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The problem with normalizing signatures instead of keeping them something rare and venerated is that you then make applications mandatory. Right now you can get away with never touching the forum, and focusing your energies on being creative in-game instead, because 90% of players have received nothing from signature apps. So you're more or less on an equal playing field for the majority of your potential combat encounters.

Once that number becomes, say, 70%, you'll feel more of a need to apply for stuff. Odds are you'll eventually end up in a level bracket where a bunch of your potential rivals have manually granted advantages over you, then.

It seems nice to lax the requirements, because hey, enablement. But all you're actually doing is making things more uneven/increasing the overall worth of signatures. And at the same time, making them kinda pointless in actually rewarding shakers and movers.

I like how it is right now, very much so. A signature is something you go for when you're really making waves, and the staff consider you a force for the good of the game state, or you're a character with that potential but constantly taking losses and struggling to have the positive impact you could have. It isn't 2 weeks in since you hit a little over level 200 and a bunch of people around you also have one.

I made a much longer post on this before, but that's the gist.

The impact and weight of them also feels way better and more healthy when there's a level of scrutiny.