So far as I can tell what has been asked for is a reward to come with having done something with higher difficulty. If this is the case your reward is a higher rate of items dropping. As someone said a few pages ago, its the same with Dynamis. If you do EP mobs, you get less AC, and less Forgottens, but its easier, if you fight DCs, its harder, but you get more drops. It balances out while giving everyone the same things still. I understand thats not exactly whats being asked for, but its a variant. I understand the want of items that take skill to get, my problem I have ever had with this type of content is the problem of gloating.

Be it you, or someone I have never met before, anyone at all gloating because they got an item in the game that you can not or will not is bad. I see Afterglow as the exact opposite to be honest, thats why I have no care about it. It has a look to it, but its effects are mainly worthless in the end, not to mention that with everything you have to put into it, I would laugh at you before I would envy you. Putting a shine on items, or making them look different, those kind of things I do not mind, they let you stand out, have a cool reward, but take away the ability for anyone to gloat about it because it is truly cosmetic.

People may say to Blacklist people who do it or whatever, but it doesn't solve the problem. People are assholes all throughout this community, and as such, I think we should give as few reasons to be one as we can. Ragmar said it himself that on Phoenix alot of good players are assholes, and I agree, alot are. My question is what happens when you give an asshole something no one else has? The answer is they use it to give them a reason to be more of an ass, normally by gloating.

Like I said, not everyone will do it, but its like if they gave unlimited macros, a few people would use it for automating things like skill ups, and those people who would, taint the group, and make it bad for anyone to get it. That is at least how I see it. So in my mind, higher drops = ok, glowy/standout/cool effects = ok, super powered gear that makes you stronger = not ok.