As expected, the amazing mods of this game have listened to us players and are trying to find a solution where everyone wins. So thank you for that.
The points above are wonderful ideas and I would like to volunteer to help on a part time basis in order to keep the community alive. I will give more detail on each below.
1. Wonderful. Check ins to show people's interest but not having to worry about thread length etc. The best part of TF is how slow you can be. Having tags from January you don't get to until March is all part of what makes this community great. So having no AC would go a long way towards that. But you do need check ins so that people aren't character squatting.
2. Again, another wonderful idea to reduce the stress to the mods. But I do like the TF app more than most. It makes you think about your character before you've even entered the game. Rather than just a link to a History section and then some personality + samples like most games. That's just me but I think the app is great as it is.
On the time scale point, it's hard to find a balance that helps both the mod and the player. If you have a fixed time, then the mod feels stress while the player knows when their app will be looked at. But if you have it relaxed, the player feels more stress because they have no idea how long they have to wait for their app to be approved or rejected. Suggesting a weekly process where apps are checked Saturdays/Sundays might be a good idea but it would be up for discussion between the people who are ultimately checking the apps.
3. Just as I've seen on this post already, I do think the rooming assignments and sickbay checks are a very good starter for newbies. It's automatically new CR for 99% of characters and that's important. From my own experience, Henry would never have thought to speak to Daredevil but now he's rooming with him and that gives me some extra CR for him right off the bat. Which has then expanded. So while they might be slightly harder for the mods, I think the rewards outweigh the benefits of removing them altogether.
4. And lastly, I agree with plots. I don't have as much to say on this one except yes please.
TL;DR I like all the suggestions and I want to help.
I hope I haven't just repeated what others have said too or this was a block of text for nothing. But I first joined TF about a month after it opened so I feel deeply connected to the game, it's mods and it's other players. So if there is anything I can do to keep it alive, just give me that chance.
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The points above are wonderful ideas and I would like to volunteer to help on a part time basis in order to keep the community alive. I will give more detail on each below.
1. Wonderful. Check ins to show people's interest but not having to worry about thread length etc. The best part of TF is how slow you can be. Having tags from January you don't get to until March is all part of what makes this community great. So having no AC would go a long way towards that. But you do need check ins so that people aren't character squatting.
2. Again, another wonderful idea to reduce the stress to the mods. But I do like the TF app more than most. It makes you think about your character before you've even entered the game. Rather than just a link to a History section and then some personality + samples like most games. That's just me but I think the app is great as it is.
On the time scale point, it's hard to find a balance that helps both the mod and the player. If you have a fixed time, then the mod feels stress while the player knows when their app will be looked at. But if you have it relaxed, the player feels more stress because they have no idea how long they have to wait for their app to be approved or rejected. Suggesting a weekly process where apps are checked Saturdays/Sundays might be a good idea but it would be up for discussion between the people who are ultimately checking the apps.
3. Just as I've seen on this post already, I do think the rooming assignments and sickbay checks are a very good starter for newbies. It's automatically new CR for 99% of characters and that's important. From my own experience, Henry would never have thought to speak to Daredevil but now he's rooming with him and that gives me some extra CR for him right off the bat. Which has then expanded. So while they might be slightly harder for the mods, I think the rewards outweigh the benefits of removing them altogether.
4. And lastly, I agree with plots. I don't have as much to say on this one except yes please.
TL;DR I like all the suggestions and I want to help.
I hope I haven't just repeated what others have said too or this was a block of text for nothing. But I first joined TF about a month after it opened so I feel deeply connected to the game, it's mods and it's other players. So if there is anything I can do to keep it alive, just give me that chance.
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