109297-ampability-points-from-content-drops

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I've been thinking lately that it'd be cool if the content from each monthly patch would reward players with exactly one AMP/Ability point.
 
As an example, in the next patch after people finish the 20man event and reach the lightspire and whatever is in there, they'd be able to get a quest to maybe grind some gold challenges in the zone or get an item from the reputation vendor which would eventually have the final reward of an Ability point.
 
For Blighthaven, people could have only gotten the Elyona questline after reaching a reasonable point of reputation, like 8k or 16k. Then after they finish the questline after the small rep grind, it would have given out an AMP point.
 
Similarly for Daggerstone Pass there could simply be a meta-achievement which rewards an AMP point.
 
 
The point of this all is, for each content patch the players would get an AMP/Ability point for playing the content of the patch, which would be equally desired for any player no matter if they're a hardcore raider or a casual, and it would give players some nice character progression over time. This would in no way shower us with this stuff either, and if Carbine decided to hand out all the 17 points like this eventually, they'd have plenty of them to place around the game.
 
Getting the AMP/Ability points from doing different tasks in the game like this would definitely be more interesting, than waiting for the Elder Gems to reset and then grinding some exp. People could still rely on the EG vendor or the drops sold by other people if they definitely didnt want to play some content for a point, but it'd free a LOT of players to spend their Elder Gems on some of the other awesome stuff on the vendor like the mounts or unlockable gear. You could also spend your gems or plat to get the points unlocked a bit faster, but not spending them on AMP/Ability points would no longer mean that you're gimping your character on the long term.
 
For the newer players and alts, this would also mean that once they hit 50 they could go on an AMP/Ability point collecting spree from all the content released up to now, instead of being stuck on a waiting queue of 1 year to get their stuff.
 
You don't really have to limit this to only the new content either. You could get a point for example from:
-Unlocking the Datascape ("its dangerous to go alone, take this")
-Rep grinding BOTH Crimson badlands and Frozen Wastes to beloved
-100% completing all the leveling zones
-Housing (dont really know how to give one from this though)
-Getting 120 RBG wins
 
 
Anyhow, most people seem displeased with how the Ability/AMP Points are gotten today and this way would both keep them a long term goal, make collecting them a bit more interesting, help out the new players and alts, give players more options on how to spend their elder gems and promote various content in the game. Yes! It's foolproof! I'm a genious!	
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