>>9175the player /is/ encouraged to go the monochrome world
when you explore, you see cool stuff and you have a pretty good chance of finding effects
the simplest way I can put it is that exploration is encouraged, meaning going to the white desert is encouraged. However going to the white desert is not rewarded, at least in terms of effects (personally, I felt pretty rewarded going to the white desert despite the lack of effects just because exploring strange lands is the appeal of the game). Since the player could not have known the trek to the white desert would be unrewarded, players are still technically encouraged to go there (i.e. explore the dream world to its fullest extent)
please excuse the shitty long winded explanation, I've had too much to drink