I understand your point of view but like OP said wc is a good way to reach out to a lot of people at the same time. I wouldn't mind seeing a wc chat once in a while through all the advertisements.
Besides have u seen any Vk posting for help ? No... Very few are there and that too in limited quantity.
Vks aren't doing it for free speakers and talking in wc isn't that got then the vk :| They got vk for help community mostly though forums, they are normal people who just got noticed. I can name about 100 people who'd fit well in the vk chair.
I always supported unlimited VK speakers. But Wolfie has a point. VK usually didn't get their achievement for using up tons of speakers (most of them at least). So you could argue that they could pursue their contribution to the community without getting more speakers than before. But to me, I think it might be an useful addition nevertheless.
A few things to clear up. Regarding the whole why not use private messages. Pms are limited to that person so it takes too long for people to pass along help to a large audience. Pms are great for one to one help I will agree Not all VKs post help in world chat but neither do all mods. The option should be there for the ones who do which is the same argument for why mods get it. WoIfie if you know people who deserve VK then suggest them with a very good reason why. Remember the devs will need a pretty good reason to make someone VK.
Valiant Knights are not meant to be "special" players with any privileges. Giving speakers would disrupt this and make it unfair. VK's are meant to be normal players who are recognized for their helpfulness. And they are recognized through the badge and colored name. That is enough.
Ok after reading this there is only one thing we can do. Let's just stop new players from playing that will make life a lot easier.
Why should they get special treatment. Many of them do crap. How about players who give the devs hundreds of bucks of income every month? Why don't they deserve it as well?
No support, the point of being a valiant knight is to be a helper for the kawmmnuity without a reward. This is why mods do get a reward of 5000 speakers, because its also a job.
Support. VK's are an important part of the KaWmunity and the pillars of our community need a pedestal to stand above all others, the unlimited speakers.
Because they are not moderators. That answers Ur paragraphs of rants. Same reason neighborhood watches don't get guns but cops do. VKs are essentially "civilian" good deeders.
If this game became a matter of spending money to gain special powers then it wouldn't last another month the unfairness of that would cause mass game implosion (I just wanted to get that into a comment somewhere..) Any opinion I give will seem highly biased Im going to give one anyway... For VK speakers, sure it would be nice to talk on wc more. I didn't speak often on wc - maybe popped in every now and then and used all my 25 speakers in one chat session before being quiet. If you give VKs more speakers then you are likely to get more chat on WC. Like the OP says, when mods or VKs are posted the number of adverts do generally decrease. The downside to this is the fact that people will (like moderators) ask to be them and possibly try harder to accomplish that goal. But this is the case anyway with the blue name - the number of times I get messages with players being jealous is high. Everyone generally wants what they don't have, it's human nature. I would personally like to have more speakers, would allow me to speak with the community better but I had this opinion without the VK badge... It should be a community/developer decision not that of the VK group because I bet I can guess what we'd all say
I think that giving vk art least more speakers that regen faster would be very good if the devs wouldn't want to give them unlimited speakers
25 per day regen would be enough imo....i think a larger amount to assist new players or those needing a bit of help wont hurt either the devs or spam in wc....
Thanks for all the great feedback. I know there will always be those that oppose this but I feel all the pros will outweigh the cons.
Hell i dont like that mods have unlimited speakers. Why. Its not like they say helpful things in wc they just chat like other players. No support whatsoever
Support I, for one, constantly try to invoke chat on WC to have friendly banter as opposed to mindless ads and ally hire requests all the time. Not all VK's are chatty, unfortunately. The community seems to have the opinion that VK's are selected for the same reasons as Moderators. This fact is close...but not 100% true. We weren't selected because we assist players in their problems, but mostly for making the community better with our actions. Personally, I had requested extra speakers before to run a WC trivia, but got no answer. It is unfair to receive something for free that others need to pay for. I get that. But, by giving a VK speakers, you basically employ them to use them. That is my point. Most VK's could use them as a tool to further add to the positivity ATA had selected them for in the first place. Me...I don't need them. But if I had them, I would most certainly be in WC a lot more.