Topic: Revamping the rank system. Again - page 3. (Read 3022 times)
in order to make things interesting for legendary users it advisable to have some changes in the star signs or another rank which can be used for long term users should be VETERAN this rank must be given based on the activity level as well as a voting system between the admin or the staff members and make a bench mark which cannot be gained easily to this user class, how about this suggestion folks.
The ranks should just follow the existing pattern of doubling the activity each time. Legendary should be made achievable at 960 then the next rank at 1920 and so on.
I don't think it is a good idea either to have half the forum promoted to a Legendary rank at some point in the future. In regard to keeping the activity level doubled for each rank, that shouldn't be an issue. If we decide to keep the existing schedule of increasing the activity by 14 points every other week, we would only need to increase the activity threshold for higher ranks more often (or rather less often for lower ranks). For example, incrementing the activity level required for a Senior Member by 14 would in this case require 4 weeks, within which the threshold for reaching a Hero Member rank will be increased two times by 28 in total (14+14). In this way, we will have the new activity levels set to 254 and 254x2=508, or 240+14 and 480+14+14, for Senior and Hero members, respectively...
Please note that I'm talking only about increasing the activity levels required for reaching the next rank, not about the activity itself, which will get increased as per usual, i.e. every two weeks by 14 points
It has been some years since this forum created so with every day new legendary accounts join among us. Soon most of us will be legendaries. It would be nice to add another rank after legendary. Like legendary-plus :p I support that one.
as someone corrected me in another thread, there really aren't that many legendaries and you have to be very consistent to get there. not many people stick around in a forum for over two years and keep the activity up.
saying that, I think it would be cool if the most tenacious posters did get some higher ranks. you'd know they were here for the serious long haul. I still wouldn't trust one without verification. all it takes is one little password to get in and wreak havoc.
saying that, I think it would be cool if the most tenacious posters did get some higher ranks. you'd know they were here for the serious long haul. I still wouldn't trust one without verification. all it takes is one little password to get in and wreak havoc.
Apropos duration, what about login time? Maybe some sort of endurance rank?
That won't work either since it can be easily cheated with an auto-refresh plugin. 
I think this is a decent idea (considering that the forum is aging and it's based on duration) that should be coupled with more changes before being labeled as a'revamp'.
Apropos duration, what about login time? Maybe some sort of endurance rank?Saw few high rank users with activity just above post count (farmers) their online time must be tiny, there should be something to give justice for those who sit here and observe/read, not only posts or activity should be a factor.
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I also like that idea to create another category which will be the most higher of the members and that category will be only for those members who will the most trusted members of this forum so that people will easily recognize the most trusted members of the members and we will not need any guarantee from a third party while dealing with them.
The reputation system, specifically a users trust rating is there to for this very reason. It helps distinguish users that have *proven* to be at least somewhat trustworthy from the random people on the forum. Adding specific ranks for *trusted* members may end up in potential abuse among other things. If such a member scams someone in any way or form, they're likely going to blame the forum (staff) for giving them that rank.Exactly. You shouldn't be trusting people based on a rank anyway. You can take it into consideration but having staff implement a trusted badge or rank of whatever sort is only going to lead to abuse and a false sense of security.
I also like that idea to create another category which will be the most higher of the members and that category will be only for those members who will the most trusted members of this forum so that people will easily recognize the most trusted members of the members and we will not need any guarantee from a third party while dealing with them.
The reputation system, specifically a users trust rating is there for this very reason. It helps distinguish users that have *proven* to be at least somewhat trustworthy from the random people on the forum. Adding specific ranks for *trusted* members may end up being problematic. If such a member scams someone in any way or form, they're likely going to blame the forum (staff) for giving them that rank. In addition to that, it creates a lot more stressful workload for the forum staff (deciding who is really trustworthy isn't as easy as some think).
I also like that idea to create another category which will be the most higher of the members and that category will be only for those members who will the most trusted members of this forum so that people will easily recognize the most trusted members of the members and we will not need any guarantee from a third party while dealing with them.
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The ranks should just follow the existing pattern of doubling the activity each time. Legendary should be made achievable at 960 then the next rank at 1920 and so on.
I think this is a decent idea (considering that the forum is aging and it's based on duration) that should be coupled with more changes before being labeled as a'revamp'.
I propose a different approach which consists in gradual increase in the activity level required for every rank, so that some users wouldn't end up stripped off of their current rank. For example, Hero member right now requires activity of 480. After implementing the change, it would first require 494, then 508, and up to, say, 960...
I'd like to combine that with either with changing the names of the ranks, and/or adding some newer ones. The system does feel a little dull to me, especially after one reaches 'Legendary'.
I've heard a few times that the Legendary rank doesn't cut it any more, that there are too many members of this rank which totally discredits it, and that there will be even more such members over time. The latter can hardly be argued against. In this manner, folks have been suggesting adding a new rank (grandmaster, admin, mythical, whatever). I think this will only further confuse the issue. We already have a few varieties of members (just members, junior members, full members, senior members). I propose a different approach which consists in gradual increase in the activity level required for every rank, so that some users wouldn't end up stripped off of their current rank. For example, Hero member right now requires activity of 480. After implementing the change, it would first require 494, then 508, and up to, say, 960...
What do you guys/gals think?
What do you guys/gals think?
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