Forum medals and ranks to promote good behavior and such.

[Ned Loe]

Add forum icons for ranks and medals. This will keep visitors interested in lvling up and behaving on forums. 

 

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

I did something like this on another forum, but it was a ton of work.

 

I would, however, like to see forum ranks above Lieutenant.  Maybe something like:

 

0-10 Landsman

10-50 Ordinary Seaman

50-100 Able Seaman

100-250 Midshipman

250-500 Lieutenant

500-1000 Commander

1000-2000 Post Captain

2000-3000 Commodore

3000-4000 Rear Admiral

4000-5000 Vice Admiral

5000+ Admiral

[Ned Loe]

 

I did something like this on another forum, but it was a ton of work.

 

I would, however, like to see forum ranks above Lieutenant.  Maybe something like:

 

0-10 Landsman

10-50 Ordinary Seaman

50-100 Able Seaman

100-250 Midshipman

250-500 Lieutenant

500-1000 Commander

1000-2000 Post Captain

2000-3000 Commodore

3000-4000 Rear Admiral

4000-5000 Vice Admiral

5000+ Admiral

 

 

This would work. Devs could also award active players with unique medals etc. Example, testers, 3d modelers, forum moderators, researchers etc... could be fun.

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

To be clear, I know some of those ranks weren't natural progressions (Able Seaman to Midshipman, Post Captain to Commodore, etc), but it's just a fun way to break down post counts.  

[AtomicTiger]

i think this will force some guys to just spam one liners into some threads, without any real interest. Like post an answer which already was posted 1 site ago, but they did not read that...

I'm normaly a quit reader, but some Topics are just floded by posts, and all i was about to say just got mentioned before... and i dont see a need to repost things already said.

 

Also there is already a Post counter which tells that the User is an active user/replyer of the Forum.

[Galileus]

I think singling out people is a great way to start arguments on who deserved what.

 

Let's stay a community.

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

Tiger, we already have a title progression system (points to your Novice title), it just ends at Lieutenant at 500 posts.  Sure, some folks may try to spam, but we have mods for that and it's just fun.    Your point is quite valid though.

[Flip]

I don't think a progression system is needed on forums. We don't need posts for the sake of increasing post counts. People interested in huge forums will come and stay, others will pass it by.

No need to waste time in forums when the game is in need of a lot of dev time in the next year or two

[Rutger Van Hoorn]

Mixed feelings about this. As others pointed out, could be incentive for the wrong thing (post count spams, arguments) but I guess those could be policed out just like any other bad apples.

 

Personally, I'd settle for "Royal PITA" (royal pain-in-the-@ss)

[Grim DeGrim]

What of a nomination system. Sure, it can be gamed... But again, we have moderators for that.

I post lots... But some respects "less is more".

[Grim DeGrim]

Whoops, delete. Duplicate (not joking)

[Flip]

What of a nomination system. Sure, it can be gamed... But again, we have moderators for that.

I post lots... But in some respects "less is more".

 

Where manipulation is bound it happen? If there is any system is has to be unbiased as to who is getting the award or title or whatever pixels make people feel better. Otherwise some people will have pages full of stuff and others will have none despite having as many posts or ideas or whatever it is based on. Anything that alienates part of the player base or forum goer base is not really good or necessary.

 

 

Not to mention most people here HATE progression of any sort so the fact that this would gain any traction is surprising and maybe a little, well, hypo.. oh nevermind  . But then again there is crew progression but that's just hidden progression that every one said they disliked... oh nevermind.