Proposal: Revamp of Hierarcy

[VlperX]

Ahoy

I'd like to propose a bit of a revamp of our current hierarchy.

To start with, until we have a proper town system set up again (Asyr), I don't like the idea of having new Mayor's; I'd like to keep the ones we have and leave it at that till Obsidia is all but forgotten dust. We'll try not to spend too much extra time on Asyr, but our main issue is waiting for plugins to fix themselves. Fortunately, we have more and more stepping up with ideas for builds. I plan to release Asyr unfinished, but with enough content to be worthwhile.

Anyway, back to the thread.
The title of Citizen is silly because it can only logically be assigned to someone who joins a town. That is easy... and doesn't really constitute extra permissions. Not yet anyway.

Merchant is even more silly... it appears to limit the role of the player to someone who makes shops. It doesn't at all appear to be a higher rank than Citizen. The only extra permissions are:
[color=#1E90FF] - chestshop.shop.create
- essentials.back.ondeath
- essentials.signs.color
- essentials.me[/color]
[i]Note that [color=#FF4500]/me[/color] is now merchant only[/i]

We're still working on a whole new system with many more player ranks. But for now, I'd like to clean up our mess and keep the server changing, rather than do everything in the background, as we have been, and introduce it all at once.

So this is what I propose.
I was thinking we need to be clearer about staff ranks. Lets start with those.

[color=#FF6347]Mod[/color]
[color=#00BFFF]Arch[/color][color=#FF6347]Mod[/color]
[color=#FF0000]Admin[/color]
[color=#00BFFF]Arch[/color][color=#FF0000]Admin[/color]

So we leave all Mod's as they are but promote one to ArchMod, who has the ability to demote other mods. There will only be one. This ArchMod is then the next in line for Admin.

ArchAdmin is the same rank as those with custom titles and Miniority except Major and I, but I'll probably use the title too. I've been trying to come up with a more obvious title for my position but Owner and Co-Owner is boring and Symposiarch is too elitist =S

Alternative to Arch could be Lead
ie, LeadMod and LeadAdmin
But I like to be different.

I'd like to change the requirements a bit for these new ranks, but we'll discuss that more later.

But wait! Where did Artisan go?
I'm somewhat in love with the title of Artisan and Mason, but I don't see how either of them speak "staff rank". If this new structure is set in place, Artisan will be like Mason, only with WorldEdit. I like to have honorable ranks for those who impress me creatively. And of course, Artisan would still have to be highly respected.

There aren't any I can think of who'd have Artisan at this point, other than Niagra, whom I've already given WorldEdit anyway. But speaking of, he hasn't been active for a while.

Any ideas for both Mason and Artisan ranks, please shoot away; I'm listening.

I'm also thinking of a cool new prefix for those who beat _TheComposer_'s parkour :D


As for player ranks...

In order of hierarcy:

[b]Peanut[/b]
[b]Neophyte [/b](synonym of novice... ugly? better idea?)
[b]Member [/b](I can't find any decent synonyms of this.. ideas?)

Using BeardAch, Peanut will be promoted to Neophyte after so many days, and then the same for Member. No more of this bullshit purchasing of rank. A shorter AFK kick will be introduced for obvious reasons.

[jojo54991035]

I absolutely love the idea. And the rank citizen does imply a town. Thought that since I joined.

[mikey288]

Sounds interesting. Looking forward to it.

[OMGBACONROFL]

[color=#696969][size=medium][b]Peanut:[/b][/size][/color] The rank players are automatically given when they join the server. These players must spend at least 10 hours on the server before they are eligible for a rank-up. They cannot access the Games or Creative worlds. They only have basic commands, such as /spawn, /sethome, /home, /msg etc. They cannot tpa, but they are able to accept or deny tpa requests. They cannot join towns.

[size=medium][b][color=#006400]Builder:[/color][/b][/size] This rank allows access to the Creative World, as well as the regular old Citizen benefits. They may also access the Games World. I had the world restriction idea because of the griefing: Perhaps we could tone it down if only Citizens+ could go in. [b]IF[/b] a new creative world is generated, then I think this is a good idea. Some people like to build on unprotected plots, and the stuff gets griefed. The Games world restriction is just mainly for something else to strive towards. They are also permitted to join towns. If we use towny, this hopefully shouldn't be too difficult to configure. Finally, they are able to use several more commands than the Peanut rank, a list of which I am currently working on. By the way, this has nothing to do with the Mason rank branch!

[size=medium][b][color=#FFA500]Veteran:[/color][/b][/size] This rank shows decent commitment to the server, requiring 25 hours. They recieve the current Merchant benefits. Veteran is incomplete, as I cannot think of extra benefits for it... Ideas?
Also, the colours for the ranks are definitely subject to colour change. For now, I'll just use the original colours to prevent confusion.

Anyway, I hope you liked my rank ideas. Now for a few things I'd like to suggest.
We have the NameTags plugin. This permits players with the correct permission nodes to have their nameplate coloured. Perhaps this could be used as a possible donation perk? If not, Maybe the colours show people of certain ranks? For example, we could have a Purple nametag for Mayors, a light red nametag for Moderators, red nametag for Admins... It's just an idea, no concrete colours yet :P
Perhaps your rank, Viper, could be Dictator? Dark's could stay as it is.
Maybe the custom titles for the lead admins might have to be removed... They are pretty awesome but might lead to possible confusion in the future. Perhaps just different coloured 'ArchAdmin' for the lead admins? I dunno.

Well! That's me done. Anyone else?

[VlperX]

No..
I've said it before and Darkspin and I have discussed this.
We are not going to restrict access to Creative for anyone.
I built a very effective protection system there and if they don't want to read the signs and ask for a plot, it's their own damn fault.

I don't want to restrict access to the Games world either. I'd rather let new players see the server for how unique it is before they decide to play on it.

Builder is synonymous with Mason... so no. We're trying to avoid confusion here.
Veteran says too much.. our players over 200hours could be called Veteran's.. perhaps we implement it but only assign it to them, plus what ever timer seems appropriate for the new AFK rules.

Major and I do have plans for the NameTags plugin.. for it to signify tier or faction in Asyr.. but more and more, I feel it'd be a brilliant donor perk instead.


Dictator?

No.

[OMGBACONROFL]

They were mainly just ideas, seeing what people think of them. Like I said, they are only ideas, not meant for anything permanent. The names were on the spot, not meant for actual use. I know they're rubbish, except for Peanut.
Sorry for the Dictator thing :P Just a joke. (no i am not implying anything. seriously.)