I don’t understand what you are arguing? Are you saying that increased rewards, or highlighting resource chests doesn’t change ANY part of gameplay? By definition it does, even minority, change some aspect of the code.
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Make a hunter and get enhanced radar, it's the same thing, except they give everyone an equal chance at getting that ability somewhat through ghosts. They already had something in game, a gameplay mechanic, and the made it available to everyone.