On the money, Gary. You have put what I have been trying to get across very eloquently. Kudos.
On the XP front, had a brainstorm reading Gary's post. What if every player gains one xp for showing up. Their specific Narrator can assign them an second xp if they showed involvemnt and interaction with other characters (being in the thick of things, the narrator would be more observant of this) and the ST could assign a third xp for involvement in the Story Plot.
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