I never said that I lack the skill to do any of the things on my list (save the Eorzean clock idea and maybe the creation of a new fancy banner and background image). I only stated that some things are more difficult to implement from a coding standpoint and thus take more time and resources to accomplish. Everything presently listed, I can do. I'm fairly fluent in web speak and I think these forums are testimony to that. I've had a lot of people tell me they look better than any other FFXIV fansite out there >.>.
Like I said though, if enough people want to move to Enjin that's fine. They just have to realize that it would mean giving up literally everything and based on my personal experience with larger Rp hubs, I don't think we'd ever really recover from such a huge reboot after that fact. The membership of a brand new forum would likely remain insanely low and posting activity would almost completely vanish (moreso than it has here now). Hence why no other RP community has ever done it with any success. Aion RPers, EQII Rpers, Starsider RPers, and so many more have remained as they were in their original inception. Restarting 1-2 years after the fact almost never works. This is why FFXI RP coalition attempts failed hard and fast. This is also why major fan sites don't overhaul their look that often.
Also, (and this is just a personal opinion), I find Enjin and other such hosts rather bland looking and unoriginal. Unless you get really into overhauling the basic themes they give you, every site looks just about the same as the last.
On a semi-related note, I keep meaning to ask people: Do you like the guildleve borders surrounding most of the boxes around the forums? Or should they be removed entirely in the update?
EDIT: Update--Classifieds feature installed successfully on test forum! It's still buggy and needs some cleaning up but most of the kinks are worked out. This feature will allow users to buy, sell, trade, or advertise gear, artifacts, services, etc via an IC means!
Like I said though, if enough people want to move to Enjin that's fine. They just have to realize that it would mean giving up literally everything and based on my personal experience with larger Rp hubs, I don't think we'd ever really recover from such a huge reboot after that fact. The membership of a brand new forum would likely remain insanely low and posting activity would almost completely vanish (moreso than it has here now). Hence why no other RP community has ever done it with any success. Aion RPers, EQII Rpers, Starsider RPers, and so many more have remained as they were in their original inception. Restarting 1-2 years after the fact almost never works. This is why FFXI RP coalition attempts failed hard and fast. This is also why major fan sites don't overhaul their look that often.
Also, (and this is just a personal opinion), I find Enjin and other such hosts rather bland looking and unoriginal. Unless you get really into overhauling the basic themes they give you, every site looks just about the same as the last.
On a semi-related note, I keep meaning to ask people: Do you like the guildleve borders surrounding most of the boxes around the forums? Or should they be removed entirely in the update?
EDIT: Update--Classifieds feature installed successfully on test forum! It's still buggy and needs some cleaning up but most of the kinks are worked out. This feature will allow users to buy, sell, trade, or advertise gear, artifacts, services, etc via an IC means!
![[Image: Classifieds1.png]](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/Zarik_Sylvora/Public/Classifieds1.png)
![[Image: Classifieds2.png]](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/Zarik_Sylvora/Public/Classifieds2.png)
