first of all, you know that around 40% of the stakers never visit the forums, so we won't have their real intake on this.
second, i think that the item stakes could be brought back, to see how the community would react to another change, and see how they actually think.
that, or either remove the staking overall. you can see that there's no middle line here.
I'll be regularly yelling in game and encouraging people to post here.
And we gained the insight that this isn't changed by restricting stakes at all. We now have middle-men scams and the identical staking dramas we had before. Imho we should focus on stricter punishments on offensive language and spam in global chats.
That's why I'm re-thinking if the staking ban really solved a problem or just shifted an issue or maybe even made it worse. Anyway, we would like to hear your input on this situation. Our main concern is toxicity, which we would like to solve without mutes/bans. Any ideas?
I think Thomy's post sums up the current issue quite nicely.
With the update, we have not solved the issue of toxicity within the staking community. We have now given them the opportunity to scam and create further drama with very little repercussion.
There is always going to be hostility in an environment which players regularly lose their cash/items, it's inevitable. We need to encourage players that there is more to the game than staking while still allowing them to have free reign over what they can do at the Arena.
Stricter punishments to those who are continuously offensive is definitely a good start.
Players should also be made aware that their ability to stake can be revoked at anytime, should they continue to misbehave
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