This is just MHO, but I agree, it's often "not enough" for the kinds of rewards we're talking about. In fact, I played a very strong cabal leader in Gurzgred's time that was rewarded less than Noviask Also, like you, I played a string of badass types that needed to win a RC to have a shot at rewards and anything over 1.5k exp (granted, my chars have 1/3 your chars' charm and charisma.)

For years, I never had a clue why my characters don't get that level of interaction. Until I immed, when I realized it is largely a matter of logistics.

It is not easy to ferret out the badasses and pay attention to them when there are a billion other things going on. It is also not easy trying to figure out the way to RP with them when the only RP hook you can see is that they are whirlwinds of destruction. IMMs only have a finite amount of time to survey characters that are playing, and the quiet badasses are competing with other characters whom are actively seeking IMMs and throwing out RP hooks like crazy. In fact, if you look at PBFs, most times the quiet badasses are rewarded, it's Daevryn - the rare guy who is a master of (1) multi-tasking and (2) processing multiple incoming streams of information, and (3) appreciates quiet badasses.

Daevryn gave awesome advice on two main ways for quiet badasses to compete with attention seekers: be religious and be a cabal leader.

One more that I'll add is to make your presence known, and your desire to RP, through prays. Something like send up a prayer for good fortune before you defend against four ragers, or send up a prayer for thanks after you cut down four ragers. That kind of thing, if done with charm, is going to help people find you and figure out the kind of interaction you're looking for much more easily.

Ironically, Noviask is one of the "best" players in terms of making sure IMMs know whatever he is doing, and that he really wants their attention - he obviously comes off as a bit needy in this thread, but you can see how even then, Noviask got attention from his many, many prays (free edge, custom title, etc.).

So really, there are my three solutions if you are charismatic like Gurzgred and not getting the IMM recognition that other characters get: be a standout in the cabal, be religious, and pray often in a non-annoying, here-is-the-RP-hook-to-get-to-me, way.