective if they didn’t follow the same rank up/upgrade method that champions have. Keep it simple.

Here’s your relic and you need 1 thing to upgrade it.

Mackey

GroundedWisdom said:

I've been a fan of Strikers since they came, so I'm cool with it so far. It will take some time to develop a preference.

I do like the idea of strikers and enjoyed using them when they brought them in at the start of the year. My peeve with relics is their usage in competitive modes being allowed 😒

acp1629

I wish I could get them to work. Right now, when I go to the champions/relic screen, the game crashes. Not only can I not use them but now I can't even see my champs.

Crys23

GroundedWisdom said:

Crys23 said:

I hate them. Whenever I see a trace of them in-game I'm filled with disgust.
Horrible, horrible addition. If they end up killing the game, I wouldn't be that upset.

Isn't that a tad extreme?

Man, I've been playing for almost 8 years and I've put a lot of time and effort into growing my account and skill. 15.9K prestige before relics, top half of Master AW, top 150 BGs last season, top 100 of act6 and act7 legend runs and almost every worthwhile champ is part of my roster.

Relics just make a mockery of all that effort and time investment. I'm so invested in the game at this point that I don't think I can just quit. Plus, I've made a lot of friends along the way and I enjoy playing with them. But if the game were to just die out, I'd be ok with it. (I've also recently upgraded my PC's graphics card, so my "gaming needs" would be satisfied another way).

GroundedWisdom

Crys23 said:

GroundedWisdom said:

Crys23 said:

I hate them. Whenever I see a trace of them in-game I'm filled with disgust.
Horrible, horrible addition. If they end up killing the game, I wouldn't be that upset.

Isn't that a tad extreme?

Man, I've been playing for almost 8 years and I've put a lot of time and effort into growing my account and skill. 15.9K prestige before relics, top half of Master AW, top 150 BGs last season, top 100 of act6 and act7 legend runs and almost every worthwhile champ is part of my roster.

Relics just make a mockery of all that effort and time investment. I'm so invested in the game at this point that I don't think I can just quit. Plus, I've made a lot of friends along the way and I enjoy playing with them. But if the game were to just die out, I'd be ok with it. (I've also recently upgraded my PC's graphics card, so my "gaming needs" would be satisfied another way).

I appreciate that's how you feel, but the game is always going to introduce some nuance that requires more effort. There really is no "End-Game" status, in a manner of speaking. It's an ongoing process of always reaching for the next goal.

LeNoirFaineant

My problem is I don't have as much time for the game as I once did. I have a number champs I don't know how to play well that I keep saying I will eventually take the time to figure out but it hasn't happened yet. I'm not opposed to relics per se, but I really don't want to spend a lot of time learning how to use them properly. If the cyber weekend deals turn out to be relic heavy it will save me some units.