Capital ship registration idea

[Chuck-D]

Thanks for the feedback.

problem is that multiple choice questions are simple to guess; for instance look at the first question; even the most lolwut of the lowut nobility in the whole lolwut kingdom would pick E.

Thats the idea behind it. Everyone should be able to pass the test, so people wont leave discovery because they cant fly a cap ship. The lolwutt may still behave differently ingame than the way he answered, but people will have actually read and thought about this. A lot of cap ships simply dont know how to RP it right and why before they had around 10 people scream at them. The people who dont care will still be there, but the people who care but who are not experienced will be infirmed beforehand

I think it would be better a personall response properly explained, since it would be administrated (or whatever that word) by admins there should be no biased opinion... I guess

In any case doing such thing would be a ton of extra work to the already overwhelmed admins; still if it could be implemented somehow, it would be good

A personal response would:
-take much more time to process
-would require more than one admin reading it and create a discussion
-there will always be bias, no matter who is admin. Humans are biased. Cant change that.

Multiple choice will:
-get the player to read and think
-prepare him for the situation that commonly create th rants and arguing
-will be MUCH faster to process
-only one admin/mod needed to read an application
-no bias possible.
-as far as I know Igiss doesnt want to restrict cap ships because it will drive people away from the mod. Anyone can pass this. If you failed the first time jsut try again.

We're not trying to run a government here.

Or are we? :|

No. We are trying to reduce flames and make the game experience better for everyone.

Sorry, can't be bothered. I'd prefer to spend my time playing the game.

Bombers are a bigger threat in this mod than Capitals, why not restrict them?

Bombers are a blessing because they give you a chance against caps, and are so easy to kill in fighters. So they make peopel get less caps and more fighters. Its a good thing.

No. This would be taking it too far.
In my mind, the requirements for capital ship command should be:
Basic RP skills,
Knowledge of your friends and foes,
And, obviously, being able to afford the damn things in the first place.

Its just a list that can be updated and managed very easily and quickly. Its not a restriction at all.

What "basic RP skills" are is highly subjective. You cant test someone'S RP skill easily, and wether it is "good" or "bad" RP is impossible to answer without bias. You certainly cant guess someones ingame behavior in a written out application, you would have to know him already ingame, and then you would be biased according to your personal experience. The test teaches you a bit about RP, fairness, problem solving.

The need for knowledge of your friends and foes and money wont be taken away by this. If someone had all the time to afford a cap ship, he should also have the time to take this test.

It has just been proven so many times that people who can afford a cap and set it up simply still dont know how to behave properly in one.

If you see one misbehave but still stay within the rules, you can just check the list and report him if he isnt on it. No one is asking you to report people wo RP good if they arent on it. And you get reported, you can fix it in 5 minutes by pming the mutliple choice answers.