In most fantasy games ... yeah.
The second you learn about the Elder artifacts AND the Elder gods ... ofc ... everyone goes into a rush to collect them all and then in the finale, you use them to slay the Elder God (or whichever one went rogue or something).
Here, the Elder Artifacts are merely tools. They are nothing to an Elder God. And unlikely any sort of threat.
Yeah you could use 1 or multiple to depose Seren/Guthix/Zaros if you wanted to, but it's not like Jas/Ful/etc would even bat an eye to them if you came up wielding one.
In addition, not all of the tools are as useful as you think.
The Siphon, aka Elder Staff/Staff of Armadyl, is a great conduit for power and makes a nice magic staff, but it doesn't have a whole lot of use after that.
The Sword, great for making teleportation rifts, or use fragments to make portals, but beyond that ...?
The Needle is good for simple time travelling, but it has limitations. Not quite as limited as the crystal key.
The Stone of Jas/Catalyst was THE most powerful tool, yet even it was nothing compared to an Elder God.
The Crown Archival is only used to locate the other artifacts.
Now yes, you can gradually leech power, and become a low tier god (empowered "mortal"?)
But as the other young gods have demonstrated, just because you can wield a lot of magical energy, you're still not invulnerable.
26-Nov-2018 21:36:49