"However, even if boons were only half as good as they're now, or mostly
flavor-things like Tsuran there suggested - people would still donate.
Easily. Downgrading boons does not mean people wouldn't still get them.
You double the price of gasoline and people still buy it you know..."

I'm sorry but comparing tp's to gasoline is dumb. Gasoline is to many people
a "need" as much as food or shelter in that it allows them to transport
themselves to work or (in the case of farmers) increase their production
levels to suffieciently competetive levels via machinery. But aside from that
point, the levels of future donation would drop dramatically if you were to
_significantly_ downtune boons. To use basic economic theory, the marginal
utility of each euro/dollar/whatever donated would decrease, so individuals
would be more apt to spend their entertainment budgets elsewhere.

That being said, certain boons could probably use a downtune. The fine people
who run this MUD have already done that somewhat by eliminating the "extra"
10% that some people were adding to their full boons. However, a few more
changes could probably be in order. Maybe don't make fast meta stack with
racial bonuses in metabolism. Perhaps have certain boons be mutually
exclusive or potentially offsetting effects. A simple example might be
strength and dexterity. There are very few people (and even less in the way
of races) that are both incredibly strong as well as extraordinarily lithe or
agile.

Anyway, thanks to those of you whose donations have allowed for the wizzes to
better enhance, enrich, and enable our playing experiences.

Han.

P.S. if that wasn't flame enough for you, go fuck yourself and at random toss
in random references to necrophilia, bestiality, and incest.