Ever since I started playing this game I can honestly say that SE cannot take a step forward without taking two steps backwards.

Anyways, instead of vanity items and stuff that at some point will become irrelevant (or will be completely irrelevant to some players) SE should do something to create parties with players on your same amount/% of reputation. That way good players will encounter good players and bad players only bad players. Perhaps make it so that each run you get the chance to give thumbs up or down to a random player or all the party and take those points into account when creating your DF party. No need for vanity items or yet another currency (MVP points). Plus by adding MVP-only items SE is excluding players who only run with pre-made parties.

/sigh We'll see what happens.