Board Thread:The Bulletin/@comment-20675445-20140121221836/@comment-20675445-20140127180456

User-perception is an interesting factor that a database-exact raw data wouldn't include.

The question isn't how much do you earn, but how much can you earn.

Raw data might say how much a user has earned so far, it wouldn't tell what he's working toward. So, for example, maybe you're Level 2 and earning only 10 gold a week, but you hope, as you build better or more productive habits, to earn 10 gold a day, and eventually more.

For motivation purposes, you don't want your max reward to reflect your current situation.