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Petition to Close Risa Outside of the Summer Event Time.

So for those out of the loop, I can provide a short summary about the pits of Risa #1 while the summer event is inactive. It is essentially a compact personal experience of the ESD zone chat. What may be considered 'trolling' is essentially the number one pass time of the Risian inhabitants. Risa only provides the basic services of any other social map, so it doesn't hold any significance outside of the event period. All summer event gear is available in the event reputation tab and the accolades aren't all that important so I'm sure people could hold their urges until the summer time. All that conspires on Risa is a pool of miscreants endlessly mistreating each other. Consuming a considerable chunk of GM's time and as a product, bans aren't uncommon among the populace of about 15 people. It has been this way since, 2015? My first arrival and experiences of seeing the endless supply of players attacking other players. So it is in my strong opinion that the healthiest option to break up a seemingly endless quarrel is to separate the parties involved. And I'm sure it's at little expense to the Star Trek Online community, as about 0.15% of us go to Risa anyway. I am 99.9% certain that no action would actually be taken, but I think it is interesting to talk about these issues, so what do you think?

- A Tired Ferasan
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  • siotaylorsiotaylor Member Posts: 296 Arc User
    Must admit I've never seen that.
    To be fair, outside of the event, I usually only go there for photography while there are fewer people around, so it's no surprise I don't see any activity.
    Having said that, is this a time-zone thing? I dunno.
    In the end, it matters very little to me which way it goes. I can take photos anywhere, and I think that these days, Dranuur is far nicer anyway. Perhaps this means that Risa needs an overhaul too, one reason to take it offline for a while I suppose.
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,569 Arc User
    edited April 2020
    I've gone there off-season to do the Accolades. Never had an issue. I put my Chat over to the Team Tab and don't see any of the BS. I just fly around and get the Accolades. No interaction necessary except with Pavyl.

    And my first GPL purchase on any Character is the Subspace Party Nullifier.

    By the way Petitions are not allowed. I suggest you change the Title of the Thread to remove the offending words.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5 Member Posts: 4,754 Arc User
    As the game's original Risian I say: no.
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    [3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5 Member Posts: 4,754 Arc User
    The map is too nice to be unavailable most of the time. And indeed, collecting accolades outside of the main event when there's so much else to do already, is another reason why it should stay the way it is.

    Perhaps they could limit the maximum amount of players in an instance though, that might solve something as it would allow players to switch to another one if they're bothered by someone else.
    [4:46] [Combat {self}] Your Haymaker deals 23337 (9049) Physical Damage(Critical) to Spawnmother

    [3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
  • gabhuntgabhunt Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    In all fairness, you're not going to stop people trolling each other by closing a map. They'll just move to another map. All you'd be doing is denying the wider community a place to go and powerboard.
  • gabhuntgabhunt Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    Also, if you've no interest in visiting Risa, what's the beef? You've asserted that most people don't, yourself included, so why take issue with it?
  • trennantrennan Member Posts: 2,839 Arc User
    It's also the only map where you can go spend you gpl on visors and sunglasses.
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  • joshmauljoshmaul Member Posts: 519 Arc User
    Turn off your general chat. Problem solved.
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  • chociily#6045 chociily Member Posts: 17 Arc User
    I sign this petition.
  • ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant Member Posts: 1,006 Arc User
    joshmaul wrote: »
    Turn off your general chat. Problem solved.

    Best and most logical solution <3

    Why deny the something to the many because of the sins the few.

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,569 Arc User
    NO PETITIONS. Call it a request.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
  • altran3301altran3301 Member Posts: 167 Arc User
    ltminns wrote: »
    NO PETITIONS. Call it a request.

    No.
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,331 Arc User
    Never had an issue as I ignore or turn off chat. And petitions are a no-no.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    edited April 2020
    altran3301 wrote: »
    ltminns wrote: »
    NO PETITIONS. Call it a request.

    No.

    Fine, enjoy the thread closure genius.. he was trying to help you.

    The request is silly anyway. Report the players and put them on ignore. No need to be a drama queen and make a forum thread.
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  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,698 Community Moderator
    So a couple of things. First petitions are against the rules here for a host of reasons. As such this thread will now be closed. I also see we have some folks here with low post counts so I'm assuming you folks are new to this forum. As such I advise you guys to familiarize yourselves with the guidelines and rules for the forum which may be found here: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1191393/perfect-world-entertainment-community-rules-and-policies

    Once you have familiarized yourselves with the community rules and guidelines I would also advise you to familiarize yourself with the Frequently Created Thread list found here: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1245086/the-f-c-t-frequently-created-threads-list-2-0

    Threads covered in FCT are no permitted here on the forums due to issues they cause, and/or already having a concrete answer from developers in place. If you are experiencing issues in game, put those players on ignore and do not associate with them. If they attempt to bypass this ignore or things escalate to the point of harassment, report it to GMs immediately and it will be dealt with appropriately according to ToS for the game and/or the law if need be. If you are unsure of how to file a ticket you can go to the Support section of the site here and find the sections for each of the 3 platforms. You can also drop a message to myself and/or one of my cohorts if you are uncertain of how to proceed and we will direct you to the appropriate place.


    With all of that said a word of advice, asking them to close down entire maps and social zones probably isn't going to go over well here. You are free to make requests of developers within reason and provided they're kept civil, but I don't see closing off Risa as being a solution to the problem. /thread
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