[Implemented] Message limit for newcomers

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[Implemented] Message limit for newcomers

Postby Big Brother » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:10 pm

I realized that fame influences how many messages you can send. But shouldn't a player like myself (who has been in the game for awhile now) be able to send as many messages as needed? If someone like Umadon (just an example) were brought down to, say, 20 fame wouldn't it hinder him to disallow more than three messages? I suggest that we base the message limiter on the date at which the account was created. I know the Devs and Admins have the necessary data to do this. Who agrees?
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Re: About the message thing...

Postby Captain dungeness » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:12 pm

I SECOND THIS. If I get raided hard by a pirate I will be below 25 fame and then when I need to send a message to them or my allies I CAN'T! That's not good. As a long time player I rely heavily on messaging especially in a situation like that.
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Re: About the message thing...

Postby Xanadu » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:29 pm

I also agree with this. As long as you are not spamming people this shouldn't hurt. Possibly include a button such as the one on the battle screen to bring suspicious battles to your attention, but only for unwanted messages?
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Re: About the message thing...

Postby Roileon » Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:57 am

Can't we just remove the thought that messages able to be sent are based on fame? This seems to do more harm than good.
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Re: About the message thing...

Postby Rolando » Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:42 am

It does however give a benefit to fame besides just Guild Ranks and personal fame. I agree all should be able to communicate freely, perhaps a bonus for length of play could be instituted as well to even out the system.
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Re: About the message thing...

Postby Captain Jack » Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:31 pm

We have tweaked this filter to only apply to newcomers.

As far as the philosophy of the filter, it is to prevent spammers; There are people who sign up for this sole purpose; to spam players.
With the report feature, we are able to block such a player before he mails half the playerbase; One of the three players that got messages, usually will report it (if not all three- generally we are very happy with the feedback on this). Then we will block the person. At the end, the player wasted his time just to message 3 players; this greatly discourage spam attempts.
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