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JeVondair

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Email Alerts
« Topic Start: April 11, 2018, 02:10:45 PM »

Title: Email Alerts


Summary:  Battlemaster will begin to send email alerts to players prior to autopausing and account deletion.


Details: I've been contemplating why players leave the game and one common thing I've heard, insofar as new players, is that they never formed the habit of logging in and checking. Or even just a reminder like "You haven't logged in for a few days and your comrades need you!" or something thus. People "don't have time" or just "forget." Once their title/position/account is lost, players see no reason to return. Players should be able to manage these alerts from their account screen. These emails will of course have nifty little links right to the family page, wiki, and forum. If the referral link works, we can throw that in there too so players can quickly fwd the email out to other people.


Benefits: I forget where I read about the psychology behind impulse reminders like this, but in theory, the alerts will help new players form log-in habits and hopefully attract/retain new players.


Possible Downsides/Exploits: IDK if this has been suggested before in this way. I also don't know what kind of resources it would take to achieve this and whether expending said resources would be worthwhile against this goal.
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