Mission Exp Bonus?

[EriChar]

OK, so since it's a bit of a topic in the staff area, I figured I'd raise a poll here for all 'the world' to see! Basically, there is some conflicting feeling among the staff as to whether Mission plots should receive the same bonuses as plot (the 0-5 score) on top of the exceptional 1 exp per post they already get.

Some say that missions have a lot of time and effort put into, and therefore that should be recognized and rewarded. Refusing the bonus is like saying the posts are of no real quality at all.

Others are of the inclination that giving out bonus exp is progressions for 'nothing' characters are suddenly advancing more quickly for non-canon events, and that is wrong and would give rise to abuse.

I say... I'unno. Not really feeling strongly either way on the issue, but I do feel it is something that everyone deserves to have their opinions known in. It won't just be the staff that is affected by this decision, so shouldn't we make every effort to ensure that each voice is heard in this? So, I've opened a poll and will allow civil discussions on the matter. People who feel strongly one way or another are allowed to make their case and see if they can't inspire others to support their ideas.

[PlatonSkull]

Well, maybe there might be a third way? Thinking either "bonus" or "no bonus" seems a bit black-and-white thinking to me.

I understand that the exp is for canon character development, but I find the bonus exp to be a way of rewarding and encouraging good writing.
The reason people want extra exp might be to develop their character, but the reason it's there is to make people put more effort into their writing. If we lose the bonus exp in mission threads, why even bother writing longer, better posts?

So if the problem is that bonus exp is a reward to the character development, why not just switch it with another reward?
I remember a previous thread, where you mentioned the idea of an "exp bank", where instead of going to character development, the extra points can be put into a bank to be used for prizes such as extra fruit slots or graded swords.
If this system is implemented, it would be a great solution: Every bonus exp from Mission Threads must go into your "exp bank".
That way, people won't get character development from missions, but they will still be rewarded for the time and effort they put into their RP'ing. It's a win-win!

That's just my opinion on the matter. If it has to be either or, I'll be a fence-sitter, because neither of the two options solves the problem at hand, and both end up as a win-lose situation.

[Badman Zeek]

I agree with Platon. Missions were once about obtain special item be completing certain things specific to that mission. You were reward a decent amount of beri and often times got a chance to obtain a special item. While I think it could easily be spammed to develop characters, the exp bonuses should be implemented, but as Platon said it should go towards the exp bank to be used for special items. This seems like it would be following the natural reward system for missions and would allow members to rp outside of plots, and have those threads be just as meaningful.

[EriChar]

Actually, there was the original intent to have the mission exp go toward the prize system only, so if people see that as an acceptable compromise overall then it's rather easy to implement, and gives Missions a relevance without rewarding characters for 'non-canon' adventures.

[Badman Zeek]

That makes the most sense in my opinion. Exp should come from the life your character lives and that is done through plots. The extra stuff should be mission/event orientated.

I also had this idea that perhaps Exp packages could be a possible item in the prize system. For a high number of points you could get a preset amount of exp to put towards one character. That way if somebody's characters are held up in plots and the only thing they can do is mission, they would at some moment, after accumulating enough points purchase some exp if they didn't want to go for the other items available.

What do you think of that? Seems like a reasonable way to work things out.

[Kurosaki]

Hmmm, I voted yes only because I don't see why we can't have both. Either have the option of taking the bonus exp or making it a bonus point to be put toward items in the future. That way there's an either or option. Maybe only those that scored like... Higher than 3 or something can have the either or option and those that scored below only get to put their points toward more points towards stuff?

[Kurosaki]

Sorry to double post, but I wanted to bring this thread back to light again. I'm assuming based on the way that my thread was graded that we've gone ahead and put into place that missions get exp bonuses, which is fantastic imo. BUT I wanted to bring up the question about the other part of it where we mentioned trading in exp for other prizes. What prizes would you all be expecting to get out of that trade and what would seem fair to you guys? Let me know in the comments below and we can get this thing on the move finally again.

[Mirra|Robin]

Well, it would be nice to trade it for beri, perhaps explain it as teaching people about whatever your class is (pirate, marine, ect) for money.

Ship upgrades or upgrade coupons for x% off the upgrade or ship trade in. As ships are really expensive (though I do understand why) it would be nice to get occasional discounts. You could explain it as impressing the shop keeper with the knowledge you had gained.

Dials are always nice.

Create some new items that would fit into the universe.

[Suriko]

This may be because I am partial to swordsman. But the idea of having the exp to obtain a graded sword is a very appealing idea.

[Deleted]

I like the extra fruit slot idea. Perhaps a free tech upgrade? Make something that's technically free actually free. Maybe a discount on character packages? That one in particular can be one of the most expensive EXP-wise, like if you accumulate that much doing missions, you deserve a break on your next character design.

[Deleted]

Is the "Infinite Mission Threads" feature not a great enough reward?

[Kurosaki]

Not sure what that meant since it's just a normal aspect of RPing. BUT

Moving on! Char has compiled a list of prizes associated with the points and it will be rolling out soon. So keep an eye out~