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But I think everyone should be able to understand sending an email
Seriously, if people are trying to recruit newbs it should read, "Click on the Archmages Name from the Members tab and send them a message" Send an email is confusing... I would just be thinking, 'How the butts do I know their email?'It wasn't until I started reading the forum that I found out a lot of people call the message system "email."
Not taking your self-deprecating comment seriously, but I believe what makes a good Archmage is knowing your FS, and (hopefully) knowing what will work best for your group. Not all FS's can nor should take brand new cities that proudly sport a res, an outhouse, and a twig. There are enough groups that advertise themselves as "learning" or "training" fellowships, and these are great places for beginners to start. Trades are usually consistent, and usually there are many 10-100 size trades, which really help a newer, smaller player, but not so much an established player. I've been in FS's where there is no minimum point requirement, and and AM of 1 on Beta. It works for us there. In my 3 live worlds, I'm in groups with minimum point requirements, and that works for us in those groups. It's not a knock on anyone to put in that requirement, it's there because the AM thinks it will help to bring in a new member who will be able to fit in with everyone else and provide the kinds of trades the group is generally looking for. I know we were all noobs once, and someone gave us a chance. And I don't see that ever changing, just like I don't see those day old players with their cute little baby villages taking the time to read that which we so thoughtfully worded on our cover pages to describe our ideal member. I would so love to be proven wrong there, but...well. I just don't see it changing without a filtering system (and THAT I don't see as much of a priority to The Powers That Be)I must be a terrible archmage because I take members that are ACTIVE.
Speak for yourself! Some of us are still noobs.. I know we were all noobs once
If you only consider the tourney possibilities, you are right, but a large fellowship DOES have goods balancing issues and when you are consistently lacking Magic Dust for instance, not because of raw player numbers, but because of relative size and production differences, you'd have to be out of your mind to accept a player who is nowhere near large enuff to provide any help at all anytime in the next year! Bigger fellowships have much bigger appetites, in a tourney that requires lots of Dust we go thru well over 100k in Dust! Those of us who are primarily fighters go thru less, but lots of folks cater more than they fight and that doesn't even take into consideration the research, upgrades and other demands. Someone who can't possibly provide even a smidgen of that need is just not an option...it isn't their fault, it is just how the game works. I am very dedicated to keeping my folks fed! The availability issue is not quite what it seems when you only look at free players: plenty of folks are uncomfortable in their current fellowships for a wide variety of reasons. They may be oversized, bad personality fits, dissatisfaction with tourneys or trading...most of the time I either spot a likely candidate or they come knocking on their own.
I would be happy if they just added the score so I didn't have to look...
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When you apply, the application automatically shows your boosts and your chapter?
When you apply, it shows your last 4 tournament scores, and your last FA rank?
Players could put a flag or other icon that says "looking for fellowship"?
Archmage could see "last login" for players not in a fellowship?
Again, lots of stuff Elvenstats is doing, but lots of other games implement these sorts of things pretty easily and readily.
That 200k was a guideline for what the current recruiting need was rather than a fellowship minimum - there is nothing in the wording that says it is a fellowship requirement, simply a current recruiting need in order to obtain the level of production currently needed.I think what you missed was my saying that many an FS lies on their front page so it is not surprising that people ignore them.
For example look at the last page of members of your own FS on F world
An FS that insist everyone be 200K
That 200k was a guideline for what the current recruiting need was rather than a fellowship minimum - there is nothing in the wording that says it is a fellowship requirement, simply a current recruiting need in order to obtain the level of production currently needed.
Or maybe they just don't have the right mix of factories to be balanced, but like all their existing players? We don't have any slacker issue, but don't have enough crystal boosted players. Should we try to find one high-level crystal-boosted player to join us, or randomly kick out a few members so we can recruit a better mix of factories?I see
You need to recruit people who will make up for your slackers