Regarding Quests

[Kaden]

Originally posted by Aqua
However, i can't help but feel that that is already the case. People are already, generally, doing as little as they can to get the rewards. At least this way, the staff can insure that the rewards are earned and far less subjective.

I would argue that its harder to ensure the rewards are earned with a flat word count. Additionally, it doesn't challenge the writer. I could sit down, hash out 3,000 words of Kirano-level roleplaying and get absolutely nothing out of it as a writer. Or, I could pump out 1,500 words of my best writing and feel completely fulfilled with the process.

Additionally, its not hard to tell when someone hasn't put any effect into a quest. We'd get crap like "Gohan shoots Goku and wins the fight for the world. Hooray Beer!" that doesn't make any sense and is just to fill the word count. At which point the "author" jumps up and down, yelling about having enough words and the staff can then do one of two things:

1) give a reward to someone who doesn't deserve it

2) tell them what they need to do in order to fulfill the quest requirements and ignore the word count, which is what we already do.