@holyavengerone said in Feature Spotlight #2 - Universe, Planets and Travels:
@specter said in Feature Spotlight #2 - Universe, Planets and Travels:
To everyone else, I shall pass your questions along to Prometheus in case he's too busy to watch this thread.
orly?
Yours will be passed on aswell, don't worry. 
@holyavengerone For gameplay reasons I assume. If an ingame eclipse were to last as long as a real life eclipse, the eclipse would be over before the demons had a chance to pack their stuff to go to Syndesia.
To everyone else, I shall pass your questions along to Prometheus in case he's too busy to watch this thread.
Just the forum, not the game, Discord, or anything else. Banned users also won't lose access to the Foundation, other than the daily quest they can't complete now. We don't inform other users about bans because 1: We don't want to start arguments with other users about why someone got banned and 2: We don't want witch hunts.
What will happen to banned accounts? Well, if they are temporarily banned, they will come back eventually. If it's permanent, then they won't, obviously. 
@holyavengerone said in Locked posts:
@specter said in Locked posts:
@holyavengerone I generally inform the user(s) involved through PM why a thread got locked. In the case of the bumped threads in the welcome section, I contacted the person who bumped them. I generally don't add a post because it tends to lead to more arguments when other users disagree. In the case of necro'd posts, adding such post would also bump them again.
Why do we lock them? Because they're old and we don't want newer threads to be pushed to the bottom by old threads. The welcome section is very active, there are new introductions almost every day and it will get even busier once we start seeing a bigger influx of new users. Also, most of the users who introduced themselves in those locked threads haven't been active on the forum ever since. Most people just make an introduction thread for their Foundation points and that's it.
But the threads I linked were just like 8 days without a post? That's necro?
Also, since they're already at the top, if you just add a post saying why you lock them, that doesn't bump them too much. Heck, you can even lock a bunch and then make 1 post in the last one. Otherwise people don't get why you lock the post, so you don't help to curb the behavior, and you might come across as repressive.
Just trying to give you a few tips/tricks/things to think of here, in terms of forum management. I've done that a bunch in previous lives
The original plan was to release the rules regarding necroing before enforcing them. The reason why I decided to deviate from that plan was because of a few really bad necros, and because some people on the forum wanted to see something done about them.
What is and isn't a necro depends on the thread. For introduction threads, the cut-off is pretty short because we simply want to keep it clean for newer introductions. Right now the forum isn't very active yet, but that will change in the future and then we're going to see a lot more introductions. When it comes to making rules, we obviously look at the future and not the current situation. This is why I am already moderating according to future standards. Right now it might look a bit overzealous, but in the future it certainly won't.
@aries said in Locked posts:
@specter said in Locked posts:
Why do we lock them? Because they're old and we don't want newer threads to be pushed to the bottom by old threads. The welcome section is very active, there are new introductions almost every day and it will get even busier once we start seeing a bigger influx of new users. Also, most of the users who introduced themselves in those locked threads haven't been active on the forum ever since. Most people just make an introduction thread for their Foundation points and that's it.
Can't you guys set it up to where the platform you use will just auto delete a post after so many days?
I don't believe this is the right solution. Sometimes the introduction threads contain useful information that we don't want deleted. For example, I believe Prometheus has answered a few questions there, not to mention the discussions that sometimes pop up in an introduction thread.
@corruptedknight It means that person has been banned from the forum. We generally never specify why someone got banned, so there's no point in asking in case you're wondering. :man_police_officer:
@holya I urge you to leave those users alone. Even if you've found the ones who have multiple accounts (something you can't know for sure), that still doesn't mean you should harass them. Prometheus and I will deal with them.
@holyavengerone I generally inform the user(s) involved through PM why a thread got locked. In the case of the bumped threads in the welcome section, I contacted the person who bumped them. I generally don't add a post because it tends to lead to more arguments when other users disagree. In the case of necro'd posts, adding such post would also bump them again.
Why do we lock them? Because they're old and we don't want newer threads to be pushed to the bottom by old threads. The welcome section is very active, there are new introductions almost every day and it will get even busier once we start seeing a bigger influx of new users. Also, most of the users who introduced themselves in those locked threads haven't been active on the forum ever since. Most people just make an introduction thread for their Foundation points and that's it.
@aries We have more than one way to discover which users are using multiple accounts. (I am not going to give away any details about those other methods). Using different IP adresses isn't going to guarantee that person will get away with it.
If we randomize everything it would just make it worse, because then spammers will have to keep making posts until it counts for their daily instead of just one. Frankly, is the situation really that bad that we need to resort to such measures?
@aries I don't really see how that would change anything. It's not the size of the post that matters, but the content within that post. If someone only posts "welcome" in an introduction thread, that post is still on-topic. On the other hand, if someone writes a whole wall of text filled with spam, that's off-topic regardless of the the size. Right now there are a few things we're focusing on:
1: Deal with the necros. We are going to release the rules soon and those will make clear what the rules are regarding necros. The current cut-off will be at 1 week for introduction threads, 1 month for discussion threads and no limit on official news threads. (Keep in mind this could change as we're still working on a few details).
2: Stop some multi-accounting power users from making low effort posts on their multiple accounts. There are a few users on this forum who are actively posting on multiple accounts to game the Foundation to the absolute maximum. While technically their posts tend to be on-topic still, I've noticed that these people are so obsessed with the Foundation that they will often try more "creative" and less desirable ways to gain their points. (For example by posting spam and then deleting their own comment, leaving a chain of "this comment has been deleted" spam in their wake). This is already annoying when one person does it, but when that person has 4-5 accounts, it gets really bad. While normally we remove these multi-accounting users from the Foundation in waves, I have decided to alert some of them in advance in order to stop their disruptive behaviour. As a result, you should have noticed a slight decrease in low effort posts during the last few days. I certainly have.
3: Get more updates out! Right now there isn't much to talk about, but that will obviously change as we get closer to alpha. We will most certainly see more discussions then and less "low effort" posts to desperately get the daily done.
I am locking the threads that are being necro'd. We're going to release the forum rules soon which will contain more information about the rules regarding necroing.
@Holya and @Aries, Please keep it civil. There's nothing wrong with having a heated debate, but don't resort to name-calling.
There has been a recent increase in spam. This spam is extremely dangerous and may attack at any time, so must deal with it. 
In all seriousness, we now what you're talking about and we're taking care of it.
@jaquen Both genders can wear them.
@frost @Casgadom @HolyAvengerOne There won't be a chatbox. It's simply too much work to moderate.
@holyavengerone Probably yes. Prometheus and I are still working on the details.
@holyavengerone There's the Terms of Service, which outlines some of the rules under 5. Acceptable Use Policy. With that said, forum rules will be coming in the future because many people aren't aware of the ToS, and because there are a few things the ToS doesn't cover.
@casgadom At the moment it would make more sense to make an english thread on the forum. We don't have moderators for other languages besides english yet. Well, except for Italian of course because the devs are from Italy.
