The main problem i have is not the rewards...
It is the lack of info.
Nobody knows what the tiers mean... or what will happen.
How can we decide if and how much we want to contribute if we don't know what Tier 1 means?
This makes it harder to decide if you want to invest time in it... or go for more profit elsewhere.
I personally stopped trading after Tier 1 was met and nothing happened: after Tier 1 no visual clues, no additional info was given.
The only thing that was obvious after 3 days was that filling the bar up till Tier 8 was accomplished was impossible.
Lowering prices in neighbouring systems is not a good solution because it basicly means that the community goal is always gonna be a succes.
It makes sense that supplies are getting thinner and more expensive because the demand is going up.