[Suggestion] Post ranking system in RP

[Silico]

Well shouldn't FG be posted in because people enjoy posting in it? From what you're describing FG is more like a spam zone rather than a place to get entertained. With my suggestion, things will be made easier at the beginning stages of RP and will also open more options. Some people only want to build their character instead of fighting but with the current rules, they have to get to atleast S-Class in posts before they can do that. Why not give this a testrun? We can always go back if it proves complicated but it will also be good for future progress if we're willing to test ideas.

FG is ideal for both causes as some people find it entertaining while RP'rs can find their salvation of post count raising there as well, while feeling entertained(perhaps). I don't think it will be any easier as many of our RP'rs already are above S-class and it will just be harder for new RP'rs to have an actual chance against more veteran RP'rs as they cannot use more advanced techniques as you suggested. You can create bios before reaching S-class? Or what do you mean with building characters?

 

[Edward]

I actually think Forum Games is no fun... whatsoever.
Especially since you can't multipost, in FG, and it's hard to find active people to spam with, It's difficult and such a task to raise one's post count.

Though, I highly doubt "they" will change it lol

 

[Caliburn]

Status quo: You must be atleast an S-class in posts to learn all techniques of the basic 5 up to S-class in RP

Suggestion: You can learn up to S-class but you can only use them in battle based on the rank you have.

Pros: Saves unnecessary spamming on the forum for members. Saves time for both teacher and student

Cons: None, if they use a technique beyond their rank in a fight, the other person can call them out on it as invalid.

Amount of work to implement this: Just an announcement thread

Yay or Nay?

This has absolutely nothing to do with spamming and saying that it will save time is a baseless statement. As I see it one person is in fact stealing the time of another by monopolizing a sensei for a longer period resulting in other people having no training at all. When someone can't learn higher ranked jutsu because his own rank is too low, he has no choice then to halt that training. This gives the sensei then the opportunity to teach someone else.

So yeah your statement that it will save time is completely baseless.

You are also going against the entire principle of playing RPG like these. A genin who just started RPing can suddenly learn all the jutsu in a specific skill from the get-go. It takes him over a year to finally reach the appropriate rank and then he doesn't remember anything anymore of his training. Having you do your training in steps automatically refreshes your familiarity with the skill and the jutsu. Also your RP activity would be highly concentrated with your system, while we prefer it to be more spread. This is a common principle in games, they only allow you access to certain skills, tools etc. when they know you have reached a certain amount of activity. The point is to keep you gaming.

So no pros and I see several potential cons.

I think the best way to legitimately decide this is through people's votes.
I'll make a poll and if majority agree with me we should make it happen.

Hmmm no, the legitimate way to decide this is what I say about it, which is currently a no. I do not ignore polls, but they will never have any kind of overruling power in matters like these. Even if you would have 10 000 people vote yes and 0 no, if I do not see any kind of merit in it or don't see any solid argumentation, I will just assume 10 000 people smashed accidentally their heads on their keyboards and somehow voted yes and currently you have no solid arguments nor do I see any kind of merit in this.

Could you explain why it'd be a pain? I only see upside with this.

And this is the reason as why I don't accept polls. With many RP suggestions it's always like this, they only see good - and in most cases very dubious - points and rarely the bad points.

 

[Yubel]

This has absolutely nothing to do with spamming and saying that it will save time is a baseless statement. As I see it one person is in fact stealing the time of another by monopolizing a sensei for a longer period resulting in other people having no training at all. When someone can't learn higher ranked jutsu because his own rank is too low, he has no choice then to halt that training. This gives the sensei then the opportunity to teach someone else.

So yeah your statement that it will save time is completely baseless.

You are also going against the entire principle of playing RPG like these. A genin who just started RPing can suddenly learn all the jutsu in a specific skill from the get-go. It takes him over a year to finally reach the appropriate rank and then he doesn't remember anything anymore of his training. Having you do your training in steps automatically refreshes your familiarity with the skill and the jutsu. Also your RP activity would be highly concentrated with your system, while we prefer it to be more spread. This is a common principle in games, they only allow you access to certain skills, tools etc. when they know you have reached a certain amount of activity. The point is to keep you gaming.

So no pros and I see several potential cons.



Hmmm no, the legitimate way to decide this is what I say about it, which is currently a no. I do not ignore polls, but they will never have any kind of overruling power in matters like these. Even if you would have 10 000 people vote yes and 0 no, if I do not see any kind of merit in it or don't see any solid argumentation, I will just assume 10 000 people smashed accidentally their heads on their keyboards and somehow voted yes and currently you have no solid arguments nor do I see any kind of merit in this.



And this is the reason as why I don't accept polls. With many RP suggestions it's always like this, they only see good - and in most cases very dubious - points and rarely the bad points.

Your first point is backwards. A teacher who was training a student but suddently puts a training on halt have wasted their time. Not only that but in some cases they waste other teachers time because now they have to train this student in their place, not to mention the student loses alot of time aswell. If they got taught all the way then neither have wasted their time. Someone who wants to get into RP will find a way to learn one way or another, if every teacher taught from start to finish then everything would move more quickly and efficiently which saves alot of time as I've stated in the pros.

As for remembering the training, that's completely relative but my suggestion will change nothing about the training at all so everything will stay the same. Learning how to use the techniques is something you can only do from fighting in the battle arena either way.