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This thread is for the purpose of combining all of the ideas I've seen or thought of into one giant thread. When posting support for one or multiple of the suggestions, please say what you are supporting. Otherwise it will become very confusing.
I'll split this thread up into different sections of the site to allow easier searching through the suggestions I make.
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Section 1: Clan Suggestions
Section 2: Forum Suggestions
Section 3: Gameplay / Development Suggestions
Section 4: Site Suggestions
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Section 1: Clan Suggestions
Allow me to begin this section of the thread by saying that I understand ROBLOX does not prioritize clans very often as they aren't what brings in profit for the company. From a business standpoint, I understand that 100%. However, there are multiple updates that I feel like would improve the quality and functionality of clans as a whole.
-Suggestion One: Division Feature
▌MANY clans have separate groups for things they like to call 'divisions.' Divisions range over many things and many different types of groups. For example, there might be a division of a war clan that is for the 'elites' of the clan. Another example would be a division for a group of developers within a building community. Another example would be how country groups have many divisions for police forces, government, and secret service among other things.
This suggestion would implement a new feature similar to groups. It would be added tab on groups (Next to group places, group store, etc.) that would say 'Divisions' and would include all the groups you've made divisions of your group. To make a group a division of your group, you would need to create an entirely new group and hook it up to the main group through a new feature within the Admin Panel of the group. This way already made divisions would be able to take advantage of the new feature and no extra moderation would be needed as groups are already moderated.
Once a group is hooked up to the main group as a 'division,' it counts as part of the main group and is counted as part of the main group. That way it saves group space for members who want to be part of multiple divisions but don't have the necessary group space.
Suggestion Two: Genres for clans
▌A small yet nice update for clans would be to allow them to choose what genre of clan they are. The genre would show up somewhere around the name of the group and would alert users as to what type of group it is.
Some possible genres for groups that I can think of:
-Military
-Development
-Fan Group
-Sci Fi
-Western
-Medieval
-Roleplaying
-Company
-Comedy
-Naval
-Sports
-Community
These aren't strictly the genres I recommend, but they're some ideas to start with.
Suggestion Three: Improved Group Search Function
▌This suggestion actually expands onto the previous one, essentially the group search function would be improved and have specific questions for searching if you so choose to use them.
For example, you would be able to search for groups of a specific genre, whether they're public or private groups, and be able to list the groups from most members to least members or vice versa.
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Section 2: Forum Suggestions
This section is for all suggestions relating to the forums. I understand the admins may potentially be working on some of these suggestions already but I'm unaware as to which ones, so I'll just be posting all my suggestions.
Suggestion One: Update the "Top # Poster" System
▌For an incredibly long time the "Top # Poster" system has been broken. Players who were in the Top 100 when the system broke still retain their achievement marker on the forums.
I think that the system should be put back into place to reward users who have spent their time on the forums. It's a sort of achievement that gives players a reason to post and it's a nifty little reward for actively participating on the forums.
Considering ROBLOX already tracks forum posts, I don't think this system would be very hard to repair and start up again. The one downside to this is that people may spam more to get their post count up, but such users will have moderation taken against their accounts so I don't think it's too big of a worry.
Suggestion Two: Updates to the descriptions of the subforums and their rule threads
▌For this suggestion I will simply list the subforums and threads that need to be updated and give the reason why.
Rules for All Forums:
-Consider adding this quote from the Off-Topic rules thread into the Rules for All Forums: "Moderators may periodically post temporary rules when an inappropriate topic or meme flares up. Listen to ROBLOX Staff and heed what they say. Warnings to stop a certain behavior, whether it’s in a forum post, PM, in-game or a ban message, are serious."
LMaD:
-Subforum description currently talks about the Currency Exchange which has since been removed from ROBLOX.
S&I:
-https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=86032448 , Very old and talks specifically about 2013.
-https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=70099801 , The What Not To Suggest (WNTS) is no longer a sticky thread and is outdated now.
-https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=73566197 , Sticky the 'How to Create a Suggestion' post. Nowadays too many people do not create them with a proper format.
C&G:
-https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=117795961 , Consider adding the official RBXDev group to this thread.
Game Marketing:
-Add a rules thread, or at least a sticky thread to state that the Rules of All Forums must be followed here also.
Game Design:
-https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=80631801 , The Game Design rules forum is outdated and tells players to visit subforums that no longer exist.
Video Creations with ROBLOX:
-Add a rules thread, or at least a sticky thread to state that the Rules of All Forums must be followed here also.
Suggestion Three: Fixing the Forum Search
▌For as long as I can remember, the forum search bar has been broken or not worked nearly as well as it should. I simply suggest fixing that.
Suggestion Four: Adding Pages for Tracked Threads
▌Once you've tracked over a certain number of threads, some of your tracked threads go to a place I like to call 'Below the Fold.' This means you are unable to see them unless you untrack a few threads.
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Section 3: Gameplay / Development Suggestions
This section is for suggestions regarding to gameplay mechanics and future features for developers.
Suggestion One: Allow Support for Negative Integers on Light Values
▌If this is possible with ROBLOX's current dynamic lighting system, I don't really know. However, if it is, what I'm suggesting is to simply add support for negative integers in light values.
In effect, this would create a "Shadow Emitter" which would emit darkness rather than light. It would darken areas rather than make them brighter.
This feature could be used in a ton of games, especially the horror genre.
Suggestion Two: Bring ROBLOX to PS4
▌With ROBLOX now growing on the Xbox1 platform, I'm sure there would be a demand for it in the PS4 platform also.
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Section 4: Site Suggestions
This section is for all suggestions regarding to site updates.
Suggestion One: Rewarding Place Visits
▌This is a simple method to encourage players to create games and to reward players for their place visits. It would basically be an item reward for every milestone you achieve.
Example:
-10 Visits
-100 Visits
-1000 Visits
-10,000 Visits
-100,000 Visits
And so on.
The hats would increase in quality and 'coolness' as higher tiers are achieved.
Suggestion Two: Rewarding Longevity
▌Similar to the previous suggestion, but this one would be based upon how old your account is. Every year you've been on ROBLOX would be a new milestone.
Example:
-1 Year
-2 Years
-3 Years
And so on.
These hats could be based upon achievements of ROBLOX throughout the years. So for example, you would have the first year milestone based upon ROBLOX during 2006. Second year would be based upon 2007. And so on. It's a cool and nifty little way to reward players for playing for playing and it's a cool little tribute to the company as a whole and how it has progressed through the years.
Suggestion Three: Add a "Music" Genre to Places
▌A very simple update, would create a new genre called "Music." I've seen plenty of places in the past that could use this genre for their place.
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Thanks for reading the suggestions, and keep in mind I will update this thread with new ideas (or take off suggestions moderators have said they are planning / will never do) every now and then.
Please remember to clarify what suggestion(s) you are supporting or criticizing when posting a reply. If you would like a suggestion to be added onto the next version of this thread, please reply with that suggestion also.
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ChoasStarJoin Date: 2012-07-31
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good idea!
ice to meet you! |
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The place rewards can be easily abused.
$sig = 2011ers FTW |
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eeoaJoin Date: 2011-07-26
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support |
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@Aaron,
How so?
To get the place reward you'll need to create a game. It encourages players to become developers. Players who try to exploit the system can simply be moderated. |
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Place visit bots can be created.
$sig = 2011ers FTW |
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I'm fairly sure place bots no longer work. The only way to do something like that would be exploiting and teleporting people to your game. |
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Lots of views, not so many replies. :( |
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This is a necessary evil. |
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"Lots of views, not so many replies. :("
because it's so long
you could've shortened your entire thread to just a few lines but no
you decide to go entire bible sized post
not mnay kids will bother reading the entire posts so as soon as they see how long it is they'll just ignore it and click a way |
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When giving a suggestion you should fully explain it. That's what I did. :) |
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I'll make version two have seperate threads for the explanations. |
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To be fair, he did put "Giant Suggestion Thread" in the title. Most people who click on this thread would assume that means it'll be a long post.
All those clan updates you listed are long overdue, as clanning is as big as ever and they are simple fixes that would really update the whole atmosphere of it.
Also I agree with all your ideas, especially fixing the forum search (even though it's been broken for many many years I doubt it'll be fixed anytime soon. if it was an easy thing to fix i would've assumed it'd be working at this point).
For the place rewards, though, an easier way to track down to avoid place botting is to either:
1. Make the place visit only count towards accounts with verified e-mails
2. Make the place visit only count towards accounts older than a month.
But yeah, support (and bump).
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Pretty good ideas you got there! Its a shame most people on the internet are to lazy to read suggestions like this..! |
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the negative lighting really needs to exist, it would help a lot i think |
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Note to self:
(FOR VERSION TWO)
Include ideas from this thread: https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=194619834
-Have seperate tab in messages for 'official' messages such as trades and friend request messages. |
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Note to self:
(FOR VERSION TWO)
-Additional account security ideas
-Preview for catalog items (completely grey figure with item on, similar to shirts and pants) |
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Note to self:
Forum update: "below the fold" sort of like an expand / dismiss feature for parts of the thread
Mobile update: fingerprint recognition security for login |
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