Rank changes and two new Sapphires

Bullet point TL;DR version:

• New rank – Peridot (270 days)
• New rank – Emerald (365 days)
• Ashelia Raphael and Tiny Ice changing to Sapphire (Congratulations!)
• If you’re inactive you’ll now keep your rank on Discord

Much longer, rather detailed and boring version:

We’ve had a few people ask about the possibility of adding new ranks and although we don’t really have any extra permissions to hand out (we try and give everyone as much access to everything as is possible anyway), I am glad to announce that two more ranks are being added!

Currently the maximum rank is Jade (active on 180 different days) and we are going to be adding Peridot for 270 days and Emerald at 365 days. Although they are still all shades of green, this is partly because the ranks don’t add any extra permissions over Jade, but also so that it won’t be massive change to existing Jades who are now becoming something else. I’ll be updating the ranks in-game within the next few hours, but please be patient as they won’t update on Discord until after the Lodestone has updated (this is an automatic process, but will probably take 6-8 hours). !active in #bots should already be working to show your next rank.

Since we started the FC in 2017 it has grown quite a bit larger and I felt it would be a good idea to add two more people to the Sapphire rank so that they can help with some FC things like making sure the company chest had enough Thavnairian Onions and also enabling people to get their free FC rooms, etc.

I’m happy to announce that Ashelia Raphael and Tiny Ice have confirmed they are happy to step up and take on some extra work, even though this is a non-paying job! They both originally joined the FC soon after it started, nearly 5 years ago and I thank you for both for sticking with us, we’re lucky to have you!

The last thing I’d like to bring up is the “Inactive” rank. At the moment if someone is offline for 100 days we temporarily lower their in-game rank to Zircon (the lowest rank we have) until they start playing again. This is merely to try and protect us from compromised accounts where things such as our FC chest are at risk and the real owner of the account might not even be aware, because they aren’t playing right now. This is a real problem during free login periods and sadly something we’ve seen happen before.

The side effect of this is that on Discord it also means you also lose your rank/colour, even though you are still part of the FC. I’m going to change this slightly and instead of being changed to Zircon you’ll be changed to a new rank, “Inactive”. This also means I can separate it from Zircon you’ll keep your rank on Discord for as long as you’re in the FC.

I’ve also spoken with the Sapphires, but for the same reasons we’ll also be temporarily lowering their in-game rank due to inactivity, but after 30 days, not 100. This is just because they have a lot more permissions in-game and it could cause us a lot more problems if their accounts were compromised.

As before though, if you are inactive for over 6 months, then I’m sorry, but you will still be removed from the FC so it better reflects our numbers and removed from the main chat channels on Discord. I will do my best to send you in-game mail to explain what has happened (for if you should return), but obviously you are of course welcome to re-join us should you start playing!

Any questions, as always, please let me know!