This change does not affect my style of play. I don't care about edges or farming. I think players that put so much stock in them are idiots. That said, this change seems pretty counter productive

You can't remove grinding by making it harder to grind or less valuable to grind. The people that play here are OCD and hyper-competitive despite evidence that an edge won't make them any good. You have to completely take it away or make it automatic or leave it "as is" and finally understand that someone is always going to be bitching. Find new ways to improve the game, not try to fix systems that someone thinks is broken. Hint: Someone will always think your system is broken.

Imm exp is something you can grind, so don't think I mean just obs/exp. Yes, Destuvius, following a god gets you more imm exp. It's pretty obvious to anyone that has ever followed an imm and not followed an imm. This goes triple for uncabaled characters.

You've made it less valuable to play at any time besides peak times or specifically within immortal schedules. Sorry Murphy, you Russians are hosed.

You've made role writing less valuable. Fewer roles means it's much easier to step outside your role and claim it was within the parameters of your role.

There are few people to PK for edge points (maybe even more so with the fallout of this change), you've crippled what little the players were getting from exp/obs, and so you have left the only option: being a cookie cutter pet.

Regards,
Gnome

PS: You might want to consider taking feedback for changes before you make them in our ever shrinking community. Be a man, woman, or human and accept feedback for your ideas before you force them down peoples' throats.

PSS: Acidity has been heavily toned down and edited out by anonymous source. Thanks be to He. Hopefully it made the post helpful. Personally, I'd have rather been much, much, much more insulting. Who doesn't enjoy a good insult?