This was something the system had already revealed when they triggered the hidden storyline.
Max-level players could no longer gain more experience. However, new experience they gained would convert to contribution points at a certain rate, so... for them, grinding monsters was akin to earning money.
Contribution points were still important. Although they were becoming increasingly less valuable, they remained a hard currency, and many good items were outrageously expensive.
However, as for the rewards given by the quests, they could hardly call it a surprise, it barely caught their attention.
At their level, quest rewards were no longer the main source of income; monster drops were.
For example, this time's red ax, even though it was damaged, was worth far more than the quest reward.
It was just that, with eighty players, it's hard to divide... averaging it out might even be less than the quest reward.
