Please remove all one time visit accounts from the beta clock

Multiple accounts don't improve your chances of getting into beta. Tens of thousands of signed up accounts haven't logged back in but do visit the site frequently from the same IP (hence making the account look inactive).

We're looking into ways we can improve the counter to keep it fair for everyone but still helping the active forum people get rewarded for their effort :)

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FerinusDominus wrote:

Getting passed up by the timer is one thing, it's only doing what it was boneheadedly programed to do...but to have a dev sit there and say: "There is no problem...shaddup!" even after you have laid before their feet the very evidence of the problem is just insulting.

Hey, that's not fair. We have never told people there is no problem or to shut up. We care a lot about how people feel about the timer and have changed it multiple times to accommodate feedback.

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FerinusDominus wrote:

I don't expect to be heard, I don't expect my concerns to even be addressed. Hell, what I expect for this "rant"...is to be banned or at least "placed on probation" (wtfe that means...maybe I will get into the beta faster that way...seems that bad behavior is rewarded here)

We've banned or probated less than 10 people in the history of the forum, and it was always due to breaching actual rules (posting porn, spamming dozens of empty posts, etc). We would never probate someone for posting their opinion if they do it without flaming. We do care a lot about what our users think!

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FerinusDominus wrote:

My suggestion, just like the one that I pm'd to you Chris about a weapon type for the game, will go unheeded or unanswered I am sure BUT I will give it another shot anyhow.

1st...REMOVE THE TIMER.
2nd...hire more moderators AND give them keys to distribute to forum members that are PRODUCTIVE to the community.
3rd...send out keys via email in waves like all other games.

That will END all this "timer drama".

I'm sorry I didn't reply to the PM you sent (we get thousands but do read/heed them all). I think the solution you propose here is very reasonable and may be a great idea. I'll talk to the guys.

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whiteBoy88 wrote:

I signed up 5 months ago, and didn't post anything until after the beta started. Why? There wasn't anything for me to say. I didn't even log in; I can read the news and forums without doing that. So, I was a one-time visitor (logger) before the beta. Now that it's started, I'm logged in every day and posting on the forums.

It's completely unfair to remove a group of accounts simply because they didn't stay logged in or post something. The system is imbalanced towards the people who did post, anyway.

This is indeed something I hear very frequently from the silent majority of signed up people. They may not post it on the forum like this gentleman, but they do want to play.