[SilverNight]

1. Do you see any way to reward players for actions that are more difficult to measure (behaviour, leadership, social interaction etc.) and not necessarily related to combat or traditional level progression?

As someone in FFXI who was the constant go to guy this is interesting and also makes me sort of weary. A system to reward players for such actions would be easy I think, just make it so that players can give a score to a player for different reasons, then balance it so people wouldn't flood others with points. Either by only allowing a person to give out so many points to other players every month then tally at the end of the month.

Of course I think it should also be discreet, so others can tell who's giving who points. Also, the amount of points a player can give out should be small because with enough people on a server it should give accurate data on who's being the best and so on.

Also I think a rank system would be best so everyone might get something out of this instead of only those players that absorb themselves into the very fabric of the game. -.- I understand that people like playing games but some take it too far, making only those people the ones that could get items. So, maybe make a rank system that would allow rewards on 2-3 scales of play. Such as hours played monthly or something to that effect.

2. If a player (for any reason) was to be rewarded, in-game or out of game, what kind of reward(s) would you consider appropriate?

This is were I get iffy, give away stuff that's not appropriate then it gets personal and the game becomes something other than what its meant to be, fun. Whatever awards might be given would need to be noticable obviously, if you were to take it into out of game items I'd stick with just gear, t-shirts, backpacks with the Aion logo, wallscrolls/posters, possibly figures of key NPC's in the game and so on. Maybe unique swag made specifically for awarding these players.

In-game items are alright, I think the best way to do this is to possibly give out feature enhancing or changing items. Like maybe a special type of item that when equipped changes the look of your wings or something to that effect. Maybe a new haircut or sunglasses when the item is equipped to your head slot, something to that effect. Nothing that qould give an advantage in game.


Personally, I don't think giving out rewards is a good idea.. Makes things abit too personal and I could see people getting upset over it but it is an interesting concept. No matter what though don't go overboard with it, stay away from giving out cash prizes or uber gear such as computers through the game, save that for Aion conventions and stuff like that.