What would make the optimal reward scale, from Clearers to the plain-ol' Daily player

[Zojha]

This is an odd comparison.

Is it, though? We weren't talking about the Diadem or Alex Savage in particular, we already have a thread for just that. We are talking about how, in general, difficulty should be rewarded.

And let's not kid ourselves into thinking people wouldn't complain just as much if Alex Normal dropped the same loot as Alex Savage as they do right now about the Diadem, even though in that case the comparison would be 100% fitting. I'd wager people would actually complain even more about that than the current state of affairs.