[Official] Staff Q&a

[Alan 1815]

Self explanatory. Ask any questions that you might have for the Staff (the GMs and Admins), whether they be in regards to recent decisions or long standing policies. Please try and avoid asking "common" questions, AKA stuff that can be answered by anyone or by simply reading the forums (like "Where is the Cloud Temple?" or "How do I get a horse?"), and also refrain from trolling, being unconstructive, or being disrespectful to either us or other players.

 

Any useless or inflammatory posts will be hidden.

 

P.S. It's odd that something as obvious as this wasn't done until a player suggested it, lol.

[JtPv 140]

First

 

Is the Player Lore Removal you suggested being considered at all, or was it just a survey?

[Alan 1815]

First

 

Is the Player Lore Removal you suggested being considered at all, or was it just a survey?

 

It is indeed being considered, and a final decision regarding it will be reached this Sunday during the GM meeting.

[Treshure 5817]

What the heck is going on with magic? A lot of sides have been arguing over it, and even you yourself said that magic needs to be curbed. What is going to be done?

[Aislin 4354]

1. When is Nexus PvP being removed?
2. When is the Cloud Temple being moved?
3. When is the MA + VA being removed?
4. When is mcMMO being implemented?

[Alan 1815]

What the heck is going on with magic? A lot of sides have been arguing over it, and even you yourself said that magic needs to be curbed. What is going to be done?

 

What I said in regards to magic being nerfed was my own personal opinion and not that of the entire staff, as I'm sure many GMs have opinions that differ from my own. With that being said, Magic will definitely undergo some changes, but the details have not been decided upon yet. Again, magic is a topic of discussion for the GM meeting on Sunday. 

 

In fact, for the sake of answering possible future questions regarding the meeting, here is what we will be discussing:

 

 

The current list of stuff we plan on discussing (What we planned prior to this post):

 

- Addressing the "Lore is cluttered" issue. Might look into the solution thread I just made a few hours ago.

- We've agreed this is an RP-RPG, not an elitist hardcore forum RP, but how do we fix that? We will decide at the meeting

- Media. What needs doing? What doesn't need doing? How and what should we advertise? What should our focuses be?

- Something Danny came up with called the "12 steps to success", which includes fixing a lot of problems that players have suggested we fix or at least look into. (-snip-)

- Discussing a suggestion Tythus made for possibly adding a new staff position that would help streamline the promotion of GMs, thus getting us more with less risk

- Admin decisions. We will discuss what the GMs need from us specifically, things that require our attention, and stuff we may have missed

- Discussion over a secret project we and the ET (mainly the ET, actually) have been working on for a few months

- Miscellaneous stuffz

 

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• When is Nexus PvP being removed?
• When is the Cloud Temple being moved?
• When is the MA + VA being removed?
• When is mcMMO being implemented?

 

1. I will not promise a time, so as soon as we are able to. I know this doesn't satisfy you, but I'd rather do that then promise a date we could potentially miss should complications prevent us from meeting it.

2. I'd like to get it done this weekend, personally. I know Native and some GMs have been working on an event to surround its movement, and they've been itching to get it done.

3. Refer to item #1. It will be discussed in the meeting though, as noted in my response to the previous quote in this reply.

4. Refer to item #1. We are still deciding whether or not to use McMMO because it is not as configurable as we once thought it to be, and thus it does not fully meet our needs. It /might/ be used as a temporary system, but no promises.

[Silent™ 552]

When the bloody hell can we expect the North to open up more?

[Free The Hobbits 859]

Why are we promoting such a ban happy and application happy server when we should obviously be doing the opposite? How are we trying to improve the relations with the community and staff and why is it not the communities job to voice their opinion with admins?

[Telanir 6975]

Why are we promoting such a ban happy and application happy server when we should obviously be doing the opposite? How are we trying to improve the relations with the community and staff and why is it not the communities job to voice their opinion with admins?

 

When presented with vague arguments, there really isn't a place to start. I'm sure there are plenty of arguments you can give that are specific, but until then we have no clue what you are referring to. 'staff is being bad' or 'ban happy', relates to so many situations, without giving light to any specific problem.

 

What would you like us to focus on in this question?

[gabriel101x1 463]

Why are we promoting such a ban happy and application happy server when we should obviously be doing the opposite? How are we trying to improve the relations with the community and staff and why is it not the communities job to voice their opinion with admins?

 

Because players are immature and can't be trusted to behave properly without restrictions placed upon them.

This has been shown numerous times in the past.

[Free The Hobbits 859]

When presented with vague arguments, there really isn't a place to start. I'm sure there are plenty of arguments you can give that are specific, but until then we have no clue what you are referring to. 'staff is being bad' or 'ban happy', relates to so many situations, without giving light to any specific problem.

 

What would you like us to focus on in this question?

Alright, what I'm referring to most is radahans ban and I don't know if kyle was really banned but if he was it's pretty ridiculous that they were banned for such small things

[Samsan99 274]

1. Nexus PvP 
2. Magic Apps + MAT - wait for the magic plugin or make pvp default for mages?
3. New admin - somebody active, ingame and engaged with the playerbase
4. Future of VAs - are they still needed?
5. Removal of Lore Proposals - as suggested by Rittsy
6. Plugins in general, what needs to be cut and what needs to be added (including mcMMO, magic and dungeon plugin)
7. The general transition from hardcore RP to RP-RPG
8. Make mages weaker balance the system make it more RPG style magic. Easy to get but not more powerful and a warrior that has trained for the same amount of time. make they both equal
9. What about warps? they have been down awhile
10. Horses moving to 4.0 as well as books.
11. Pre building in 4.0.. NOT towns but landscape, ruins, dungeons things around to spice the land up make it interesting for the first few months
12. Will we have a rough ETA on 4.0?
13. Where is the tech team on all the plugins for the next patch.
14. What new features will we try bring into 4.0

[Telanir 6975]

Alright, what I'm referring to most is radahans ban and I don't know if kyle was really banned but if he was it's pretty ridiculous that they were banned for such small things

 

Thanks for clarifying Dovahkiin, this is definitely the best way to go in terms of having both of us happy, and the question answered.

To be honest, if their infringements on the rules were insignificant, but bordering on the line that a GM deemed it ban-worthy, then they will without doubt have a simple experience with a quick ban appeal. Lessons have to be taught once in a while, even the best of us begin to forget and slip off the good route. Whilst I can't assure you everyone will agree with these decisions, I can say I trust our moderation team to fulfill their duties effectively.

 

If you'd like to know why Kyle or Radahan were banned, I can provide details if you PM me directly.

[Alan 1815]

When the bloody hell can we expect the North to open up more?

 

"[10:05:29 PM] Kevin [Viper3X]: The high-ranking Black Scourge members are having a meeting this weekend to discuss future plans and to organize the North release."

 

Hopefully this answered your question. If not, I suggest PMing Viper :)

 

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Why are we promoting such a ban happy and application happy server when we should obviously be doing the opposite? How are we trying to improve the relations with the community and staff and why is it not the communities job to voice their opinion with admins?

 

Alright, what I'm referring to most is radahans ban and I don't know if kyle was really banned but if he was it's pretty ridiculous that they were banned for such small things

 

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but it seems to me like you are using this Q&A as an excuse to vent your frustration over recent events on us and masking it in the form of questions. We are not a ban happy server, and when we do ban players it is for good reason, even if some might not see it that way. If you have an issue with our reasoning, then I suggest taking it to PMs, but please leave it out of here.

 

Additionally, we have taken apparent steps as of late to move away from our "application happy" status, including things such as the recent suggestion of my own to remove the need for lore proposals. This, among many other recent suggestions and decisions, which have arisen after considering the community's own ideas, is what we the staff are doing to improve our relationship with the players.

[Treshure 5817]

What happened with the mines? I predict economical iron shortage disaster.