The public servers need more moderation to enforce the TOS. However hiring people costs $$ and we all know how the accounting department feels about that. My offer is thus. I’ll doing it and you won’t need to pay me real cash. I’ll do it for ten Crom Coins an hour. I’ll record (possible stream?) all activities I take while preforming moderator duties complete with time stamps. If I over step you will have video evidence. If I’m in the right and people complain you will have video evidence. I’ll actively search servers for blocked points of interest, rare resources, lag spikes, and undermeshers.
Best of all the accounting department won’t be able to complain.
The idea has some merit if FUNCOM screened the candidates a bit. They just needed to make sure these moderators had a good grasp of the ToS.
The moderators could not play in the servers they watched and it was better form them not having friends playing there either to avoid accusations of partiality.
Perhaps these moderators could work as a first line of contact, without executive power.
If it’s a case of mass reporting to get a player banned and no visible infraction exists, the situation would die right there.
If indeed there was a violation, the moderator could explain to the player what, according to his interpretation of the rules, where the problems, giving him a few days to correct it. If the player failed to comply, the moderator would kick the report up the ladder with proper information, in a format easy to diggest.
Then, a FUNCOM employee would double check it and take action. That would lessen their workload quite a bit.
No Crom Coins or any sort of payment, though. It would be a voluntary service.
I can’t see myself ever doing that voluntary service, but I reckon some people wouldn’t mind.
Who is preventing them playing in that server with alts or friends?
Who is preventing them granting favors to their friends?
Who is preventing them getting privately paid for granting favors?
Who is preventing them throwing out false reports or staging reports to clear out a spot as granted or paid favor?
Who is preventing them from stalking people, sniff through bases etc to sell or grant that knowlegde?
Who is preventing them from non streaming while doing favors?
Please do not say Funcom. Because we all know that they are not having the manpower to overlook the volunteers.
We do not need volunteer moderators to work as a first line of contact. Everyone of us can read the TOS and learn to understand it. Everyone is free to spend their time talking to the people on the server they are playing at when they see a violation of the TOS happening. If that doesn´t work you are free to report those people.
I have a problem with point one, but I would like to be an occasional admin on 1051 (PVE) where I play and help players here and there
point two - it is more or less irrelevant for me because on a PVE server after 2k hours I or my clan don’t need any favors anymore
point three - my sense of morality and honor, plus the same as point 2
point four - when you have a clan that has been on the server for years and a full warehouse … how can a newcomer bribe you ? … plus see 2&3
point five - why on earth would I do that ?
The world would stop if we had to completely remove the factor of trust from human endeavors. That’s why I suggested screening the candidates.
There’s decent people around, able to do that function. It couldn’t get worse than it is now.
You can’t let the excellent becoming an obstacle to the good.
Nothing ultimately prevents anyone from doing anything, but sheer impossibility. People are either decent , fear repercussions or both.
You could pose those same questions to any FUNCOM employee. In fact, they are already accused of being guilty of a few.
I understand what you are saying, but at least I believe it could be tested on a few servers marked as such and see how it goes…
But do you have better ideas? It’s unlikely FUNCOM hires more staff.
Did you know how many times I encountered people playing the trust card in this game? People are feeling no shame to lie all the time. Sorry if I am not that type of girl that trusts someone just because he/she is saying: trust me.
Even if I wanted to: I have seen so much admin abuse on privates over the years not only in Conan Exiles that I know better by now. I do not see this whole volunteer moderation ending well.
You may hate me for beeing saying this, but Funcom has not or is not willing to spend the ressources it needs to monitor every server on their own. If they would accept volunteers they couldn´t overwatch them right now even if they would want to.
Reccordings are no safety net.
And like I said before. People are welcome to go around servers and talk to people when they see a TOS violation. They do not need to be moderators for that to do.
But anyone can open a pvt server.
That’s why I suggested some screening. There would be some degree of control at least.
But I feel you. There’s a reason beyond lack of choice (I’m on PS5) that makes me adverse to play on private servers.
Sure, that’s what I always do. I never reported anyone and was able to solve most situations.
But some people will only do something if they fear consequences. FUNCOM doesn’t have a workforce able to meet the actual requirements. My point was just trying to make things faster. Keep in mind that these volunteers couldn’t do more than speeding up the process. Nothing would prevent a FUNCOM employee from doing what they do now. This would be supervised.
Anyway, it was just a suggestion. I can understand your motives for not liking it and I respect them. They are not unfounded fears.
If you look at private servers we all know how that works. “don’t attack my friend” “i’m admin, you can’t attack my base” “your base disappeared, probably a bug”, etc
Yes we all heard those cases @GodlyVoice , but there would be a difference. Pvt server admins can do whatever within their right. It wouldn’t be the same here. These moderators wouldn’t have executive power, had been selected and would be supervised.
Fellow exile @Anglinex i hope your wish to be considered!
What i really wish is paid official servers with excellent performance and many building restrictions. I started 3 days ago with 2 new players on 3023. Normally before i start in a server, i always do a run around to see if i wish to play. In this one i let them decide where to play and i just followed. You cannot imagine the mess, the violations of rules, complete anarchy and blocking complex.
Normally i wouldn’t play in this kind of servers, but i will spend another week just for the online gaming pleasure.
If they had however paid official servers with a small monthly amount, something like 2 or three Euros per month, i would easily buy an annual subscription in a server. It’s very important for me to play in servers without admin support.
Thinking it really aught to be a land claim thing, like the first foundation stone you lay down is your key stone. So you can build in AxBxC area; a=b, c=a+1/2b.
I don’t know, I could work something up but it’s be moot. Funcom would have to wipe servers to institute it.
