Nope, your running around in circles now witht this, so if we please can stay on track here. We were talking about adding 1 KP to get 5 or more - Adding way less than it will return. That's the problem and what most players don't like.
Point 1: the last chest is worth 1 KP IMO, nothing more. I would rarely if ever increase beyond one to win the last chest in my fellowship or anyone else's. It is not worth trouble. If it was important enough for someone to go to 2, they might go to 4. If 1 loses, no player should ever risk two more to at most get 5 and potentially ZERO. If someone wants to bid 2 over 1, they can do that, but I don't. My experience shows that to mostly be a suckers bet.
Point 2: The goal is to get 1 for 5, or if there is a better opportunity, perhaps more. But for moment, let's forget later opportunities, I agree that one KP does not help a lot; but I'd rather get a gift of 1 rather than a gift of zero. So, I see nothing wrong with giving 1. It is mine to give. I will point out that if a player specifically asks me not to give, I do my best to accommodate their request. I had one or two fellowship leaders that asked me not to make any KP contributions. I do my best to accommodate those requests. Finally, If the result of my gift of 1 is ZERO, that is okay with me.
Point 3: I will give the one exception to Point 1. When I am about to close my AW, it would not be out of line IMO if I closed up all but 2 and then invited any player in my fellowship to bid 2. That is the exception to Point 1, but I do not think it isn't worth time to write the post or spend the 2, at least for me.
Point 4: Were you on the same world and neighborhood as me and we never communicated on this issue, you would find that I had put one KP on every AW you have. Every day, as part of my neighborly gift process, I would also add 1 to any new AW levels completed. Where you in my world today, DESPITE, or perhaps BECAUSE of approach of Zero tolerance, I would post one on your AWs even if you were not a neighbor. I say "despite" as your threat to remove point every time rings hollow to me. You cannot (or at least I cannot) control what people in my fellowship do. Frankly, I do not find a reason for your passion on this issue, but I would accommodate your request - not to gift you (or your fellowship) - if that is what you want.
Point 5: The game design is to encourage gifts to a level that the expected return is higher than the gift. Unless there is an external reason (a trade or other agreement), no one should ever gift without an expected return greater than the gift. One KP is never a shard or instant, so it is more valuable (per point) to the giver than points from other sources. The mechanism to eliminate high returns "much greater than the value of the gift" is bidding for those chests. Everyone gains KP every hour unless they have 10 or more. So, everyone can bid for those chests. That is the game design. It isn't stealing if no one wants to bid more on those "high return chests" or is slow with their bid. Expecting people to bid "more than needed" to win a chest seems counter to game design and human nature.
Point 6: The gift of one, early, is a statement that I am willing to invest in your AW and help you earlier than anyone else, because I am willing to wait until you get around to this upgrade. I take the risk that my 1 KP will be eliminated or that this AW is never upgraded. If there are multiple remaining chests when my point earns a chest, you gained one KP that you would not otherwise have gotten. If it is the very last gift, it might not have been filled when you chose to upgrade. If it is eliminated, you got one more. If there were multiple bids of 1 with some not getting chests, the early bird got the worm. It should be no skin of your teeth. If it denied a 5 chest to someone in your fellowship where they would have bid the one, they should have bid earlier - or bid 2 per point 2 to gain 5KPs.
In my own fellowship, many a chest goes unclaimed, despite a concerted effort to advise players of open chests when upgrades are imminent. Sometimes the time comes to upgrade and a few chests remain unclaimed.
My own schema puts 1 on every AW for all active players who are neighbors or otherwise interact - probably 1,000 to 2,000 AWs of active players. I see a few high level fellowships with gifting schemas showing gifts of 50 or more by many participants. In those fellowship, I am unlikely to gain the last chest. Even so, I post 1 most of the time. I will not post if my one, when posted, won't win the last chest. Otherwise, I know a few will get a return. I am willing to take that risk. The place where that my gift is most likely to get a return in those type of fellowships is low level AWs. Two or three 50's will close out those smaller AW levels. The system wins KPs due to my diligence checking every day. Most of the points out there will never get a return, but the newest ones for AWs that just upgrade have a high probability of return. It is an investment of Time, KPs that are place holders to ensure I never miss a recent upgrade.
Your last invite is to put 1 on every one of your AWs, with the assurance that none will get any return. I would gladly take you up on that offer. You state that such a gift will help you because you would gain you one KP per AW and no return for that gift would be realized. You invited me to gift you, I would then absolutely give you what you requested and we'd both be happy about it. I do not see what you are squawking about, we have no disagreement.