Will there be possible small extras that mission givers can give in addition to UEC? Like small gifts or, if you have a good standing, a six-pack or some food. Super small stuff that makes mission givers feel like people who sometimes throw in a non-monetary bonus.
TL;DRProbably yes: the reward system can handle any kind of reward, reputation-based rewards are expected to include non-money items, and the mission system is being extended to award items, with no timing given.
So I don't want to speak to the entire progression system, because that is a design owned by someone else. But EVR is designed to handle any kind of reward. So maybe.
I believe we mentioned in last year's CitizenCon that the reputation system will be including these sorts of rewards depending on the kinds of guilds.
He won't speak for it, but I can go ahead and say that yes. Obviously the reputation-based rewards through the organization system are one way in which you'll receive items that are not just money, but also there is an ongoing effort to evolve the mission system itself to be able to just outright award items beyond just money. So when that gets used, where that gets used, that's going to be the discretion of the game design team and the folks who are creating the missions. But the tech is there, and it's being worked on, and you should see more of that, just like you saw with the Overdrive and Xenothreat stuff, in the near future. Or in a future. I honestly have no idea when.