So to keep it short, this would enable players to select groups in their contact lists to mass mail. There are many applications for this, as a few were cited in the original thread. It's a perfectly simple idea. 

This is a great idea. Simple, useful. Perfect. I'd definitely prefer to see a scroll down list incorporating individual contact groups as well as all contacts, just to tighten things up that little bit more.

No issues whatsoever with this.

While I do think that if someone wants to spam badly enough, they will go to any lengths (some of them, anyway), this would be a reasonable way to deter them and would also be another means of pumping money back into the game, which I see as no bad thing.

Personally, I'd have no issues paying for the feature, but would there be a risk of this also deterring people from using it altogether?

I wouldn't use it if it were a pay feature. People could spam everyone in the game now but they don't. It would actually be less work to type eveyone's name into a mail than it would be to add everyone as a contact then mail them. I personally don't see that being an issue here.

What about making it part of the timers package then? That would mean that only serious players would have access to this feature.

(Don't misread and twist it around. I'm not saying only serious players have the timers. But it would be a way to avoid any new spammer from getting a hold of this feature).

Oh, wait, maybe this is a better way:
make it so only people over a week old can access this feature.

But yes, we need this. I would make life much easier for a lot of people.

I don't think that would work Adrian as most spammers use a new master account which I believe gives them the timers package for a short period (I could be wrong so feel free to correct me).

I think the best way is to have an option to have a contact list that is for mass mails and when you add someone they get a personal asking them to accept like an OC or crew invite.

I like the rank idea, perhaps Don/GF could be unlimited.

I think that's a pretty near perfect way of avoiding the spamming issue. Excellent.

(Just to clarify, I'm referring to enkindle's last post)

One of thing I thought of.


Can we link this to play time as opposed to rank. I am thinking demotions and stuff or even master account play time. If you want to avoid spammers I think it is fair to say someone who has clocked up a fuckton of game playing time is unlikely to be a spammer!!

You make a very good point, PC-El_Nino...that didn't occur to me. Even better, then.

what do you guys think a fair 'play time' could be?

100 hours?

would it be character specific or master-account specific?

I tend to think it should be character specific (mainly for RP) partly because sometimes even if people have a lot of play time on their account they can 'come back' after a war and be a bit grumpy.. going by character play time could stop that because they would have something to lose by spamming nonsense... 

Still a great suggestion. The "mass mail credits" didn't sound too complex for me, but maybe it will for new players.

and again, tying it to amount of game time is also a good idea.

To Whitey, tie it to character, just for the reason you gave.

I am in support of tying it to a character rather than a master account. I believe Dons and Godfathers should be unlimited. So basically I agree with a majority of the additions. If there isn't anything else here, I'll probably to set it to vote in the next few days.

we should probably lock down the specifics, then set it for a vote.

100+ online hours THIS character OR the rank of... Consig+ as a requirement?

Maybe also allow all RH/LH the privilege, since they have been afforded a position.