A few changes have been made for the next round.
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The newsletter will happen at the end of each round. It will be a quick recap of the round and also any news about Nation-Wars. I would also like to add a interview section, but that will come in time. It will be a basic newsletter, it won't have a ton of fancy pics and designs.. Just a nice layout with information. I have also made a unsubscribe link at the bottom, so those who no longer wish to receive them can simply click the link and unsubscribe.. But really who would want to do that?
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Nation Joining! This has been a confusing process for new members and heck even old members. There was too many steps and too many different ways to get in a nation. I have revamped it and I still have a little left to change on it, but right now it's a lot better. (imo)
How it works now is, everything runs through the recruiting link in the menu. If a state who is not in a nation clicks on a nations tag in the scores
it takes them to the nations overview (which also has been revamped) and on the bottom is a tab "Join This Nation" which will take them to the page to either enter a pass or Apply..
Right now if a nation does not have a recruitment thread made (in game) then the Apply tab will not show up, but the password box will still be there. So that way if they don't want to recruit they can still have a simple way for a regular member of that nation to join.
Now if a state clicks on the recruitment tab in the main menu it lists out all the nations in the game (as well as states looking for nations) and on the left it has a view/join tab which will take them to that nations overview page along with the password box or apply tab..
There is no longer a drop down list showing all nations and then having to have the pass and then a apply section ect ect.. There was way too many ways to join a nation and it was confusing.. So now everything comes back to the recruitment page where either the password can be entered or they can click the apply tab if that nation has a recruitment post made.
Now the nice thing is, when a state applies to a nation it automatically sends a message to everyone who has the bank, fa and the army priv as well as the tagholder (leader). This makes sure that those in power can accept or decline a member. The message contains a link that you simply click on right from the message and it takes you right where you need to go to accept or decline. (which is the nations recruitment section) there will no longer be that annoying **Notice** at the top of the members page.
This new feature is nice and user friendly on both the state applying and the nation recruiting. I will be making another change to this, but i don't have time before the round starts so i'll wait and then let you know.
We had a great set. A couple nice wars, lots of dead states and a lot of activity.. Great job everyone and thank you for playing and sticking with Nation-Wars!