Remove /t join

I know that it really does seem like an irrational answer to a problem, but lately there's been a controversy with towns that have unreasonably high taxes and are advertised to new players. After discussing this issue with three mayors and one co-mayor, they agreed that removing /t join would be for the better.

If you think about it, if new players had to be invited to a town, it would increase the need for assistants in towns. That means for somebody to join, an assistant, co-mayor, or mayor would need to be online. The assistant/mayor who invited the player would most likely give the player a plot and answer the questions the player has because the assistant/mayor is aware of the new resident.

Please critique as you wish as this is a matter that concerns me and I would like to see a resolution.

 

Very nice. +1

 

I would gladly give up my "open" town to thwart the unnecessary preying upon of new players. Lets help these players, not abuse them or the system.

 

I personally believe it is up to the citizen. It should be his/her responsibility to notice things such as taxes. Think about us when we started out. We had to do it, so let them as well.

 

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During late night hours (12:30-3:30 PST) there are very few mayors/assistants on, so I usually have to direct new players to open towns with low tax.

 

Maybe only those towns with no Res tax or plot tax can have the opportunity to be an open town.

 

Maybe with a limit: 50 res tax and 25 plot tax sounds reasonable, right?

 

+1 I feel that /t join should be removed. If a new player does /t join and there is nobody on to help them out. They wont know what to do. Most likely leave the server and not come back because they would be frustrated. Removing /t join would mean that players would have to use /t add which means there would always be a assistant+ on to show them to a plot and answer and question they might have.

 

Its not about that its about towns that essentially "trick" new players into joining them and having a high tax

 

No, removing /t join entirely wouldn't be beneficial. During late night hours, when people with towns are mostly sleeping, many players with towns that aren't 'new player towns' lead people to join open towns, tell them how to buy plots, etc.

 

-1
Many reasons why

 

Due forums problems at my office im using my phone cause Megusta asked for thoughts on the suggestion. However i will reserve my "full" comments for when im home with a keyboard. All i can say right now is: "yet one more bandaid on a bullet wound".

 

Yeah, we are trying to bandage up the 30-06 round you shot into every new player but we can only work so fast.

 

actually, +1
This way, new players can be personally introduced to the server, and after they meet the mayor, they can make better decisions about staying in that town.

 

damn

 

bandaids are better than nothing.

+1 if the /t join signs aren't removed
-1 if /t join signs are removed.

this is a solution to the new player abuse problem but it also has its downsides. It would be better if the new player abuse could be stopped by just removing the /t join signs

 

I feel like this is the best idea ever that you have to go ''Now why didn't I think of that first!''
+9999

 

-1 Although I see where you're coming from, I don't agree with it because, when I was a new player, I spent weeks looking for a town to be invited to, as many people just don't feel like doing /t add (name). And, the towns can just add new members, and not knowing any better, the new player would join and still get excessively taxed, not solving the issue.
And don't say I'm biased because the town I own is tax free and not geared toward new players.

 

+1 This is a really good idea.
A mayor should be present to assign a plot and help with questions.
Typing /t join doesn't help a new player at all. They usually have no idea how claim plots or do anything.
Requiring someone to be present when adding players makes a whole lot of sense.

Don't bother. We already know that it will be a long, rude, sarcastic rant that favors whatever fills your pockets, and attempts to justify ruining the playing experience for the new players. *yawn*