[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku

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Thus spake Mike Rozak...
> However, while fine tuning the game, I've noticed that the in-game rewards
> tend to be implicit, and that explicit rewards are far and few
> between. The difference is an adventure game (where rewards come once
> an hour-ish) vs. a  CRPG (with rewards for actions coming every few
> minutes). Thus, I'm considering handing out XP for actions, rather than
> per-day.

Why is this a problem? Why is the rewards being implicit a bad thing?

Personally, this sounds like an excellent system as it stands. Does it
not feel fun? Or do you think that explicit rewards are necessary to
retain interest?