No reward points after battle = no reason to play imo. Points give me a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Take Battlefield for example when you earn a bunch of medals after a good match. K/D ratio and ISK aren't enough reasons to try hard in a match, I want points dude POINTS.

It's not that I care about people AFKing in the MCC, I'm just tired of having to AFK there MYSELF to keep up with the SP accumulation. I don't have enough time to play enough to cap SP but since I'm working from home I can keep DUST on and AFK in the MCC. I'd prefer just playing for fun and not grind.

I in the beginning thought you could either use a passive booster to gain 80K-ish extra SP a week OR (not both) an active booster that allowed you about 15K more SP a week if you capped. I was fine with being 15K behind a week without grinding, but I do feel I'm getting left behind if I'm falling behind at close to 400K a month (for the first few months, this will not matter after some time).

But I understand the "instant gratification" point of view of rewards equal to effort with regards to matches. As there is currently very little to spend ISK on apart from protobearing in pub matches (a WASTE of ISK), there's not much satisfaction in banking millions of ISK now and people want something more valuable for their efforts, namely SP.

I do understand that everyone have a favourite gratification system, but if yours is a little golden star on the forehead after a battle, then perhaps New Eden will have a crude impact on it.

What i do care, is the hability to harvest tears from the players, to destroy what they care about, to go to their quiet little safespot, their pretty little sandcastle, and simply smash it, because i can do this.