I must say these rank servers are making it easier for lower levels to Lvl up, but there is one fault!! I know all the mods are higher rank then me and I am on the high rank servers. No one gets on to the low rank apart from Zup, if that. A lot of potty mouths will come up not knowing he rules!!!! What can we do!!!!!!

(1) high-rankers go on lower servers to encourage better behavior, encourage getting on the forum, and report abuse
(2) mods get on there too, same deal, but with direct booting capability for immediate consequences if needed

#1 is always a great idea. Especially the part about getting on the forum IMO. The forum brings you into a active community, and norms are more easily followed when you know everyone is doing it. Plus there is an accountability to the forum that doesn't exist when all you do is pop in and out of random games.

#2 is important too. I had asked Zup to arm my lower rank account with mod powers, but it never got to the top of his list. No biggie, I can take screenshots. But lower rankers tend to be on the forum less (see #1), and these are the folks that cause Zup problems when they email him directly after having been banned or muted.

So we're left with positive reinforcement and peer pressure, rather than banning and muting. This may be a good time to start another campaign for high rankers to get on the lower servers and encourage forum use and better behavior.

Manfred

Why not have banning and muting if in fact the evidence is there and violation of multiple warnings have taken place? Ik Manfred. You and I are in agreement its more of an "etherical" understanding of how the "change" from how "violations were handled" in the past vs. now. My concern is that this so-called "attempt to minimize banning and muting" will cause greater violations as opposed to less if one looks at how things were before mods vs mods b

I fly on the low servers mostly giving hints (people don't seek to know to shoot the engines.on the zep etc) and telling people to check the forum out. So many don't know about it.

I've only seen limited bad language and the team killing is no worse than when we were all mixed together. Most stop when you ask them.

hammer_tool wrote: I fly on the low servers mostly giving hints (people don't seek to know to shoot the engines.on the zep etc) and telling people to check the forum out. So many don't know about it.

I've only seen limited bad language and the team killing is no worse than when we were all mixed together. Most stop when you ask them.

How do you get onto the low rank?? Not that I wanna go and kill but just is it cause of rank or just luck

Digby wrote:

hammer_tool wrote: I fly on the low servers mostly giving hints (people don't seek to know to shoot the engines.on the zep etc) and telling people to check the forum out. So many don't know about it.

I've only seen limited bad language and the team killing is no worse than when we were all mixed together. Most stop when you ask them.

How do you get onto the low rank?? Not that I wanna go and kill but just is it cause of rank or just luck

You have to start a second account. Use a different email, etc. I was able to make a second account but it only lasted as a trial. Amazon will not let me purchase the game twice. There is a thread about the "dogfight coaches squadron".