This is a brief request from an NT who has been visiting these forums for some time. I've spent a lot of time reading interesting ideas, helping out newer players, and just being part of a community. Over the past several months, I've grown more and more frustrated by the attitude of the non-NT player base towards us. While I could probably spend hours writing about the issues that lead me to posting this thread, I'm going to simply summarize the ideas and hope that it is enough. And hope that flaming and heated insults don't result in its being closed.
1. The NT profession and particularly those NTs who frequent this forum are quite aware that a portion of the player base dislike the ability we have to kite. We understand that some of this frustration comes from mishandled kiting that leads to training and deaths of players who happen to be in the area. We do understand this particular issue and those of us with a level of ethics do what we can to prevent this. We cannot be held responsible for the actions of those players who use NT characters solely for the purpose of farming ingots (and who are generally no more NT than the players who start a doc who is a lousy healer or a crat who runs XP buff then sits afk simply because they're highly likely to get teams).
Please believe us when we say that no matter what you might feel about the issue, its been heard... many times. Unfortunately for everyone, the people who do care about how you feel aren't the ones your post needs to be targetted at. And frequently, those people don't even read the NT forum because they don't think of themselves as an NT.
2. Please don't come into the NT community and ask us the best way to build your ingot farming NT alt. For one, there is an enormous amount of information compiled in the rooted threads available to everyone. If you had taken the time to read it, you'd know everything you need to know. And more importantly... you're exactly the reason that we are being treated like dirt by the people who are being spoken to in point 1.
It is guaranteed to lead to threads full of flaming and sarcasm and we have a tough enough time being positive about the evolution of our profession without people insulting us like this. Trolls really aren't welcome here... and we have some of our own that we've cultivated over the years that handle the job well enough.
3. Remember... we are not responsible for the way your profession or ours is designed. If we post about something we like or dislike... about game mechanics or balance... in the NT forum, it is a request for more information from our own community. Maybe we're asking our professionals and the community service folks to raise these points with the devs... maybe we're just looking for sympathy... or letting other NTs know about some aspect of the game as it applies to us.
When you, as a non-NT, come here to post... you may have a great perspective on something that we didn't think about. But no matter how insightful it is... the way you present it is always going to determine how we react to you. As a community, NT's tend to be fact oriented. We like formulae and numbers, statistics and logic. You want us to take you at face value or consider you seriously, you need to approach us with detail... and back it up with more facts and clear discussion. Throwing around poor logic, misinformed or inaccurate examples, and leet speak is almost guaranteed to get your name on the list of people we never take seriously.
Telling us that something is right or wrong based on your opinion of how things should be done... I mean come on... why would you do that? Even if it IS wrong... and something DOES need to be done... why would you bring it to the NT forum and throw it in our faces? If its really that important, take it to FC.
4. Above all else... please respect the players who have taken time to post informational threads by not posting your insults and trolling remarks in those threads. In some instances, our Professionals and moderators have protected the threads by closing them until the time comes to add new info... but in the instance that they are not, resist the urge please. If you absolutely must post something that relates to those threads but is likely to lead to rounds of insults and thread closings... start your own thread so the information isn't bogged down with stupidity. It's bad enough we get that every time we turn on a TV.
This may seem simple or 'care-bear'-ish... and it is. But if you actually knew how much time we as a community have wasted on dealing with this sort of nonsense, you'd understand a lot better about why I've asked this. We're tired of it... of repeating the same arguments over and over or having to ignore them every time they crop up again... a constant assault against our enjoyment of the game. What I ask... is that you think before posting something that violates one of these. It will make us all a lot happier.
Thanks.. and please feel free to discuss the request.