Feedback for the forums?

[Rolina]

A suggestion for some minor skin tweaks.  You know how the RPG skin has that light green background?  I figure that for the other skins, why not have a similar effect?  Mercury would have a lighter blue, Jupiter a lighter purple, etc...

It actually looks much more appealing than just having a white background.

[Rolina]

I understand, I'm kind of dormant now. I tend to be more active than Atrius on the forums as a whole though.

I have some time on Ubuntu, I'm getting some files up for a Venus theme now. I might change the class buttons again :x

Speaking of classes, as you raise through the classes, you now get progressively more PM space.

EDIT:

New clan system is proposed.
Clan Ranks:
16 ranks
All follow following post rank order, with following PM Limits:
0
PM limit - 10
10
PM limit - 50
50
100
PM limit - 100
250
500
750
1000
PM limit - 250
1250
1500
1750
2000
PM limit - 500
2500
3000
PM limit - 1000
4000
5000
PM limit - None

Neutral:
New User
Novice Member
Potential Member
Beginner Member
Average Member
Above-Average Member
Intermediate Member
Great Member
Excellent Member
Expert
Super Expert
Veteran
Miracle Member
Prodigy
Chosen One
GSHC Demiod

Venus:
Novice Venus Adept
Venus Adept
Squire
Knight
Gallant
Lord
Slayer
Venus
Zagan
Ramses
Flora
Cybele
Haures
Judgememnt
Daedalus

Mercury:
Novice Mercury Adept
Mercury Adept
Water Seer
Scribe
Cleric
Paragon
Angel
Mercury
Nereid
Moloch
Ulysses
Neptune
Boreas
Eclipse
Coatlicue
Azul

Mars:
Novice Mars Adept
Mars Adept
Gaurd
Soldier
Warrior
Champion
Hero
Mars
Zagan
Megeara
Kirin
Tiamat
Ulysses
Haures
Meteor
Catastrophe
(Daedalus won't fit)

Jupiter:
Novice Jupiter Adept
Jupiter Adept
Wind Seer
Magician
Mage
Magister
Sorcerer
Jupiter
Megaera
Atalanta
Flora
Moloch
Procne
Thor
Eclipse
Charon
(Coatlicue won't fit)

Choosing one clan over the other will not have any particular advantages or disadvantages, but only you can view the special "clan forum" that is the same as your clan. If you have no clan (neutral), none of these boards are visible, unless you are on the moderating team (those on the community project are exempt). Just an idea, otherwise the clan basically dictate the name of your rank.
There are a few rules to keep everything in order:
1. Please do NOT ask new members to join one clan or another >_>
2. No wars between clans

What do you think?

Jupiter would like to change their ranks to the following:

1.   Associate
2.   Apprentice
3.   Page
4.   Seer
5.   Illusionist
6.   Enchanter
7.   Conjurer
8.   Magician
9.   Magus
10.   Sage
11.   Wizard
12.   Magister
13.   Warlock
14.   Sorcerer
15.   Alchemist
16.   High Alchemist



This would correspond to the standard, non-clanned ranks, from least number of posts to highest number of posts.

[Atrius (He/They)]

Charon... I thought I'd told you a while back that PM limit would have nothing to do with forum ranks.

Edit: Wait this list is old, nevermind...

[Rolina]

Uh, yeah?  We've already shut down the PM thing, this is about the Jovian Ranks.  REEEEAD, Atrius!  READ the post! :P

[Crystal Sonata]

A suggestion for some minor skin tweaks.  You know how the RPG skin has that light green background?  I figure that for the other skins, why not have a similar effect?  Mercury would have a lighter blue, Jupiter a lighter purple, etc...

It actually looks much more appealing than just having a white background.

........This idea seems good.......It has my vote.....

[Rolina]

It's already been done for Jupiter, though now Jupiter needs the main forum part a bit darker since it's a bit too bright in contrast... eventually, I'm sure we'll get at least some kind of balance here.  The RPG theme is done really well, so I'm recommending it be used as reference.

[Charon]

atm we can't actually change the rank with post count AND by clan... >_>

[Rolina]

One would have assumed that I, as a prodigy and not a summon that may or may not be of the Jupiter element, would have known that.

It's clearly for future reference, for when such a feature actually is implemented.

[Pkmn-Master]

Is it possible to have the directory (GSHC > Feedback > Etc.) under the last post of the page?

I know there's a "Go Up" Button, and that would render it useless.

[Rolina]

As we develop the Clan Wars-verse more and more, as well as work on the D-Crisis project, it's becoming more and more clear that it's probably a good idea to include clanless in Clan Commons.  While they don't have an affiliation with any one clan, they are part of the Clan Wars universe, serving as both neutral parties as well as mercenaries.  Arguably, it could be said that while there's Four Main Clans, there's Five Main Groups, with clanless being that fifth group of people.

As such, for things like Lore, Timeline, and location ideas, they should have their fair say in the matter.  In fact, for the exact reason that they don't have a clan affiliation, they could serve even as neutral parties in disputes.  As such, I say let them see the Clan Commons area, and if you insist on having a place for clans to talk to one another beyond the eyes of clanless, then have it just be a subforum like Clan Trades.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Hmm.. I've been thinking... Is there any way to indicate which of the 8 latest posts were last edited on the forum index's latest posts list?


Also, I support Role's suggestion. I think that would be awesome. If you took it a bit further they could be the Unclanned Clan. (With their own subforum, with no leader, nothing much special, because everyone is equal/separate.)

[Rolina]

No, they shouldn't have a clan, by the very fact that they're unclanned.  To give them their own thing that clanned members can't access defeats the whole meaning of "Unclanned".

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Yeah, I suppose you are right.

After all, anyone could make another account and see what's going on in there. (Not that anyone would without permission, because it is against the rules.)

[Rolina]

...No they can't.  That's against the rules, and you'll be banned.  Even Kain's joke characters like Yuiko have been removed.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Oh, I didn't notice. Thanks for the heads-up.

(But either way, Unclanned would be too easy to access.. via either just removing yourself from a clan, or just getting a friend to join and tell you what's going on without having to worry about passing any qualifications.)

[Rolina]

Yeah, the thing is that if you treat unclanned as a clan, then it defeats the point of the other clans.  Not only that, when you join a clan, you'd lose access to it.  That's why they shouldn't have their own clan.

However, there's no reason they can't be part of the world, and by the very nature of Clan Commons, it's a perfect place for them.

[Atrius (He/They)]

Unclanned members can now participate in the clan commons.

Hmm.. I've been thinking... Is there any way to indicate which of the 8 latest posts were last edited on the forum index's latest posts list?

It's possible, but it sounds unnecessarily confusing.

[Daddy Poi's Oily Gorillas]

Okay, well the simplest example I could think of right now would be to have the word(s)

(new edit(s))

apear next to the link. When the link has been read again, the "(new edit(s))" text could disappear.

That's an example.. still sound confusing? (Or perhaps you meant confusing as in coding it... hmm..)

You don't have to do it if you don't want to as this is just a suggestion.

Also, sweet! (About the Clan Commons.)

[Rolina]

An easier way would just be to have it so that if the last post in a topic is edited, it'll bump it on the list, signifying that there's new info there.


Anywho, for the next big forum update, I've got one request.  If y'all have comments on them, please let me know.  Since Atrius is gonna be gone for the most part next month, it'd give us a good month to refine what exactly we want so he can do it well.

Personally, what I'm asking for - though small - would be a nice update.  Right now, we've got a hodgepodge mess of positions.  Instead, I'm suggesting the following fields for everyone:

Position: Admin, Global Moderator, Moderator, Member, Validating, or Banned
Element: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, or Neutral (Default is Neutral)
Fundament: Sol, Luna, or Neutral.  (Default is Neutral)
Rank: Clan Leader, Clan Second, Clan Member, or Clanless.  Coded to correspond with the clan (and maybe gender), so if the Element Field is Jupiter, the Rank Field is Clan Leader, and the gender is Female, it'd display "Grand Overlady" (Grand Overlord if male).

There'd also be a corresponding change with the post level.  If we could make the "XYZ Member" correspond with both post count and element, then we could have element-specific lists like the one I posted earlier for Jupiter.

Finally, All four would be available for "Sort by" in the member list.  Right now, just the first position is listed I think.  It'd be nice to instead sort by element, fundament, or rank.


Anyone have anything they want to add to this or maybe suggest a clarification or refining of the idea?

[Griever]

Hmmm, this is to "tidy" up the forum. I think its a nice idea.

I'm not sure i understood the post count part though ...