Papa2324
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3 years ago Very interesting idea. And that's all I can currently say, I'm not sure how I feel about it, but looks interesting for sure. The only thing I'm "scared" of is the fact that they could get lost with the channels, mix things up, randomly react and go pepega. I can see that happening definitely, but apart from that sounds quite interesting. Could be useful to ask some decent boosters for opinions since they are the ones that spend their time in these channels.
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To set the scene, there are no "announce" channels, only M+ chat/pushing/teams in each H/A category, like so:
When a key is posted, a channel is created with the bot post inside it, pinging relevant roles as normal, and the channel is named by the faction, armor type and a unique identifier (e.g #plate-h-03886, or #h-03886 for no stack):
Keys that are posted this way are visible to everyone and advertisers can ping them as normal, so their permissions just mimic what we have now with the bot posting channels.
When the 🔒 reaction is pressed by the advertiser, the permissions of the channel then change, so that only the specific advertiser and the 4 people who are running the key can view the channel, and the channel is moved to a "running" category in Discord. It's not impossible that we have 50 keys running simultaneously, and looking ahead with growth it only becomes more likely, so a category for each armor type in the running state seems appropriate (emoji/names are not final 😄):
I feel this would easily accommodate both Horde and Alliance keys (at least for now, unless we blow up Alliance side), while still being under for channel cap (which we are still working on for more channel removals). On a Tuesday we have around 18-25 keys ongoing at any one time, which means that many additional channels (+1 for voice too), which is fine for current limitations.
If the :openboost: reaction is used, the channel permissions revert to their original state and everyone can see it again. These can be left in their running category I suppose (trying to be mindful of limitations), where the adv can just ping from there, but if not a limitation to have it moved back up to the M+ category then great.
If the ☑️ is pressed by the booster, the channel is moved down to a key completed category (only one category should ever be needed for this), and if a time limit can be set, this shouldn't be possible within the first few minutes of the key being locked:
If the ❌ is pressed by the booster, the advertiser should get notified as normal but no further action on permissions or movement of the channel - that is for the adv to decide and boosters are too pepega with this button.
If the ☑️ is pressed by the advertiser, the run is submitted to the database, then the voice and text channels are both deleted. Which means a small change would be needed - the "Boost Ready" (the one with a link to voice etc) DM from Precious needs to include the ID of the run to help boosters keep track against their logs. If the ❌ is pressed by the advertiser, the run is marked as depleted and the admins get notified as usual (I'm unsure if the voice channel gets deleted when ❌ is pressed right now, but it should), and the channel remains for manual purge by admins once finished with the corresponding ticket/review (or allow us to click the pepe emoji and invoke self-destruct, which might be better if a booster manager role is ever introduced where they may not have power to delete channels). The permissions change on these keys once the reaction is pressed, to just decline all roles, where only admins can view. The channel could be renamed to something too like, "h-vacant-03886" (avoiding the word "deplete" for the lurkers).
🔈 Voice channels should be purged after 1 hour of creation, if it's possible to add a timed function for this.
Therefore, as an Advertiser, you can clearly see the runs you need to submit (which means advs no longer have to wait for the #⏱️reminder channel/sift through hundreds of DM's from precious/scan the channels for unsubmitted runs). You can simply go through the channels you have open. These changes mean advertisers can't see each others' keys (unless the adv has booster roles), less clutter overall. As a Booster, you can clearly see the runs that need submitting for you, and know what gold intake to expect. It also means they don't see runs in progress or completed that they did not take part in.
For admins this is a big papaface viewer side, but for the rest it should keep things in order, and keep things relevant. It will completely negate the flooding of channels, and it may even be an idea to allow typing in these channels to help advertisers fill runs (with slowmode), as boosters will be able to offer themselves if they don't meet the bot requirements.
We may also need/want Horde and Alliance Armor type roles - Horde Plate, Alliance Leather etc, which will allow specific roles to be able to view only the armor types they are eligible for (Cloth/Mail not affected by Tank roles, permission can be set on Cloth/Mail keys for base tank role - "Rare Tank" to be able to view, and it will override anything else specified on armor types regardless).
Some edits may be required in the way a boost is setup, as we are transitioning to the website - requesting specific armor types in specific slots, as well as allowing multiple keys signed, would ensure there are no runs needing to be manually posted. As an example, a customer may want a plate stack, but due to the difficulty of finding a full plate group, the adv and the customer may agree to a partial plate group, as long as the DPS and Healer were plate, but would take any tank (these would come through like general keys would in the naming convention of the channel). A field for "customer's preferred loot spec" would be amazing too.