My thoughts on Hiddens.

[ScarecrowVT]

I'll be blunt. 
I feel like hiddens are too easy to get now days and that I see so many people I've never heard of with hiddens. 

Hiddens back in E1 at least how I saw them. Were given to people that were actively apart of the BIG story. Leaders of cities and factions. People actively pushing a story and that everyone knew. 

Now? I see people with hiddens and I have no idea who they are or what they've done. Now why I'm not saying hiddens are easier to get... I think too many are getting them that may not deserve them. I've seen and heard of some people that once they get their hidden? They afk. Hiddens used to be used to push the story. To do something to affect the world. 

Now it's like "Hey look at what I can do mom!" like it seriously just doesn't feel like the world is changing cause joe schmoe got primordial or super magi.
Now im not talking about the stances. I don't care about those.  

I'm talking about hiddens that are supposed to have a big ic affect. Stuff like occult affecting your mind. Making you crazy. Stuff like Ancestor's Wrath. 
Yet when I see it. I don't feel it. I just feel a super powered magi that still acts the same or doesn't change at all. 

Hiddens were about the growth of your character. Not just to get stronger. 

I feel like hiddens. Actual hiddens. Not just stances should be given to those that are actively pushing the story and doing something that affects everyone. Too many afk after getting hiddens and only pop in for wars.