Semi-new player to Ryzom

[jagaaikanaro]

Just thought I'd post a hello out here, and see how much of the forum-going community is still active.

I was also curious about the ability of new accounts to post and vote in threads like The Atysian Subscription - I cannot seem to do so and have my opinion as a future paying customer heard.

I'm active almost daily on the English server, and have found a home with The Soul, a very friendly and helpful guild that makes its home there. Been playing MMOs since they were called MUDs, back in the early 90's, so I have a pretty broad experience base with which to communicate out here - if I only could.

[kdthehun]

Wee this is the first place i can reply or comment to!

I wonder why?....

[special1kase]

People who are in the "free account" catagory have a limit to where they can post. Once the game goes back to P2P, you should be able to post everywhere.

[rdfall]

what garaque said

nice to see people posting on the forums

[jagaaikanaro]

Originally Posted by special1kase

People who are in the "free account" catagory have a limit to where they can post. Once the game goes back to P2P, you should be able to post everywhere.

Unfortunately that invalidates any polls the current developers of Ryzom do, since no one new to the game from September (?) forward can vote or post in areas they might notice. The subscription vote for example, is totally skewed due to newcomers not voting.

Hopefully however the game will move forward with a new billing system in place, and marketing/development will push it back into the light.

[kdthehun]

Meh, i got so much to add to different topics and stuff, but this is so screwed up...

I'm sure JUST because of this limitation they loose loads of potential customers.

[acridiel]

Yeah right, as if there was ANY other Game where you could post in all forums with a free Trial Account. Sure...

Jeeezuz people, get real.

Nobody and nothing hinders you to open a similar Thread here in this part of the board to discuss the topic.
The Trial Accounts will be able to post everywhere once they´re paid accounts.
Is that so hard to understand for gods sake?

Sorry to get so angry, but these complaints are just ridiculous.

CU
Acridiel

[jagaaikanaro]

Originally Posted by acridiel

Yeah right, as if there was ANY other Game where you could post in all forums with a free Trial Account. Sure...
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The Trial Accounts will be able to post everywhere once they´re paid accounts.

Tell me what accounts right now are paying accounts, and you get a cookie. Can't can you, since they are all "Free" accounts, some old, some new. Current players are ALL equal in the eyes of the current developers due to our equal potential to subscribe in the future. *No one* is subscribing and paying for it right now.

That means, we should all either have equal say on the forums, or none at all. The fact that hasn't been done simply tells me the forum admin(s) are lazy and don't care, or don't see the issue which exists.

Doesn't matter to me personally - it is their game, they are paying for servers on a daily basis. I could come or go at the drop of a hat, because I am not paying, and also because my voice is not heard. That is their mistake.

Please don't confuse "used to pay for the game" with "free trial account". Right now, there is no difference - neither of us pay.

[suib0m]

Don't mind Acri.... Acri's just grumpy. There's alot of useless bickering on the forums right now that has caused a good number of folks to get grumpy. It sucks that you can't post to the main forums, there's quite a few new folks whose views and opinions would be more than welcome on the main forums. However, the hitch is that the accounts are linked to a master, so affecting account status would do more than just allow one to post.

Even beyond that, though, there are a number of folks out there that would take advantage of an open forum and blast the threads with garbage. I don't know that such a situation could be handled properly under the current environment. Valid posts could possilby be drowned out with noise.

I'm sure many of us feel for trial account holders and wish they could post. All that can be said right now is, it appears to be in the works for the accounts to be sorted and functioning properly soon(tm). In the mean time, please feel free to post your views in this forum, as these threads are reviewed as well (and even linked to in the main forums from time to time).

Welcome to the game, I hope you choose to stick around.

Peace,
- Sui

[acridiel]

Okay, sorry for being grumpy.

Thing is, as long as the billing System isn´t working again, all Accounts started after the last new server start do count as "Free Trial" and aren´t therefor allowed to post on the main boards. Something to do with the software, I don´t know. You may read all of it in one of the Sticky Threads over there.

Once billing starts and works again, all those who´ll pay will be elevated to the "paid account status".
For now only those who paid before last server closure are counted as this and are thus allowed to post there, as they have been all the time before.
This is something akin to a VIP pass, similar to our early access when servers got revived.

Ok ?

CU
Acridiel