Yeah, the spam quest is kinda silly. Honorable mention to the HP one, too.
If the Unity system itself was more rewarding and less grindy, you'd probably see people chatting more naturally. And while I don't know if the one I joined was the popular one of Sylph, it was largely dead aside from a few NM requests the first day or two.
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