Shinsua
Wheezing Gekko
__My two cents:
I see that there are a few threads going around related to guild updates and changes, however I don't believe I've seen something that attempts to target the subject as a whole. It's been how many years since the system has received an update? ( If at all, I honestly can't even remember. ) I think we deserve a more organized listing of complaints and/or suggestions.
As some have stated in other threads, although we would be interested in the ability to create, modify, organize, and control subforums and threads to a finer degree within our guilds, something more than that is needed. The guild setup in itself is ancient. Internal forums and threads are nothing more than recycled shadows of Gaia's adolescence, peppered with whatever leftovers can be found of concept systems.
Coding similar, if not mimicking, the public forums; the ability to organize or remove subforums we ourselves have purchased; customization of a front page that we ourselves have purchased; the ability to multi-select threads for mass adjustment ( deletion, movement, locking ); and as some others have pointed out, the proper distribution of rewards.
These things, many of which already exist, should not even need to be suggested. They are things present within aspects of Gaia, and yet absent in others.
Maybe I, as a guild leader, am upset seeing the rest of the site be updated while we're left in the dust, but I know for a fact that I'm not the only one.
Guild leaders and their crew try to organize, accommodate, and energize the aspects their guilds are aimed towards. To my understanding, and as evidenced within my own roleplaying guild, this is a task that is possible and rather rewarding, but also horribly straining at times. It's one thing to motivate and introduce new members to an existing guild, but it's another to keep older members' attention; to keep them drawn in and wanting more. That an outdated and unmalleable system is a major factor in members' absences is disgusting.
( Oh, and, hello. My Gaia name is Shinsua, and I've been around since 2006. )
I see that there are a few threads going around related to guild updates and changes, however I don't believe I've seen something that attempts to target the subject as a whole. It's been how many years since the system has received an update? ( If at all, I honestly can't even remember. ) I think we deserve a more organized listing of complaints and/or suggestions.
As some have stated in other threads, although we would be interested in the ability to create, modify, organize, and control subforums and threads to a finer degree within our guilds, something more than that is needed. The guild setup in itself is ancient. Internal forums and threads are nothing more than recycled shadows of Gaia's adolescence, peppered with whatever leftovers can be found of concept systems.
Coding similar, if not mimicking, the public forums; the ability to organize or remove subforums we ourselves have purchased; customization of a front page that we ourselves have purchased; the ability to multi-select threads for mass adjustment ( deletion, movement, locking ); and as some others have pointed out, the proper distribution of rewards.
These things, many of which already exist, should not even need to be suggested. They are things present within aspects of Gaia, and yet absent in others.
Maybe I, as a guild leader, am upset seeing the rest of the site be updated while we're left in the dust, but I know for a fact that I'm not the only one.
Guild leaders and their crew try to organize, accommodate, and energize the aspects their guilds are aimed towards. To my understanding, and as evidenced within my own roleplaying guild, this is a task that is possible and rather rewarding, but also horribly straining at times. It's one thing to motivate and introduce new members to an existing guild, but it's another to keep older members' attention; to keep them drawn in and wanting more. That an outdated and unmalleable system is a major factor in members' absences is disgusting.
( Oh, and, hello. My Gaia name is Shinsua, and I've been around since 2006. )
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( Too long, didn't read? Just check below, please! )
- ○ Guilds are blatantly outdated.
○ More than just guild leaders are upset with this fact.
○ Gaia seems to recognize this problem, but evidently requires assistance pinpointing problems.
○ Listed below are some issues and suggestions as to what could be or should be changed.
__( Key Subjects: vital. Major Subjects: important. Minor Subjects: almost neglectable. )
○ With proper help, and acknowledgment that time will be needed, we should be able to reach an understanding.
__[ T h r e a d s: ]
○ BB Coding update. :: Matching the Bulletin Board Code system that guilds use with that of public forums.
○ Multi-Selection. :: The ability to choose multiple threads at once- likely using check boxes -for deletion, movement, etc. Would likely be stationed in Moderator Panel, named "Edit threads."
○ Post Cooldown. :: You have to wait roughly 60 seconds between posts in guilds, while the wait is much lower in public forums. Hopefully this would be fixed with the BB Coding update.
__[ S u b f o r u m s: ]
○ Fix "New post" icon. :: The icon on the left of subforums is always gray. It never lights up as it should, ever.
○ Additional controls. :: Elaborated below are some options that would be justifiably placed under the corresponding crew option; "Edit subforums."
○ Deletion. :: One of the most aesthetically unpleasing problems amongst guilds. Once a subforum is made, it's forever there. This needs to change.
○ Movement. :: The ability to rearrange and organize a subforum and all items within it. As it stands, this can be simulated by moving all threads within a subforum and then renaming them, but this is quite bothersome and nearly impossible with very large guilds.
○ Internal subforums. :: Sub-subforums would not appear while viewing the front page, but while within the particular subforum, its additional sections would be visible. This system is already present within public forums. [ Concept. ]
__[ A d m i n / C r e w: ]
○ Position creation. :: The ability to purchase(?), and name additional crew ranks. ( At least three non-member, non-captain ranks would be nice! )
○ Title editing. :: Now that our guild rank shows under our names, we should be able to have some form of control over it. Be it simply color change, or editing the title name itself.
○ Grant / revoke privilege. :: Giving or taking away privileges from the different ranks of guild members. Likely accessed by check boxes in some captain / vice captain only options.
Thank you for reading~ ♥
