Empowering ANY player not under the employ of PlayNC with Game Master privileges is pretty much the equivalent of Pandora's Box. No chance in hell.
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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If I could /jranger this any harder, I would.
Man, if you thought the devs awarding Dev's Choice to MA arcs caused an uproar...
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I think an in game channel where players can answer player questions is sufficient. /hc for Help Channel already exists for this purpose.
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As well as some of the specialized Globals like TheMarket & BaseBuildersInc.
OP, can you tell us a good reason "Why?" I haven't seen any need for people in addition to the current GM/CS staff to handle issues for the game.
Oh, and the GMs & Devs don't really come here and they typically do not respond directly to Suggestions from this thread.
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Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
Heh.
Let's see.
They could put either Alt_O_Holic or Perfect_Pain in charge of tickets about farming. Part_Troll could be in charge of petitions regarding teammate's bad behavior. There's a few people in the PWNZ forum who could be in charge of PVP complaints.
What would we put Power in charge of...? 
Good thought, just impossible to safety implement.
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Tech support.
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Some MMOs have volunteer GM staff. This is not one of those MMOs.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
What are "Game Sages", and what game has them? How well has that worked for them?
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What are "Game Sages", and what game has them? How well has that worked for them?
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I met the game sage Rosemary one thyme.
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What are "Game Sages", and what game has them? How well has that worked for them?
[/ QUOTE ]I know Shaiya has an volunteer position called Game Sage. The GSes in Shaiya don't actually have GM powers, but they're expected to mediate disputes, have what amounts to a red phone to the GMs, and are able to send server-wide chat messages. The Shaiya GSes are also supposed to organize in-game events and provide forum support.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
Everquest had a Guide system as well, that they wound up disbanding due to liability concerns, I think it was.
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Oh, and the GMs & Devs don't really come here and they typically do not respond directly to Suggestions from this thread.
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That's not exactly true. I don't remember who it was, but at least a couple of developers have said, at one point or another, that they read, but rarely respond to suggestions as most of what we suggest is either flatout impossible or things they already thought of.
And, yes, Power for tech support, please!
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I certainly hope this never happens.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
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This I can agree with.
I think the nearest thing we come to this are certain forum folks, who do an excellent unpaid job at collecting and listing concerns. Such as the scrapper concerns thread. or Zombie Mans guide to guides.
Thats basically as far down this path that we should ever consider venturing.
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A while back, I was asking Ex about volunteer forum moderators. Because of problems NCSoft has had in the past in different titles, the practice is strictly verboten.
Now, if player volunteers forum moderators aren't even allowed, then I really doubt that we'll see any player volunteer GMs in the near future.
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I met the game sage Rosemary one thyme.
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Ugh. If I was a volunteer moderator, I would temp-ban you for that. 
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[/ QUOTE ]I know Shaiya has an volunteer position called Game Sage. The GSes in Shaiya don't actually have GM powers, but they're expected to mediate disputes, have what amounts to a red phone to the GMs, and are able to send server-wide chat messages. The Shaiya GSes are also supposed to organize in-game events and provide forum support.
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Ya I had Shaiya in mind when I posted this.
I Have the most awsome travel powers in the game, and it's all thanks to lag! They are :
- (SSS) Super Slow Speed
- (RBTP) Rubberbanding TP
- Instant Death while Server D/C's
Don't you wish you were me? Well now you can with LAG POWER! -Phoenix
The Other part you guys seem to be missing is I said that the GMs would have to support them and choose them.. and I'm not saying give them GM powers that would be completly insane yes..I just mean like helping them out.. err kind of like uhhh a step up day in high school where you stay withsomeone for a day to see how they do there job and you get some experiance or something..
I Have the most awsome travel powers in the game, and it's all thanks to lag! They are :
- (SSS) Super Slow Speed
- (RBTP) Rubberbanding TP
- Instant Death while Server D/C's
Don't you wish you were me? Well now you can with LAG POWER! -Phoenix
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The Other part you guys seem to be missing is I said that the GMs would have to support them and choose them.. and I'm not saying give them GM powers that would be completly insane yes..I just mean like helping them out.. err kind of like uhhh a step up day in high school where you stay withsomeone for a day to see how they do there job and you get some experiance or something..
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But I still don't see a need for them. What additional value would they bring?
Altoholic - but a Blaster at Heart!
Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
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The Other part you guys seem to be missing is I said that the GMs would have to support them and choose them.. and I'm not saying give them GM powers that would be completly insane yes..I just mean like helping them out.. err kind of like uhhh a step up day in high school where you stay withsomeone for a day to see how they do there job and you get some experiance or something..
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But I still don't see a need for them. What additional value would they bring?
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Less work For the GMs so they can help the devs with more important thigns like fixing the broken game.
I Have the most awsome travel powers in the game, and it's all thanks to lag! They are :
- (SSS) Super Slow Speed
- (RBTP) Rubberbanding TP
- Instant Death while Server D/C's
Don't you wish you were me? Well now you can with LAG POWER! -Phoenix
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The Other part you guys seem to be missing is I said that the GMs would have to support them and choose them.. and I'm not saying give them GM powers that would be completly insane yes..I just mean like helping them out.. err kind of like uhhh a step up day in high school where you stay withsomeone for a day to see how they do there job and you get some experiance or something..
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But I still don't see a need for them. What additional value would they bring?
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Less work For the GMs so they can help the devs with more important thigns like fixing the broken game.
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You proceed from a false assumption. GMs aren't programmers. They're more customer service than anything else.
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We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Ok so I was just wondering. Can we have something like Game Sages in this game too? Where players get some of the stuff Game masters get to do? Let me explain more. A Game Master chooses a player he/she likes to support if any. Then The Supporting Game Master will teach the Game Sage a little bit of how to do his job. Anwsering tickets or whatever else GMs do. and as a reward to the Game Sages they get a cool GS tag beside there name XD or maybe a reduced fee to city of heroes. Can a GM or Dev anwser if that would be possible?
I Have the most awsome travel powers in the game, and it's all thanks to lag! They are :
- (SSS) Super Slow Speed
- (RBTP) Rubberbanding TP
- Instant Death while Server D/C's
Don't you wish you were me? Well now you can with LAG POWER! -Phoenix