You're missing the point, I think. If I'm a vet playing a Herald, do I really need to go through {insert-explore-area} and look at every single thing AGAIN even though I just did that with my previous character? I mean, I'm halfway tempted to write a script that automates the observation process for certain areas so I can easily earn observation xp with all future characters (without having to take the time to observe everything "manually"). Before edges, there was no reason to do this. People who were exploring things *for the first time* still got the XP bonus, which was nice for them, but there wasn't much motivation for anyone to observe things they'd already observed. Now there is.