Arcanite here--I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I'm in the flight purely for the aesthetics, but I did dip my toes into Dom once or twice to see what it was all about. Needless to say, that didn't last long lol; even if we're doing a push, I usually just support the other flight(s) that are pushing in the same week to make a bit of dragon money.
I know FR users complain a lot about the discords in general not being very welcoming. But tbh, I'm in a bunch of big servers for different things, as well as the Arcane server, and I've never had a problem with feeling unwelcome except in Arcane. There's a few channels specifically for dom, where people can chat while participating in pushes or merc orders. It's only ever the same handful of people in there and whenever I or others not part of that "in-group" try to talk or have a convo in there while participating, I've noticed they all make a big effort to skip over us. They'll respond to pressing questions, but nothing else, and I'm not someone who's usually deterred from social interactions. It feels impossible to talk to other people in there who aren't in their group as well, because I've noticed that those folks just give up after a short while and I don't blame them. I no longer interact with arcanedom, and the lack of nice raffle prizes and fund transparency isn't the only part of it. Not only do they demand that we refund all money borrowed during profit pushes, no exceptions, only to leave us out to dry with where that money goes...they also don't really put much effort into a welcoming Dom community and I think that those factors combined are what drive a lot of people away. I know that's what it was for me
I've been considering vacationing to another dom-heavy flight for funsies lol. I just love the pink galaxy aesthetic too much to leave permanently
to be clear, i think every other concern voiced here is super reasonable, but--
it doesn't seem at all harsh or unusual for the dom bank to require all borrowed money to be repaid? the point of that kind of loan is to help kick-start someone's exalting, no more or less. right?
DA My flight certainly gives 'loans' - for a lack of a better word - for known 'high exalters' during oof dragon boarding as not everyone has enough treasure on hand to fully fill thousands of spaces with leveled fodder. But during battle that 'loan' is usually just used by the same exalters to buy even more fodder, so it's just like getting battle funds before battle.
Sorry for the confusion there. I'll do my best to clarify! /gen I'm not saying it's weird to ask for the money back. I'm saying it's weird that they're so adamant about while not being transparent about what they do with the money overall. The specific combination of those 2 actions is what rubs me the wrong way. It feels very, "I want to see all your cards but you can't see any of mine."
And because I'm not a fan of that lack of transparency, I just choose not to participate. No skin off my back haha /lh
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Re: Raffle Donations
(Anonymous) 2025-02-28 09:15 am (UTC)(link)I know FR users complain a lot about the discords in general not being very welcoming. But tbh, I'm in a bunch of big servers for different things, as well as the Arcane server, and I've never had a problem with feeling unwelcome except in Arcane. There's a few channels specifically for dom, where people can chat while participating in pushes or merc orders. It's only ever the same handful of people in there and whenever I or others not part of that "in-group" try to talk or have a convo in there while participating, I've noticed they all make a big effort to skip over us. They'll respond to pressing questions, but nothing else, and I'm not someone who's usually deterred from social interactions. It feels impossible to talk to other people in there who aren't in their group as well, because I've noticed that those folks just give up after a short while and I don't blame them. I no longer interact with arcanedom, and the lack of nice raffle prizes and fund transparency isn't the only part of it. Not only do they demand that we refund all money borrowed during profit pushes, no exceptions, only to leave us out to dry with where that money goes...they also don't really put much effort into a welcoming Dom community and I think that those factors combined are what drive a lot of people away. I know that's what it was for me
I've been considering vacationing to another dom-heavy flight for funsies lol. I just love the pink galaxy aesthetic too much to leave permanently
Re: Raffle Donations
(Anonymous) 2025-02-28 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)it doesn't seem at all harsh or unusual for the dom bank to require all borrowed money to be repaid? the point of that kind of loan is to help kick-start someone's exalting, no more or less. right?
Re: Raffle Donations
(Anonymous) 2025-02-28 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Raffle Donations
(Anonymous) 2025-02-28 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)My flight certainly gives 'loans' - for a lack of a better word - for known 'high exalters' during oof dragon boarding as not everyone has enough treasure on hand to fully fill thousands of spaces with leveled fodder. But during battle that 'loan' is usually just used by the same exalters to buy even more fodder, so it's just like getting battle funds before battle.
Re: Raffle Donations
(Anonymous) 2025-02-28 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)Sorry for the confusion there. I'll do my best to clarify! /gen I'm not saying it's weird to ask for the money back. I'm saying it's weird that they're so adamant about while not being transparent about what they do with the money overall. The specific combination of those 2 actions is what rubs me the wrong way. It feels very, "I want to see all your cards but you can't see any of mine."
And because I'm not a fan of that lack of transparency, I just choose not to participate. No skin off my back haha /lh