Idea: Merit system

[RoyalBeef]

So instead you'd have people who would unsub when they find things like grind out merits to be busywork.

So you're saying people would rather stay subbed when there's nothing to do than stay subbed when they're given something to do? /doubt
And yeah, MMOs consist of busywork. That's the only thing that keeps them afloat. Aside from beasttribes etc, even the MSQ quests contain busywork. So people grind out beattribes for some silly mount, and go through extreme lengths to farm glamour sets, but make them complete the same busywork for actual improvement of their character, suddenly they start whining about it being a bad thing. You're doing stuff anyway, and you rather have that exp go to waste instead of being able to use it for character improvement? Doesn't make any sense.

For the players who don't engage in endgame content those perks wouldn't bee needed anyway, so they could completely opt out of getting them, so nothing would change for them.

[linay]

So you're saying people would rather stay subbed when there's nothing to do than stay subbed when they're given something to do? /doubt

Stay subbed? Probably not. Unsub at a rate that would alarm SE and make them change their chosen formula? Probably not either.

[RoyalBeef]

Stay subbed? Probably not. Unsub at a rate that would alarm SE and make them change their chosen formula? Probably not either.

You completely evaded the actual point, but I assume that was on purpose so I'll save myself the time to bring the question I actually asked up again :P

[linay]

You completely evaded the actual point, but I assume that was on purpose so I'll save myself the time to bring the question I actually asked up again :P

Your point is irrelevant unless you can show that what SE is doing is not working for them. There are people who unsub from WoW because of perceived busywork, so it's not like SE is going to stop people from unsubbing either way.