Origins 2014 BI Certs

There’s been a lot of strong feelings that have been expressed in this thread and I hesitate to post in it, but felt I should give my point of view.

I’m one of those people who used to but no longer view Arcanis as a ‘event I need to play at a con’ event anymore. The investment for me to focus my con experience to Arcanis is simply not there anymore. I’ve never been to Arcanicon and I probably never will. I have played Arcanis at every Origins, but have skipped out on a special event here and there. I did play this past BI.

From my perspective, only giving out 100xp and a 1 time minor reward (sorry, but it is a minor reward to me too), is not going to encourage me to prioritize other Arcanis special events in the future. I would be glad that major rewards aren’t being given out at these events, but then that would give me more reason to feel comfortable in skipping them as opposed to attending them. And I suspect that outlook is not what you folks are hoping for out of people like myself.

FYI, I think the 2 Gc is being a bit overlooked here, but I recognize that some may not see it as a lot of money.

I do believe the 100 xp is the right idea (I personally think 400 xp would have been a better number, i.e. only a single standard mod’s worth of XP), but something else needs to be awarded if I were going to choose the Arcanis special event over other special events that are also giving out rewards for those respective campaigns. Doesn’t have to be a rune or powerful loot. But there needs to be some expected incentive so that when I’m choosing what event to attend on Saturday during my Origins trip, that I choose the Arcanis B.I. over something else. A good story experience should sadly be a given at this point, because most of the other competing events are already offering the same, a good story experience.

Incidentally, I didn’t realize that the fate point on the cert was a 1 time use only. If it was an expanded option of fate point usage that would apply to any fate point I would send, that makes it a significant reward in my book.