Post about Incarnate Rewards is coming

So... eating lunch and hitting refresh on the forums, and every time the little twirly hourglass comes up I hear the theme from Jeopardy playing in my head...

Something else that struck me, as I thought about that other post.

The number of times it was speculated that the participation reward scheme(s) were being viewed as something that could be implemented across the entire game.

This is a huge issue and something that would also warrant comment as to the current plan (I get that no one can predict the future), because if true, it has far greater implications than just the iTrials.

You don't have to have been around long or been a highly active forum poster to make a good point.

The point that Arcanaville, despite her intelligence, competence, and past record, should either be hired-slash-headhunted by the dev team, perhaps as a consultant, or else treated with no more seriousness than any other player, isn't a bad one. Not because of anything negative about Arcanaville, but because it's bad public relations on the part of NCSoft/Paragon Studios. It's not an attack on her, her credibility, or her contributions.

It's pointing out an elephant in the forums' room: the fact that Arcanaville is given a higher degree of consideration by the devs is fairly clear, but how much of a higher degree, and when, isn't. That's sort of the worst possible situation, too, because if it were entirely secret nobody would know; if it were entirely transparent everyone could appreciate being levelled with honestly. With its being an "open secret," people who fall into the category of "not being Arcanaville" are entirely reasonably in feeling slighted by the devs - not only is someone else clearly being given more weight than they are, but nobody's even telling them how much more and on what issues.

And that's not really fair to Arcanaville either, since it can tend to attract negative attention and argumentation to her posts.

I do understand that NCSoft/Paragon Studios probably can't afford to match Arcanaville's current salary. It's clear she's very well-educated and skilled, and from what I understand of the gaming industry, most people working in it are doing it out of a passion for gaming and/or because of their creative sparks, not for the big bucks. But really, anyone regardless of competence or lack thereof, whose ideas or outright work was being used this extensively by a development team, should be credited officially at the minimum, and probably paid, too. And if it's not being used as extensively as it appears, that should be clarified, instead.

So long as this upcoming post confirms that Cannon of Justice is finally getting a nerf, I'll be happy.

Have seen a lot of "tagging" going on. A bit harder to put together trials the past couple of days, and Lambda especially is failing more than it has since the first couple of days. Have also had players sending tells to me when leading pointing out someone "tagging" and suggesting I kick them.

Any chance of fixing the tank taunt sound while you guys are at it? For some reason it was switched to the presence pool power sound and really, it just kind of stinks.

Why you guys are arguing about hypotheticals like this, I dunno.