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Since there seems to be a bit of resistance from you guys over the whole "you must go through training if you've never been in the faction before" rule, I figured I'd open this thread up so you all can give your thoughts as to what you believe the training/promotions rules could be.
Keep in mind that we didn't do this due to a lack of trust for you guys. That's not it at all. It's not to babysit you, it's not to hold your hand, it's not to take power away from you. It's to make things as fair as they can possibly be.
Please keep in mind how rampant of a problem this whole "I'm not a veteran so I can't do anything" mindset is. One of the reasons we felt these new promotion rules were so important was to try and stem that a bit. We don't want people thinking that they're not good enough to be arbitrarily selected to skip training.
Here's a thought I had earlier, and maybe you guys will agree: if the faction leader wants to decide that someone can bypass training, then that someone can do that - provided they make a second character for the faction and have that character trained. It'll be more complicated because of the new 10 character limit, but I think it'd be important to have some sort of catch to the promotion.
Alternatively, if we didn't go that route, there would need to be a separate set of guidelines, plus a waiting period, for when they can advance in rank past that Crusader/Knight level - ones a shit ton higher than the normal advancement rules.
Thoughts?
Keep in mind that we didn't do this due to a lack of trust for you guys. That's not it at all. It's not to babysit you, it's not to hold your hand, it's not to take power away from you. It's to make things as fair as they can possibly be.
Please keep in mind how rampant of a problem this whole "I'm not a veteran so I can't do anything" mindset is. One of the reasons we felt these new promotion rules were so important was to try and stem that a bit. We don't want people thinking that they're not good enough to be arbitrarily selected to skip training.
Here's a thought I had earlier, and maybe you guys will agree: if the faction leader wants to decide that someone can bypass training, then that someone can do that - provided they make a second character for the faction and have that character trained. It'll be more complicated because of the new 10 character limit, but I think it'd be important to have some sort of catch to the promotion.
Alternatively, if we didn't go that route, there would need to be a separate set of guidelines, plus a waiting period, for when they can advance in rank past that Crusader/Knight level - ones a shit ton higher than the normal advancement rules.
Thoughts?