I was wondering if there is any chance that when a person registers and/or makes an application that at the same time they are creating a character.
Great Idea minus the connection with the Application.
Its a real pain in the butt if someone registers but then doesn't create a character. Then you have to chase them down to create one and it makes it a pain.
This would make things a bit easier when a New Member to the guild creates an account then doesn't read any further to create the character with it. One problem with this is if they create an Account they may not use an Account name that matches their ingame Name. At which point you still have to have them go back and create character that matches the ingame name and associate it to the Account. Or if their ingame name is in the roster already from a roster upload, you will still have to go back and associate it to the Account.
Also,if accounts were linked together when I delete a member removed it would also delete them on the roster as well. Currently I had to go through the Accounts list AND the roster and delete members off both. Just a pain to deal with.
Problem I see with this is you delete the Character and the Account is that Character may be listed in the DKP database, you no longer have an easy way to remove them from the DKP Standings. Cause there would no longer be an Account or Character associated to it. I had this problem once and had to recreate a character before removing it from the DKP list. Instead just deactive or place into retirement that Account/Character and it removes it from showing up in the DKP list. Disabling the Account will also deny any further logins on the site.
Another thing is if I change the Rank on the account I would think that it would make sence for it to do the same on the roster(or charater). Again, right now I have tochange access on Account AND Roster.
This one would be nice =)
Again, if someone makes an application forcing them to create a character would save time so we wouldn't have to accpet them THEN have them go back and create a character.
Absolutely not. I, speaking for myself and mysite, only allow Guild Member to have account access privledges to the site. I don't want just anyone who fills out an application to force an account creation that I would have to go back to and deny cause they aren't a member yet or wont be a member at all. I would rather tell them at the time we give them the /ginvite to go to the site to create the account making sure it matches the ingame name followed by creating their ingame character for the site. Forcing an Account creation at the time they fill out an application is more of a headache. Now if you can do this and have an admin selectable option to enable it for those who want it, excellent I would be all for it.
If all Registering/Character Creation/Application were one thing it would streamline the process making things alot less of a headache.
Only if there was a way to customize it for the individual sites. Otherwise it would create more headaches rather than fewer.