Quote Originally Posted by Elvin View Post
Let's say that you save the life of someone, puttin yours in risk to do that. If after that he says "Thank you, really thank you", that's totally ok. If he says "Thank you, really thank you, take those 20 dollars for saving me".... Woud you think that 20 dollars are a nice extra or woud like to punch him in the face?
Quote Originally Posted by MurakumoMillennium View Post
It's not that 50 free teleports is a bad reward. It's just a bad 1 year reward. It would be all kinds of amazing as the 1 month reward however, as it's new players who will benefit the most, not old ones.
MurakumoMillennium got more or less of what I was getting at. There's an appropriate gift for certain situations/milestones.
In your analogy, would the good Samaritan really care for the 20 dollars, most likely not. It isn't like they would have the intention of planning to save someone for the monetary reward. They would most likely decline the reward all together. In a way they might find it even belittling a bit even from the offer, the one giving the reward is saying the risk they took is only worth a meal.

It'll be more like going to a friend's housewarming party and presenting said friend with a 10-day commuters train ticket, when they already have a house, a car, and is in financially secured position.
Sure they can use it to save some money, but the gift doesn't fit the situation.

Reminds me of the Parks and Recreation "Ann & Chris" episode, where the gang give Chris a pile of garbage for his farewell gift, and Chris politely accepts it.