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#endrant
Keep doing you, everyone.
Everyone has been pretty nice that I have interacted with. Even when im being a loudboy in shouts.
(Also, I've already had a tour of Dendara, but thanks for offering!
The only mechanical benefits that cityrank comes is the ability to writelog (CR3), prefix/suffix (CR4), citizen new people (CR5) and eventually to cityfavour/citydisfavour(CR6). Aside from these and depending on your org, cityranks would probably also affect how many credits someone can purchase in the city credit sale. Get this: you don't even need to be of a certain cityrank to contest for a spot in the ruling council either. More shallowly and more commonly, I think cityrank is seen as a means to boost reputation and ego.
Since CFs are ways for people to organically recognize others for doing things for the city, and if it's general concern that people would spuriously use their CFs to rank someone up for no reason or something, I would appeal for a system which allows us to detach cityrank from cityfavours (something like the current guild rankset system?) and allow us to attach rewards to every cityfavour given.
Or...
Somehow, people can fix this notion that we should continue to gate CFs under reward redemption only. But changing minds are difficult, and god knows I've tried to encourage others to use their CFs more.
Cityfavors are a gold star system, and while getting one at CR6 is "mechanically useless," things like favors are a pretty great way to encourage engagement and participation. What's more, witholding them so they're only attained from a specific system is going to discourage and deincentivize people finding ways to liven up an org that fall outside that purview.
Your last paragraph, @Elene, is really bonkers to me though. Who are the people who think we should only be favoring via point redemptions whose minds need changed? Because lemme attem, they're actively hurting their own orgs. Who is hurt by having more people at CR6? Is it really that big of a deal if 90% of the city is CR6?
Spinesreach favours for achieving things, or doing good in events and stuff.... Bloodloch needs to stop being such sourpusses.
I don't think I'm supposed to be exposing myself on Twitter...
Areas which can only be explored by certain organizations like western wilderness, annoying and unfair.
Ahhh ranting is so liberating.
Sincerely,
Guy Who Probed an Ophidian Before Kickin' His Butt and Didn't See a Loyalty Tag, and Is Now Enemied to the Ophidian Empire
- Turn the conversation into a fight about whether or not people are justified in having discussions on CT
- Totally discourage activity.
Like yeah if folk are droppin swears left and right or if one person is dominating the place for their bad poetry, maybe try to shut it down. But, like, if you're just annoyed that people are talkin', CTOFF is right there. Like that's why it exists. Just turn it back on later.edit: especially if that converation is, idk, maybe the type of thing that might leave a trail of breadcrumbs for celani who are trying to figure out what to do and then suddenly find a thread that people are showing interest in. They watch CT a lot and we shoot ourselves in the foot by shutting down RP conversations that might lead somewhere neat.