UlyssesBlue
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Summary
I would like to propose some additional settings and controls be added to fellowships, that only mages/archmages can access and change, which act to automatically filter out unsuitable applicants and enable a bit more control over which people can apply or join the fellowship.
Description
In the fellowship settings the mages would be able to enable/disable a series of filters to define the minimum joining criteria. If none are chosen, we just have the existing system, where anyone can apply to a fellowship (or join immediately, if 'Join Directly' is enabled). If some filters are enabled, then set to desired levels, then only players who met those requirements would be able to try to join the fellowship. For all other players the Apply/Join button on the fellowship page would be missing or greyed out.
Some possible filters include:
- min/max applicant score
- min/max applicant chapter
- has a trader
- others? please suggest things
This also has the potential to speed up the application process and make it instantaneous for some fellowships, which may be of particular benefit to new or small fellowships. For example, say a fellowship only wants players in chapter 3 and above, but aside from that will happily take literally anyone who applies.
Under the current system this info is noted in the fellowship description, the fellowship settings are set to 'Applications Only', and mages have to remember to check the applications every now and then, review every applicant to see if they're suitable, accept the suitable ones, and delete the unsuitable ones. There would also be a bit of a delay for applicants, while they waited for their application to be accepted.
Under the proposed system, the fellowship settings could be set up to have a filter with Minimum Applicant Chapter = 3+, and 'Join Directly' enabled. Mages would no longer have to review cities, or check to see if applications have arrived. Players who meet the criteria would just join instantly, and those who don't meet it wouldn't be able to, and so would keep looking for a fellowship elsewhere.
Note that not all possible joining criteria will be able to be covered by filters. In this case the filters that do exist would still be useful to filter out some unsuitable applicants, and fellowships would just be set to 'Applications Only' so they could still review players before joining.
If we have joining criteria hard coded like this, we could perhaps expand on this by making it searchable? There could be a fellowship search which would allow people to find fellowships with a certain number of free places, and which had their joining criteria filters set to certain levels, or perhaps more generally just anything the player doing the searching was eligible to join. Maybe also make other fellowship criteria searchable as part of this feature, such as fellowship score, ranking, spire medals, tournament score, numbers of players, etc.
Motivation
This is intended to automate the application process a bit more, and provide benefits such as:
- preventing fellowships getting too many unsuitable applicants that they just have to waste time removing
- preventing inexperienced players wasting time applying for and waiting to hear back about applications that will never be accepted anyway
- help all players find suitable fellowships a bit more easily
- create an optional means for suitable applicants to join immediately, rather than waiting for someone to see their application
Possible downsides
None.
I would like to propose some additional settings and controls be added to fellowships, that only mages/archmages can access and change, which act to automatically filter out unsuitable applicants and enable a bit more control over which people can apply or join the fellowship.
Description
In the fellowship settings the mages would be able to enable/disable a series of filters to define the minimum joining criteria. If none are chosen, we just have the existing system, where anyone can apply to a fellowship (or join immediately, if 'Join Directly' is enabled). If some filters are enabled, then set to desired levels, then only players who met those requirements would be able to try to join the fellowship. For all other players the Apply/Join button on the fellowship page would be missing or greyed out.
Some possible filters include:
- min/max applicant score
- min/max applicant chapter
- has a trader
- others? please suggest things
This also has the potential to speed up the application process and make it instantaneous for some fellowships, which may be of particular benefit to new or small fellowships. For example, say a fellowship only wants players in chapter 3 and above, but aside from that will happily take literally anyone who applies.
Under the current system this info is noted in the fellowship description, the fellowship settings are set to 'Applications Only', and mages have to remember to check the applications every now and then, review every applicant to see if they're suitable, accept the suitable ones, and delete the unsuitable ones. There would also be a bit of a delay for applicants, while they waited for their application to be accepted.
Under the proposed system, the fellowship settings could be set up to have a filter with Minimum Applicant Chapter = 3+, and 'Join Directly' enabled. Mages would no longer have to review cities, or check to see if applications have arrived. Players who meet the criteria would just join instantly, and those who don't meet it wouldn't be able to, and so would keep looking for a fellowship elsewhere.
Note that not all possible joining criteria will be able to be covered by filters. In this case the filters that do exist would still be useful to filter out some unsuitable applicants, and fellowships would just be set to 'Applications Only' so they could still review players before joining.
If we have joining criteria hard coded like this, we could perhaps expand on this by making it searchable? There could be a fellowship search which would allow people to find fellowships with a certain number of free places, and which had their joining criteria filters set to certain levels, or perhaps more generally just anything the player doing the searching was eligible to join. Maybe also make other fellowship criteria searchable as part of this feature, such as fellowship score, ranking, spire medals, tournament score, numbers of players, etc.
Motivation
This is intended to automate the application process a bit more, and provide benefits such as:
- preventing fellowships getting too many unsuitable applicants that they just have to waste time removing
- preventing inexperienced players wasting time applying for and waiting to hear back about applications that will never be accepted anyway
- help all players find suitable fellowships a bit more easily
- create an optional means for suitable applicants to join immediately, rather than waiting for someone to see their application
Possible downsides
None.
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