A couple of modly questions
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thebastionoocHello Bastion players! This is your mod Mandy. Myself and the other mods have been in discussion, and there are a couple of questions we would like your opinions on.
First off, we have been thinking about upping the character limit to four. We have been at three for a while, and so far it seems to be working well. However, we wanted to get your opinion on the matter before we made a decision one way or the other.
For this question, you have three choices: yes, no, and "yes, but with conditions". The first two are pretty obvious, so I'll only elaborate on the third. If we were to apply conditions to apping a fourth, it could be something like "you can only app a fourth if you have been in the game for six months," or "you can only app a fourth if you have participated in X number of events". As of right now, we do not have any specific conditions in mind, but we wanted to keep the options available.
Next up, we have been discussing AC. I know it was addressed in the last information post, but we feel that it is still something we want to keep in mind, and we want to know your opinion on the matter. If we were to require an Activity Check, what kind of check would you like?
These are the options we have come up with so far:
Comment count: This would be a straight "X number of comments from your character in posts fromthebastion" per calendar month.
Post count: This would be "X number of posts to the communitythebastion" per calendar month.
Character development: Instead of requiring a set number of posts or comments, we would ask for a description of the character development your characters have gone through, as well as links to the threads where that development happened. If we were to pick this one, it would be less frequent (once every two months or so, instead of once a month), to account for the fact that time in Bastion passes at a 3:1 ratio.
Combination: Instead of picking just one of the above methods (or any others we have overlooked), we could offer multiple options that you could pick and choose from. So, for example, a player could do 2 posts, or 1 post and 10 comments, or 20 comments.
Other: If there is some other form of AC we have overlooked that you think would work, choose this option and explain it below.
For these two questions, be sure to only vote once. Also, be sure to vote with a journal that is currently in this game.
Please note that this is just a discussion of these two topics. It does not mean that either of them will be implemented immediately, nor does it mean that the most popular vote will be what happens. Ultimately us mods will make the final call, but we wanted player input before making a decision.
Also please disregard that this is Bon's journal, instead of the mod journal. DW is cruel and requires a paid account to make a poll.
First off, we have been thinking about upping the character limit to four. We have been at three for a while, and so far it seems to be working well. However, we wanted to get your opinion on the matter before we made a decision one way or the other.
For this question, you have three choices: yes, no, and "yes, but with conditions". The first two are pretty obvious, so I'll only elaborate on the third. If we were to apply conditions to apping a fourth, it could be something like "you can only app a fourth if you have been in the game for six months," or "you can only app a fourth if you have participated in X number of events". As of right now, we do not have any specific conditions in mind, but we wanted to keep the options available.
Next up, we have been discussing AC. I know it was addressed in the last information post, but we feel that it is still something we want to keep in mind, and we want to know your opinion on the matter. If we were to require an Activity Check, what kind of check would you like?
These are the options we have come up with so far:
Comment count: This would be a straight "X number of comments from your character in posts from
thebastion" per calendar month.Post count: This would be "X number of posts to the community
thebastion" per calendar month.Character development: Instead of requiring a set number of posts or comments, we would ask for a description of the character development your characters have gone through, as well as links to the threads where that development happened. If we were to pick this one, it would be less frequent (once every two months or so, instead of once a month), to account for the fact that time in Bastion passes at a 3:1 ratio.
Combination: Instead of picking just one of the above methods (or any others we have overlooked), we could offer multiple options that you could pick and choose from. So, for example, a player could do 2 posts, or 1 post and 10 comments, or 20 comments.
Other: If there is some other form of AC we have overlooked that you think would work, choose this option and explain it below.
For these two questions, be sure to only vote once. Also, be sure to vote with a journal that is currently in this game.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17
Should players be allowed to apply for a fourth character?
What kind of AC should we have in the Bastion?
View Answers
comment count
11 (64.7%)
post count
0 (0.0%)
character development
1 (5.9%)
a combination of the previous choices (elaborate below)
3 (17.6%)
other (elaborate below)
2 (11.8%)
Please note that this is just a discussion of these two topics. It does not mean that either of them will be implemented immediately, nor does it mean that the most popular vote will be what happens. Ultimately us mods will make the final call, but we wanted player input before making a decision.
Also please disregard that this is Bon's journal, instead of the mod journal. DW is cruel and requires a paid account to make a poll.
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Date: 2014-06-12 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-12 04:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-12 10:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-13 01:52 am (UTC)If an AC is implemented (I don't really care whether or not one is), I'm all for a points-based AC, too! I think any kind of AC that allows different options/combinations to reach it is good—I guess specifically I don't want a post to be a definite requirement so AC can be earned just by tagging out a lot.
ETA: Also I don't like the character development idea just because that's so subjective. I'd much prefer something solid and quantifiable!
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Date: 2014-06-14 10:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-14 10:41 am (UTC)Am all for fourth characters, with approval and within reason. I've seen players in the past games pick up shiny new muses and let old ones idle, then struggle to meet AC because they want to keep the old muse that they barely play with. And on the other side, I've seen people pick up and drop and pick up and drop so many times, too. So… within reason.
I'm okay for other ways, but I voted on the character development AC (just me? XD) mainly because the format stated seems to be the most doable, and also the closest to what we have going now. Now it's an "I'm here with A and B!" kind of a deal, and this strikes me as an, "I'm here with A and B and this is what they're up to!". I get that character development varies from character to character, and that character development means different things to different people.
Whichever we go with, a clear-cut activity/submission schedule would be nice - it would prevent people scrambling to meet whatever requirements get set if they know exactly when AC will be asked of them!
Samm, but not the right account (ever)
Date: 2014-06-17 04:17 am (UTC)I have no idea what "points" AC means, and also seconding that "character development" sounds a bit picky.
Whatever AC works, clear cut would be nice