R3 Relics

Why is getting r3 relics so hard the only way to get them other than the gem in act 8 is to spend 180k trophy tokens which is crazy because you only need 120k for enough t4a for a r3 7*
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I do understand that there are combos and niche nuance usage for certain relics on certain champs, but I'm happy to leave the 2% improvement on the table, I wouldn't even notice it.
Relics are dead, and Kabam is milking every drop they can by not officially communicating that.
Fact the first - We haven't had a new relic since July 2023, then the formal pause was announced in August 2023.
Fact the second - Kabam continues to release content that creates a dependency on relics to keep the relevant.
Fact the third - In the time since the pause, Kabam has had a reduction in force, putting more work on fewer employees.
Fact the fourth - Kabam (like all publicly traded companies) wants to make more money year over years.
Fact the fifth - Kabam only recently released the materials necessary to R3 a 6* relic, however applied a ridiculous in-game currency to acquire them. They have kept them even further out of reach by preventing the sale of T3 alloys in exchange for T4 fragments.
So what have they achieved through the combination of the above facts?
They've made the sale of R3 gems significantly more appealing by making it virtually impossible to acquire one without real money.
They’re not niche either. Pretty much every champ has an amazing pairing with a relic and it’s not just a 2% improvement but it’s funny how ignorant people in this community are
It's pretty hard to re-level all relics again on my alt. 40% of my glory goes into stuff for relics.
Relic economy haven't changed much. Rip new players.
People purposefully not putting Hulkbuster on Guardian, widow on Crossbones, Ant Man on Ham is crazy to me. Like those relics make those champs literally like 5x better
I use relics when they have been required for story content and when required for an incursions run,,,after that i remove them.
Still have an R2 and R3 relic rank up gem sitting in my inventory for well over a year now.
Ones that have a big benefit for specific attackers. Gamora, ant man, Hulkbuster, sentinel, black widow etc. Like I wouldn’t rank up sinister relic to r3 because it doesn’t really benefit from the extra rank all that much for example
If you have Falcon, Black Cat, or Crossbones, then I would say the Black Widow relic is best.
Venom for Venom.
Ant-Man for Spiderham.
Thor for Angela, Odin, or BRB.
Gamora for Hyperion.
Sentinel for Bastion or Sentinel.