Would you be against or for rewarding good performance in parties?

[Lynart]

Competence and skill are their own reward and in turn lead to the ability to achieve one's goals in life or in this game. The idea that people need to be rewarded further for this defeats the very principle of what having it to begin with implies. It would also be difficult to implement in a way that would not negatively effect the game and community.

In life, yes.

In this game, no.

If I am training correctly to get faster at motorcycle racing, I instantly know when I get on the track. My lap time will drop, I will pass more riders than I could before, or I will get bumped up a group.

In every job irl, you can use performance metrics to argue "why I should get a raise." If you are actually correct about how you saved the money x by doing y, and no one instructed you to do y, you have gone above and beyond your job, and you will be rewarded (if not, find a new job, seriously).

None of the above applies to MMORPGs.