Forum:Exotics and New Users

ok so my entire thing was deleted so this is version two. thanks wikia. Please excuse any typos and grammatical errors. I hope it all makes sense, I assume you all know what I'm trying to get at, at least. Thank you!

Anyways

So this is going to be rather long, but I'll try to keep it short and sweet!

I know it's Christmas and it's busy for everyone, so I do thank everyone for taking the time to read through everything! It will close 28th of December.

New Users
Recently, the topic of new users and what they should be allowed to do for the first month has come up. My first point being whether they should or should not be allowed to vote. Which I know has been a topic for a while. The reasoning behind this is that, especially for admin right votes, the new users do not know the wiki or it's base well enough to know what is best for it. Thus, they should wait at least a month to become more familiar with the wiki. How would you know who is best for a role if you do not know both users being placed forward?

Essentially, that's the reasoning that some users have mentioned. Whether you agree or not is up to you and please vote based on what you think.

On the same topic, it has also been suggested by multiple people on whether we should retain that the first two characters can't be exotic characters. Whilst this was beyond my time and wasn't around when it was implemented, I imagine it's to make sure the users understand the wiki lore before they create characters with added powers. So I have placed up a vote on whether to remove it or not. This does not include the two characters only for the first month!

Exotics
In recent votes, it's been suggested we remove the limits placed on exotics. Right now, we can only have one species per user. So, for example, seeing as I have Constantin Lysander Altair, my vampire baby (who you all can rp with if you want!!!), I would not be able to create another one. The exception is nymphs, which you can have two descendants but one half-nymph. What this vote suggests is removing that policy and allowing people to create as many of an exotic as they want. A compromise has been placed forward to match the descendants of the nymphs in that users can have two of a specific exotic type.

The reasoning for this limit is to mostly make sure it's levelled out equally and users don't flood the user with a specific exotic type whilst neglecting the other types. In canon, and in recent wiki lore, it's been stated they have been rare and whilst there would be NPCs running around, we could still try to reflect that in our wiki and how many rped characters there are running around. This does not extend to nymphs. The outcome of this vote does not affect nymphs.

By extension, we also have a limit on nymph types. Right now we can have four nymphs of a specific type (split by student/adult). Again, this was to ensure that all nymphs receive attention and to make sure everyone isn't making water nymphs, for example. It was also to reflect the rarity of these nymphs. No, this doesn't mean there's only four of that specific nymph in existence, but it'd still emphasise how rare they are. With the limitations, it might also mean that people would miss out on having a specific type. Not that I think we have enough users to take up all the spots (I believe we would need at least 20 users choosing to make two nymphs), it could still happen, especially if they wanted a specific type. Do remember, we do have a lot more than five exotic types. However, if we choose to remove the limit on nymphs but keep the restrictions on types then people could potentially miss out on a lot more as one user could take up five of the limited spots if they so wish. Thus, I have made them separate from the other type of exotics. '''If we choose to keep the restrictions, the restrictions on nymphs would still be in place. Likewise, if we choose to remove the restrictions then you can make as many nymphs as you want.'''

Please note, though, C&L, and by extension the admin team, do have the right to limit a specific type of exotic if there are too many of them. Though this rarely happens, if we believe there are too many then we can still place a temporary restriction on them until the numbers deflate. As I said-rarely happens but either way.

Vote:
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