Forum posting restrictions

[Sovjohn]

Hello there,

I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. The restrictions are just too strict, and they point out to me some sort of "technical stingyness i.e. we would not like to properly expand the web server infrastructure to accommodate larger databases and posting numbers", rather than a meaningful measure.

The following restrictions need to be seriously relaxed:

• Ability to create a thread should be granted to users with a lower level character. I'd say level 10 is a good starting point.
• Maximum threads and posts allowed per day needs to be seriously raised. The introductory posting limit is at...3 (!!!) posts per 24 hours, which makes it impossible to participate even in a single discussion.
• The 1000 characters limit is absurd. Period. This is a forum, and forums generally are not a glorified version of Twitter. If we consider that quotes from other posts count towards this, it makes a discussion very much impossible.
• Last but not least, the time limits make posting very counter-productive, especially the 15 minutes between posts one.

The fact that only players with registered characters will be able to post in here already acts as an initial safeguard against flooding. As a registered (paying) customer, however, I expect to be able to use the forums as a forum service, and while limits are acceptable, their severity is definitely not.

Thank you.

[Reinha]

• Ability to create a thread should be granted to users with a lower level character. I'd say level 10 is a good starting point.
• Maximum threads and posts allowed per day needs to be seriously raised. The introductory posting limit is at...3 (!!!) posts per 24 hours, which makes it impossible to participate even in a single discussion.
• The 1000 characters limit is absurd. Period. This is a forum, and forums generally are not a glorified version of Twitter. If we consider that quotes from other posts count towards this, it makes a discussion very much impossible.

Not much to add to this. I can't believe such restrictions are still a thing. What good is feedback if 4 years worth of it doesn't make a company reconsider their policies?