Adjust the use of the Medallion icon

[Cetra]

I respect your opinion, even though I do not fully agree with it.
The problem is knowledge, there is no true means of knowing if someone will be more accurate on something then someone else. There are many methods:

Forum Based
Post count
Like count
Post to Like count ratio
Moderator removed post (negative impact)

In-Game
Playtime
Account time
Level count
Gear rank (not currently used)

I'm sure there are other items that could be considered too..

One thing to note is linking anything forum based to anything in-game based would be costly and time consuming (we all know the history on those items)

I welcome any other thoughts or suggestions =)

[Zaknafein]

They have most of that information on the Linkshell Community Profile. While the amount of jobs leveled hardly shows skill any longer (if it ever did) the point you make about gear rank is very interesting. Or possibly members could submit gear set's for different modes such as:

Tp set
WS set
Eva set
-pdt/mdt
Enfeebling
Nukes
Cure set
etc etc...

Their "gear rank" for each set could have a point total associated with it.

[Volkai]

This seems like the right place to mention that the medallions do not appear on the mobile version of the site.

[Cetra]

This seems like the right place to mention that the medallions do not appear on the mobile version of the site.

May want to open a thread on the Website Bugs section in relation to this
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/fo...3-Website-Bugs

[Cetra]

[NA]Forum Features Updated (Jun. 8)

The following bug on the forum has been addressed along with the maintenance performed on June 7th.

* Medallion icon will now be granted depending on the number of times player has pressed the "Like!" button.

Wow, they took what could have been a more useful feature then post count, and devised a way to make people want to spam the like button? I hope this was a mis-type...

[GlobalVariable]

Being based on ratings given rather than received is much better plan in my opinion. Circle jerking could still be a future problem but that sort of thing would have been a possibility anyway.

[Cetra]

Being based on ratings given rather than received is much better plan in my opinion. Circle jerking could still be a future problem but that sort of thing would have been a possibility anyway.

Open every thread, like every post. The ease of this, to have a high medallion rating, degrades the purpose of the Like! system in it's entirety.

Fictitious bogus troll post:
"They should delete Ninjas cause they can Duel Wield faster then my Whm can hit with a staff!"
Like count: 397

what's the point of having a system like this?

[Zaknafein]

A sad day indeed

[Hoshi]

I like how they've changed awarding medallion icons. Maybe some people will spam like posts to gain medallions but I bet there will be quite a few people who only like posts that they agree with (I'm not going to like a post I disagree with just to get a gold star next to my name).

[GlobalVariable]

Open every thread, like every post. The ease of this, to have a high medallion rating, degrades the purpose of the Like! system in it's entirety.

Fictitious bogus troll post:
"They should delete Ninjas cause they can Duel Wield faster then my Whm can hit with a staff!"
Like count: 397

what's the point of having a system like this?

Still beats what they were doing with the system.