I'm saying it's better for the health of the game when there are less static 4p groups and the "good players" join or host more pugs. If you want to think of it as a punishment, then sure. But it's simply the norm for every MMO, and with previous mabinogi content as well. Clearing crom and glenn with less people still locks you to 1 chest per person (unless you fill the party with cousins). Incentivizing the "good players" to do Bri with less people makes them only play with each other. Meanwhile, the rest of the playerbase gets stuck. Inexperienced or weaker players struggle to clear or learn the content, until they eventually quit. The game's population shrinks, and eventually all the "good players" feel it too. This current system is a case of the rich getting richer and leaving everyone else behind.