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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:16 pm
Just posting here to try and help as the guild captain has been gone for some time. I will list individual questions and answers in each post in this thread.

July 19th, 2022 AtS thread - CLICK HERE  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:17 pm
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Marketplace/User Safety

Hello staff. =)

A few months ago the block list was extended to the marketplace for a few days which caused major backlash and concern for unfair reports and warnings. However, the issue of user safety from harassment using the feature has not been addressed since then.

For that, I propose an idea. We currently receive notifications, PMs, and MP notices stating the username of anyone who purchased from our stores. This allows users to stalk and harass people by buying from their shops. This also allows users to be harassed when participating in auctions and buying mis-priced items. I think that a good solution for this would be to remove the usernames from said notifications like so:

Current:

(Username) purchased your "(item name)" in the Marketplace for (amount) Gold



New:
"(Item name)" has sold in the Marketplace for (amount) Gold


This would remove the ability to see who is purchasing from a users store, preventing the ability to harass users as there would be no way to know who is making said purchase from user side.


[NPC] Gaia Staff: "Yes we had came to a similar conclusion ourselves. The only question is whether to block out the name only when an ignored user made a purchase, or block out the names on all notifications. Will collect more opinions before making this decision moving forward."  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:18 pm
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Marketplace/Items

Some users are able to remove items from their wishlists, but still many are not able to. I am unable to remove/trash from the Account page nor the item's MP listing page. Both actions just "reset" my wishlist to what it was about 2 weeks ago - wiping the items I have added to the wishlist since and even moving items I had rearranged (via both the regular and beta arrangers).


[NPC] Gaia Staff: "This bug should have been fixed yesterday. Will double check on this account."  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:19 pm
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Features || Marketplace

Can we get an option to delete our entire wishlist? And have a confirmation by typing our password to avoid any mistakes? I have way too many pages and would like to just be rid of it all.

Currently, I am unable to delete anything at all.


[NPC] Gaia Staff: "Currently there is a way to delete an entire page by using the "mark all" function, and if you set a high item count per page, it shouldn't take long at all. We can build a delete all feature but it might not save you that much more time."  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:20 pm
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Features

Can you please find a way to charge me for the Angel Subscription at midnight (CT)? It's getting really annoying hearing my notifications go off at 5 or so in the morning.


[NPC] Gaia Staff: "The renewal process starts at midnight PDT but not every account is charged at that time; it is determined by how and when an individual's bank processes the transaction.

These charges are done in batches to prevent overloading the banking institutions with a number of simultaneous requests and can take some time to work through the entire list of subscribers. Once the charge is requested, we have to wait for a reply from the subscriber's bank, and every bank operates differently. For charges, some banks reply as soon as they get a request, some banks batch up requests and do them when they get to a certain threshold, some banks do them at certain times of the day. Another wrinkle that may cause delays is fraud protection. Some banks need to take the time to check to see if you've made the charge before, some notify a user of a charge before processing it, some do as above and only check possible fraud stuff in batches/certain times.

This will be why you're getting notifications at 5AM, and this is also why there can be a delay between when a subscriber is notified of the charge being requested and when their monthly Gaia Cash, Sealed Angel Item, and other subscriber benefits are granted to their account."  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:22 pm
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General

Yes, I just got back after a year of being banned over something that was dumb of me that involved mules and irl friends "roleplaying" with said mules in some kind of business/bank thingy, but the number of mules you can have was never really clear to me. Also, I had a certain friend who roleplayed on a mule and said things against ToS that I think was the final nail in the coffin, even though she was warned that even with the "character" she was playing, Gaia isn't like the forums she was used to. 18+ years on the site and I get banned over one time I try to do something more akin to a roleplaying and group thing with friends. I was never banned before that as I followed all the rules and kept a generally low profile because of a fear of getting banned, because there was just so much on the line with my closer accounts I had for ages. Though I wish the number of mules you can have or utilize for gold/plat making can be made clearer. Who can I talk to about this?


[NPC] Gaia Staff: "There has never been a limit on the number of mules you can have if you're simply using them as alternate characters for roleplay, as a host for a thread, as an alternate persona around the site, or for other similar purposes. However, these accounts should not be used for gold farming, such as collecting daily grants and bonuses on those accounts and moving the accumulated gold/items into your main. It's effectively a form of cheating, as is hacking, scamming, botting, and buying gold, and those found cheating will lose their accounts.

Our Terms of Service, under the Gold/Platinum, Virtual Currency section, informs you that:
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Gaia may halt, suspend, discontinue, or reverse any Gold/Platinum transaction (whether proposed, pending or past) in cases of actual or suspected fraud, violations of these Terms or other laws or regulations, to conform with revisions to these Terms, or deliberate disruptions to or interference with Gaia Online, such as creating multiple secondary accounts strictly to accumulate Gold/Platinum by using site features and then funneling it to a singular account.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:25 pm
Rysabi
Features

Can you please add a "play again" button on the Loyal's Fish Bundle Pack? I have hundreds and it's super annoying to have to open, let it refresh, then open another. Having a play again option like other RIG's would be nice.

Edit

oh heck I'm first. Hi staff!


Gaia Staff - Lighte : "Done!"  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:27 pm
Rysabi
I brought this thread to the staff's attention back in 2020 and I was told that you would look into releasing these items. It's now 2022 and well... Can we get on that? They could go into the pink/blue/brown giftboxes as an update... It make zero sense to have these items made up and not being used. Some look really nice. please release them.

Banner links to the thread that I am talking about.
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Gaia Staff - Lighte: "99% of the time, there's a specific reason that an item doesn't get released. Unfortunately we can not guarantee that the items from the thread you linked can even be released."  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:28 pm
Sensei Norisu Chyaku
[Games] Towns 3

Hey, is there a couple screenshots you can provide? Would be cool to see some new ones. Thanks for the hard work you all put out for the community.


Lanzer: "We just released the desktop client to SCAS testers today.  If all goes well this will be available to everyone next week.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:29 pm
Rysabi
Games

So, Spinami is starting to glitch again. When I played this morning I noticed that it has empty spaces showing up on it again. Thankfully, I didn't land on one of the empty spaces but I figured the staff should be aware that it's doing that again. Can you fix it for others?


Lighte (Gaia Staff): "There aren't actually any blank spaces! I'm fairly certain that it's a cache/browser issue (would need a dev to confirm). Rest assured, even if you land on a space that appears empty, you will still get a prize."


Lanzer: "We will check the item table and see why it's glitching out. Thanks for letting me know."  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:30 pm
Rysabi
Games

It was mentioned that you wanted to put older games from events up anyway, so why not put up the site event games that are not dependent on flash? I know there are some... It would give us something to do since a lot of people don't like using waterfox to play the flash games due to how laggy it is.


Lanzer: "Yes we'll spend some time looking through what we had that were not flash based. For now our event team is expanding on our new system that will be better than any of the mini games released in previous years!"  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:32 pm
Rysabi
Features - Glitches

Quick reply is still broken. The captcha seems to work in the public forums but not in guilds. If you need to do the captcha in guilds you get a broken image icon and you cannot do it. I brought it up last week but I wanted to give more info on the bug since it seems to be working in one place but not the other. I figured it could be helpful for when you decide to fix it.


Lanzer: "Oh I'm sorry, this one fell through the cracks. Will definitely have it fixed later today"  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:34 pm
ElegantlyLuminous
Hiya, staff!
Events
Will there be any achievements for the coming, two-month-long event? I really missed seeing them during Easter.


Lanzer: "It's a long event, and I think we will have them available by the end."  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:34 pm
The Dread Wolf
Feature - Runway

I am curious about how the Runway update is coming along?

The recent July Company Update seems to suggest that we shouldn't expect any Runway update, despite previous comments by Lanzer that the Runway update would come after the Marketplace update.

But even the November Company Update said that after the MP, Runway would be update next.


Lanzer: "Sorry we didn't mention Runway update on the recent message but it's what we're focusing on now after the Marketplace updates."  


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:35 pm
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Games

Hoping for an update on the Flash conversion and if there are any estimated dates relating to such content to look forward to.


Lanzer: "Towns and Rally should be available in a week or so, but we're still waiting for a date for slots and cards."  
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