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[investigating] Group Limit Work Around (bug or feature?)

Purely by chance, someone invited me to join a Group. Not thinking about being at my max, I clicked okay... and got added to the Group. It put me in 9 groups (7 public, 1 private, and Greeters).... interesting says I, so testing was warranted. I had a friend invite me to 2 more public Groups, and joined without problem. So, now I can see 9 public forums, 1 private, and the Greeters....

Is this: a bug, a bug you're gonna let us keep, or a feature?

Also, any idea what it does to the in-game interface?

Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Well Greeters doesn't count against your total because I am in 7 plus that group. Perhaps the private group counts differently than the public groups?
    Posted 20 months ago by Mistress*of*Fishies Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Which is why I pushed it to 9 public groups... 7 is the cap... so I have 2 extra public groups, plus the private one, plus the Greeters... 11 total.
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Travinara - I've seen you and a couple of others talk about being Greeters, not that I think I have enough experience in the game yet, but just curious what it's all about. Perhaps you or RM or ano Greeter can tell us all a little bit about what is involved. Thanks as always.
    Posted 20 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, found this a few months ago and reported it.
    Posted 20 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gizmospooky being a Greeter is helping out the new players after the tutorial, giving them a few items and answering general questions. When a new player reaches a start area we get a little notification and teleport to that area to welcome them to the game. Half the time they think we are bots but most new players are friendly and enjoy having the one on one opportunity to talk or have questions answered or learn a few tricks like the spinach jump.
    Posted 20 months ago by Gabi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, that sounds so nice!  If you need more, please consider me for a greeter spot.  I think that's such a great concept!  :-)
    Posted 20 months ago by kat65 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gabi - Thanks for the explanation of what a Greeter is, sounds like a very worthwhile thing to do. Even though there is a tutorial I found that I still had questions. The only other MMO I had played was Faunasphere and I found this a very different world. It might help if the lower level players at least had a level number hovering over their heads. That way some of the other players might stop and take a moment to talk to them, check to see if they had any questions or perhaps just say Hi. I think I had a great advantage being a former FS player since I already had a built in community of friends (and some additional Glitch testers like Travinara who extended a hand in friendship). The chatter on the original help channel went by so fast and was so chatty it was overwhelming. The new help channel will help quite a bit I think. Like kat65 it would be nice to be added as a greeter if more are needed.
    Posted 20 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I believe the devs are always looking for more volunteers with the world constantly expanding but they will contact people if more are needed :) thanks for offering to help!
    Posted 20 months ago by Gabi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • kat65 - I'll recommend you. it's quite fun, being a greeter :) thanks!
    Posted 20 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If possible, I would also like to be a greeter! :)
    I guess this is rather off-topic though :p  Sorry, Trav
    Posted 20 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL hey, the same dev's looking at the bug are the same ones who like hearing about volunteers... I think they've gotten used to off topic-chatter, and we've gotten used to being quiet when they need us to.

    As for the bug... I'm really really hoping they let us keep it. It makes sense that we shouldn't be able to join an unlimited number of groups, but to have a few extra if were were invited to join them.
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey, is this the topic where we volunteer to be a greeter? If so, sign me up! :D 
    Posted 20 months ago by Essie Kitten Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also have nine groups, one greeter, one private and six public groups plus one invite only.
    Also as soon as I start to type no one thinks i'm a bot lol :p
    Posted 20 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahha! I was right. I said this almost a year ago! And no one listened! *struts around vainly*

    Unrelatedly, what is this I hear about greeters?
    Posted 20 months ago by Edward Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Edward: Greeters are certain experienced players who are chosen to greet new players. We get notifications every time someone new enters the world, and are transported to a 'start location' where we give them a short tutorial. The reason they came up is that there's a group for the greeters, but it doesn't count in your 7 groups.
    Posted 20 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh I would just love to be a greeter! But knowing my luck.. well it probably won't happen!
    Posted 20 months ago by VickyAlice139 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree, I would like to find out about being a greeter too.  If there's some better place to say we're interested, please let us know. :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aww don't say that VickyAlice you never know! I have no idea where else to mention it, though at somepoint the devs might set up a place to say you're interested.
    Posted 20 months ago by Gabi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lelu and VickyAlice, I'll recommend you :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks, Cupcake. 
    Posted 19 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Looks like a bug that has just been fixed. I was hoping for 'feature'.

    FYI - invitations are no longer allowing you to exceed your max Groups.
    Posted 18 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aw, foo. I may have to ditch my homeowners association... we're apparently a very sleepy neighborhood.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Trav, I had noticed previously that I was not allowed to add excess groups from the Groups page, but was allowed to add groups from the Home "requests" page. I haven't tried it today, though. Guess I'll just stick with the 13 groups I'm currently in :D
    Posted 18 months ago by Essie Kitten Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Greeter volunteers, as far as we (greeters) know, greeting won't be ironed out for a while. How long, we don't know. It's basically being re-thought and re-developed by the devs, which is taking longer than anticipated, and during this period, they most likely won't be inviting new players, but I do know they have a list of possible people they'll invite, and of course we can put in good words for you. :') 

    Also, I think it's been said before, but when a Greeter, your total number of groups is increased by one. It might not affect this situation though. So that'd be 8 total groups. Hmm.  
    Posted 18 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Was just invited to (and joined) a 14th group, so the workaround is still working around :D
    Posted 18 months ago by Essie Kitten Subscriber! | Permalink