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NOTICE: You must be using a PWE Account to post on the forums + other changes

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited October 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hi Captains,

In order to post on the forums, you must be signed in with a PWE Account. You may notice a few other changes, so if you have any questions, post them in here and I will do my best to answer them :smile: Also, if you notice anything strange, please let me know in here and I will pass along your feedback to the web team as it comes in.

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=
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  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited June 2012
    We are working on getting the Dev Tracker back up and running ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
  • gypsybladegypsyblade Member Posts: 730 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    do we all have to deal with lowercase names now....

    I was sort of attached to it being spelled out like my handle in game IE: Gypsy_Blade

    when I made my PWE account it made everything lowercase and no underscore....

    Wasn't an issue till now.. now.. its just an eyesore...
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  • cehuscehus Member Posts: 179 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Is there a reason why we have ads at the top of the forums now?

    oh, and thanks for adding post counts.



    (+1)
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    No more custom avatars and I have to use my PWE handle instead of my STO one now? I suppose I saw this coming sooner or later...:frown:
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  • aeolusdallasaeolusdallas Member Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    What happened to my Avatar?
  • gypsybladegypsyblade Member Posts: 730 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Okay just logged into the game and all my mail is gone....... =.=

    What's being done about this......
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  • naldorannaldoran Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Okay Brandon, here's issue #1: Every single old thread is posted as an archive, which means that authors can no longer edit existing posts. For those of us with say, stickied help or guide threads that we've been maintaining, this means that every single one of those threads will have to be re-posted and re-stickied so that thread authors can continue to update their posts.

    Issue #2: The new Avatar selection (as compared to being able to upload custom avatars in the past) is absolutely terrible, and the homogeneity will make it a lot harder to spot particular users in threads.
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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    i hope i have a pic of may avatar saved some were, gotta re upload that. seems all my watched threads are gone, which sucks, but also all those warnings and the single point i had appear to have been washed away!

    the new background picture looks great, except that galaxy class is launch spec, pre Logan love, that saucer looks terrible.
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  • leviathan99#2867 leviathan99
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         Member Posts: 7,747 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I wish I could have kept my name anyway...
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    avatar test

    edit- well my avatar pic uploaded just fine, the setings shows my avatar pic is there but this post did not. somethings not right.
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  • naldorannaldoran Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Can we also talk about how it is now an impossibility to figure out who said what in every existing thread?
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  • gypsybladegypsyblade Member Posts: 730 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Also its 1969 on the forums......

    Again... where is my mail... I can't even send a support ticket
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  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    My forum name appears different than my game name...
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,165 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    naldoran wrote: »
    Okay Brandon, here's issue #1: Every single old thread is posted as an archive, which means that authors can no longer edit existing posts. For those of us with say, stickied help or guide threads that we've been maintaining, this means that every single one of those threads will have to be re-posted and re-stickied so that thread authors can continue to update their posts.

    This times a million. Unless we get editing back in a reasonable amount of time we'll simply have to re post any thread we've posted before.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Yep, my mail is gone as well. Checked in game just to make sure and it's gone there too. I use my mail as storage for BOffs and DOffs, just glad I cleaned it out for the most part yesterday. Only lost a handful of each.
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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    oh damn, mail box is GONE lol. everyone who stored stuff there is effed!

    tried sticking my old avatar in the sig area, the control panel preview shows its working, actual forum posts show that its not, as you can see

    * oh there we go lol. well that's an avatar work around for now
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  • tick0tick0 Member Posts: 243 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    What have you done? :frown:
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  • darmaniumdarmanium Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Hey, Why cant I transfer zen to STO? did i just waste $20?
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    That's not a bad idea actually. I don't know about anyone else, but I generally use avatars as an identifier first before even reading the name of the poster. Having no custom avatars makes forums feel so...sterile. Yeah, sterile. I'll go with that.
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  • happyhappyj0yj0yhappyhappyj0yj0y Member Posts: 699 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Dear Perfect World,

    This sucks.

    /ofstory

    Sincerely,
    Mr. Happy HappyJoyJoy
  • jkstocbrjkstocbr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    This will take some getting used to me thinks :frown:

    No forum footers? No custom Avatar?

    /tears
  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,628 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I will try to stay calm. My post relates to signature settings/functions.

    This is what I see right now:

    500 x 100 px
    Allow Basic BB Code No
    Allow Color BB Code No
    Allow Size BB Code No
    Allow Font BB Code No
    Allow Alignment BB Code No
    Allow List BB Code No
    Allow Link BB Code No
    Allow HTML No
    Allow Image BB Code No
    Allow Code BB Code No
    Allow PHP BB Code No
    Allow HTML BB Code No
    Allow Quote BB Code No
    Allow Smilies Yes
    Can Upload Images for Signature Yes
    Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature Yes

    I may be mistaken, but this is what we had before:

    500 x 150 px
    Allow Basic BBCode Yes
    Allow Color BBCode Yes
    Allow Size BBCode Yes
    Allow Font BBCode Yes
    Allow Alignment BBCode Yes
    Allow List BBCode Yes
    Allow Link BBCode Yes
    Allow HTML No
    Allow CodeYes
    Allow Code BBCode Yes
    Allow PHP BBCode Yes
    Allow HTML BBCode Yes
    Allow Quote BBCode Yes
    Allow Smilies Yes
    Can Upload Images for Signature Yes
    Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature No

    Are these settings in error? I ask because it seems extremely punitive if not. When compared to the other signature settings across the various other PW gaming forums, there seems to be no uniform template. Is this a matter for each community to decide what is suitable? Some forums have higher pixel values (500 x 200), some forums allow basic BB code, some do not etc.

    However, Jade Dynasty in particular seems to have a more liberal and slightly similar set to our previous set of settings, albeit added GIF support and no alignment.

    500 x 200 px
    Allow Basic BB Code Yes
    Allow Color BB Code Yes
    Allow Size BB Code Yes
    Allow Font BB Code No
    Allow Alignment BB Code No
    Allow List BB Code No
    Allow Link BB Code Yes
    Allow HTML No
    Allow Image BB Code Yes
    Allow Code BB Code No
    Allow PHP BB Code No
    Allow HTML BB Code Yes
    Allow Quote BB Code No
    Allow Smilies Yes
    Can Upload Images for Signature Yes
    Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature Yes

    I quote this by way of giving an example of where fewer restrictions have been placed upon current users of a PW style forum.

    Without getting emotive on the matter, could you please clarify if we are likely to see some flexibility on our forum signature settings - on the order of allowing BB code: Color, IMG , URLS, Alignment? Or if this is non-flexible.

    If the latter, could I also request some reasoning behind that decision given my aforementioned and quoted inconsistencies across the PW forum network for such settings.

    Thank you.


  • kanecabalkanecabal Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I personally, personally hate the new dev tracker. Why? I don't want to see what everyone has posted. I want to keep only the threads where someone posted in from the DEVs. It makes reading easier instead of just getting the entire reply to the thread in the dev tracker itsself. Plus it looks like just thrown-in stuff. Please return it to the "Only-Thread" view so we can only see the threads where someone posted in.
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  • edna#7310 edna
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         Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Where is my subscription which was no way near zero days .
    Where are cryptic points?
    Where is my account?
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I was planning to go to bed soon, but suddenly I feel like staying up a bit longer and watching this train wreck unfold lol.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    lan451 wrote: »
    That's not a bad idea actually. I don't know about anyone else, but I generally use avatars as an identifier first before even reading the name of the poster. Having no custom avatars makes forums feel so...sterile. Yeah, sterile. I'll go with that.

    I feel castrated... stripped of my identity... ;_;
  • koppenflakkoppenflak Member Posts: 191 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Yeah, well... This is gonna end well.

    See you all on the other side of the apocalypse, gentlemen. It has been... a privilege. :cool:

    *plays sad violin*
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  • shapeywhelmshapeywhelm Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Not thrilled with the new forums, even less happy about my forum handle, I had no idea it would use my PWE account name
  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    At least the background is pretty....:biggrin:
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  • startrekronstartrekron Member Posts: 231 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    God I hope something did not go right on this forum downgrade and it will be enhanced soon.

    No Custom avatars?

    Archived names on previous posts?

    Old posts can't edited?

    Ughh advertisements for Zen points, some of which aren't even active.

    I am not impressed thus far.
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