Forum for Members Only

[Traveler]

Currently anyone can get an BBS ID and have at it in the forums.  I'd like to limit the forum area to paying members.  Anyone could read the posts, but only paying members could post.

Have at it.

[Tracerfi]

do you mean paying account in game? and what if people cant pay for the time being its unfair to allot of people who cant pay there AH account and if they needed to post they would not be able to so bad idea

[Traveler]

do you mean paying account in game? and what if people cant pay for the time being its unfair to allot of people who cant pay there AH account and if they needed to post they would not be able to so bad idea

Yes, I mean paying account members.  The members of AH that are paying their account be the only people allowed to post in the BBS forums.

[olds442]

Yes, I mean paying account members.  The members of AH that are paying their account be the only people allowed to post in the BBS forums.

Well some people can't have there mummy and daddy pay for them and can't get what they want as moneys tight
Translation: No

[whiteman]

i had tons of questions before dropping a quarter in. wasn't till after i had questions answered that I signed up a week later to play.

[gyrene81]

sure, why not. that policy exists in other games.

[Traveler]

Well some people can't have there mummy and daddy pay for them and can't get what they want as moneys tight
Translation: No

Well, my mother and father are dead.  I've paid my own way now for a very long time.

As to the matter of a forum that only paying member may post in, why not, wouldn't be a better way for the paying members to express their desires and help provide feed back for those that are paying the bills at HTC.

[Traveler]

i had tons of questions before dropping a quarter in. wasn't till after i had questions answered that I signed up a week later to play.

Not saying that questions couldn't be directed to HTC so the potential customer got the correct answer from the people that would know best.  And every question that you might have asked, the answer is available on the HTC Web Site, free to everyone.  You could even have one forum area that none members could post in to ask questions for HTC.  I'm just saying all other forums areas be for paying members.  I'd also agree that any user ID valid in the game be allowed to post, and only valid game ID's be used.  That would include people on the two week trial.

[Karnak]

Not saying that questions couldn't be directed to HTC so the potential customer got the correct answer from the people that would know best.  And every question that you might have asked, the answer is available on the HTC Web Site, free to everyone.  You could even have one forum area that none members could post in to ask questions for HTC.  I'm just saying all other forums areas be for paying members.  I'd also agree that any user ID valid in the game be allowed to post, and only valid game ID's be used.  That would include people on the two week trial.

HTC doesn't have the staff to field those questions reliably and in a timely manner.

[Tracerfi]

htc has had the fourm the way it is for a long time from i have seen so why change it now

[Lusche]

Not saying that questions couldn't be directed to HTC so the potential customer got the correct answer from the people that would know best.  And every question that you might have asked, the answer is available on the HTC Web Site, free to everyone.  You could even have one forum area that none members could post in to ask questions for HTC.  I'm just saying all other forums areas be for paying members.  I'd also agree that any user ID valid in the game be allowed to post, and only valid game ID's be used.  That would include people on the two week trial.

So when I cancel my account tomorrow,  I should not be able to post my AH stats for the community any more? Ex-members currently not paying for AH for any reason are not meant to stay in contact with the rest of the community, thus increasing the chance of a comeback? Doesn't sound exactly like a good idea for the business.

What would be the benefits of "members only" that would offset this?

[Arlo]

Perk the forum! 

[Zacherof]

Perk the forum! 

Best idea I've seen in years!!!!!!

[Traveler]

HTC doesn't have the staff to field those questions reliably and in a timely manner.

Why would you state that the staff of HTC can not provide a reliable answer to a question?

As I've said before, Most questions Asked by now-paying browsers of the forum could be answered by a Frequently Asked Questions page on the HTC website or by the mountains of information already contained within the web site.

[pembquist]

Why would you state that the staff of HTC is not provide a reliable answer to a question?

As I've said before, Most questions Asked by now-paying browsers of the forum could be answered by a Frequently Asked Questions page on the HTC website or by the mountains of information already contained within the web site.

There may be mountains but there ain't no picks and shovels. Some of the info on the website is out of date and frankly it is not always that easy to come by. It would be ideal if there were an index and a truly searchable info source but there really isn't.  The same questions get asked again and again but what's the harm?

More to the point what exactly is the problem that making the forum exclusive would fix?