by Invidia 19th August 2016, 12:16 am
I don't like it.
I definitely see the freedom on this site; you can practically pull off anything if you can imagine it. But that doesn't go for all cases. I doubt this will get accepted because of the logic behind it.
Let's look at it like this. The so-called thread would be a social. 1,000 words per post, let's say. Even with all the effort you put into it, in the end, you're socializing. I don't think you can evolve as a mage by hanging out with your friends and meeting new people. Doing jobs will build you as a mage, in various ways. That's the in-character reason.
As for the out-of-character reason, it'd ruin progression. The journey to the high ranks is meant to be hard. With your EXP/Word Count idea, people will be getting more EXP + job EXP. A person could hit C-Rank in half a day, A-Rank in a week. With the amount of socials on the site, a person would gain more than what's needed to progress at a slow and steady pace, regardless of what the rate for required word count to EXP ratio is.
From posts alone, you already get Jewels. If I'm not mistaken, the more words you put into a post, the more Jewels you get per post. That should be enough of a reward. Adding EXP to this equation is interesting. Again, I cannot stress this enough; progression will be ruined. All those people who got to H-Rank with more than a year or two upon this site would be disgusted if people hit H-Rank within half their time. Dedication and loyalty upon the site gave them the honor of being a high rank. If I were H or even B, for that matter, and someone received the same EXP as me whilst doing socials, it'd be hard to accept.
Of course, I'm focusing on socials. With your specific system, any post (so long as the desired words are reached) would give EXP. Now wouldn't that add up with the jobs, the socials, the plot threads you have, any post you make?
If this idea were to get accepted, I would only have to say that the EXP until the next rank should be changed (doubled, if not more), for this to actually be effective. Another suggestion would be to make the numbers so minuscule that it wouldn't be affecting much. 5 EXP per page you write you a thread is suitable. Anymore than that and it'll be too much.