I'm all in favor with changing the way the current linkshell organization system is.
As it stands, there are a total of 13 linkshells listed on this site. Of them, 9 of them are registered as heavy, and I've personally never seen either of the light linkshells ingame. Ever. From my personal standpoint, I had a bit of difficulty deciding what category my shell fell under. It really was a coin toss since we fell into both catergories in a way because of our style of play (balance between RP and OOC endgame content).
Oskar brings up a valid solution by abolishing the classification system altogether and simply listing as much detail of the shell as possible. Perhaps we could have a set of keywords listed and if your shell has any of the listed, they'd select them and bullet list them for potential members to get a quick and simple understanding as to what kind of linkshell they're looking at.
As an example:
Sentinels' Ark
As it stands, there are a total of 13 linkshells listed on this site. Of them, 9 of them are registered as heavy, and I've personally never seen either of the light linkshells ingame. Ever. From my personal standpoint, I had a bit of difficulty deciding what category my shell fell under. It really was a coin toss since we fell into both catergories in a way because of our style of play (balance between RP and OOC endgame content).
Oskar brings up a valid solution by abolishing the classification system altogether and simply listing as much detail of the shell as possible. Perhaps we could have a set of keywords listed and if your shell has any of the listed, they'd select them and bullet list them for potential members to get a quick and simple understanding as to what kind of linkshell they're looking at.
As an example:
Sentinels' Ark
- Role-play - Mature Themes/Violence/Strong Language
- Weekly Scheduled Events
- Linkshell Storyline
- OOC Dungeons/Raids/Primal Fights
- Heavy Website/Forum Usage
- Voice server for OOC chat
- No OOC pearl/No OOC in IC LS chat[/list:u]
Again, this is just an example format, but it gives the reader a solid view as to what type of RPLS they are looking at. I'm sure that many other linkshells could fit the above example, but that's where you begin adding the points that set your linkshell apart I suppose.
On a similar yet departing note, we've had a recent surge in RP shells cropping up in the past few weeks. Many of them are returning shells and there are a few new shells being formed alongside. My concern (I include myself in this batch of 'new-jacks') is that this is going to spread out the already thin community we have left. Perhaps a community meeting with the linkshell heads is in order as Momo suggested and discussing what we can do to keep our community strong and alive. Having so many leaders around can be a curse and a blessing because we're spreading our resources thinner than they need to be.
Anyways, just my two cents on the matter.
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