Welcome Banner Regulation
It is proposed that Welcome banners be regulated.
Once a banner is "Enabled", it will remain so for 60 minutes. After 60 minutes, the player who enabled the banner will recieve a message stating the banner is now disabled.
The purpose for this change is two fold. One to help the new players, and two to help the current mentors. I have seen it several times, a new person appears at a banner that has been left enabled, but the player who turned it on isn't around. The new player wanders around lost, confused, gets frustrated.. and leaves. I've also been the mentor with the Welcome banner enabled, watching the immigrant screen as new players join, but none travel to my banner.
The timer on the Welcome banners will help ensure that Only banners with mentors nearby and wanting to help will be enabled, this increasing the chance of the new players finding help.
The "Disable" functino will not be changed. A Mentor who wishes to turn off the Welcome banner can do so at any time, not needing to wait for the 60 minutes.