Post count resets... Why?

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This annoys the heck out of me and I can’t figure out why it is even a thing… For as popular as this forum is, it is one of the worst designs ever. Why in the heck does my post count reset when I faction change or transfer servers? Welcome to my 3rd post out of thousands… /rolls eyes at Blizz…

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I hate to be the one to tell you this, but… you are not your post count.

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but why do you care?

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Post count squish.

Your numbers were too big for some people to be able to comprehend.

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What? What happened?

Oh, NM, mine is still there. :wink:

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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for you. And you’re feeling… blue.

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is post count something people brag about? like fr why does OP care

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People tie their self worth to some weird things my little foxy friend.

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It’s Blizzards new catch up mechanic.

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I know its really not that big a deal, just weird and annoying… Why even show post count if it means nothing?

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pats head

It will all be ok Mr. 3 posts.

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thank you… :sob:

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It’s a weird forums system without a proper account in the usual sense, so all of your alts function like different accounts with different statistics. And when you do something like name changing it’s a whole new unrecognized account and your old one is done.

Unless you remake the character in question though, which will preserve the original statistics. I.e Example-Example, a forum character, was renamed to Example2-Example, Example-Example can be remade in that realm to preserve the original statistics.

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i am

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This is my first post out of thousands too.

Every post is my first post.

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If you make a character with your old name on your original server that character will have your old forum account too.

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This one time, on the “old” forums, I had exactly 49,000 posts.

Then this mess happened. Then I also realized that nobody cared. Then I went on with my life.

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Meh… I dunno I kinda disagree. Just for arguments sake, “usually” somebody with a higher post count “seems” less of a troll and has meaningful responses or forum dialogue… That’s just been my experience though ymmv…

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My guess would be if some one had trust level 3 they lose it once they change factions, name or server. So that could be a reason they care :man_shrugging:.

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Woohoo I changed my name when I server xfered so now my post count is reset too. High Five