"Taking away one of the things people like about the game because YOU do not like it is a bad idea. Unless that part of the game undermines the entire game."

To be fair, if this guy was 400 hours old, leader of a cabal, with 7 con left and holding events all the time - I *might* be ok with this kind of reward.

I've got a few different characters. So I've fought this guy, killed this guy, died to this guy and been in the same cabal as this guy and from all sides, I didn't see *anything* special. That's not to say he's bad, or RPs bad, but having a good role and praying to the right imm seems a low and totally inconsistent bar for rewarding people and one that doesn't actually contribute to the game (you know, in terms of us other air breathers who are playing the game). I feel like any sort of mechanical reward should be contingent on people who are socializing with the rest of the mud - since we're supposed to be rewarding RP and RP between yourself and your Imm doesn't go very far towards making the game fun for everyone.

I might not have such a problem with these types of rewards if guys like Gedunthos got rewards like this instead of chars like Andira. I'm not going to cry favoritism, since my own chars have been rewarded as well (though, not in any sort of way that got me any kills) but it seems bizarre that great rewards like this go to some 100 hour old guy who doesn't particularly go out of their way to interact with you at all. And even my own rewards were purely role contest rewards on a char I wasn't otherwise happy with my RP performance on, so I probably didn't deserve jack either. And just so we're on the same page, I'm not saying that *I* am anything special either. I don't play for rewards and I don't expect any.

Then there's the fact that I don't think rewards should have the capability to muddle you, or make you unable to flee or spellcast - that's way too overpowered especially on an AP. The fact that the guy isn't Cabdru reborn (in terms of player skill) doesn't mean I want to have to fight against that sort of crap.

In short - I like that there are custom rewards in this game but I want the game to be fun and competitive and fair. Handing out rewards to guys under 100 hours or purely for role that heavily impact their PVP capabilities is bad for the rest of us. Keep it balanced and reasonable and scale the reward with their contribution to the game as a whole as opposed to just interactions with a single imm.