there are so many fun, useful and interesting things they could do with the obliterator for low development cost. Like, put a dragon egg in there to get regular egg. or break metallic gear into a bar each, or other items into their component materials.

mechanically, the obliterator just gives a convenience that most games have built into the UI... you have to work hard to acquire the materials just to make a basic game function. it looks fantastic and dazzling - so powerful it damages YOU and the surroundings. yet its only additional function (on top of being a delete key) is extreeemely stingy. it's like wasted design space.

I'll put it this way; I love the obliterator and I'll probably never build a second one.