Board Thread:Captain's Council/@comment-2089817-20160507033741/@comment-1493741-20160507173342

Damn straight we blame Chico. Always blame Chico, 2nd rule of fight club right there.

Pertaining to Njalm's suggestion, I'm going to say that we should either keep the limitation in full, or remove it entirely (As in a merger of the RPCQE and the RPCQE-AA into just the latter). As I currently see it, any of the users that have participated in the exam tend to pass. Those who don't are those who are either in need of guidance (In which case they tend to pass on the second attempt), or they were never willing to put forth any real effort in the first place.

People are going to have to come to terms with the idea of elitism, because this won't go away, ever. If the RPCQE exists, in any form, people are going to think whoever's behind it is a stuck up prick who's lording it over people. This won't change whether they're limited to making a 4th Seat or a Royal Guardsman. At the end of the day, we're looking to see people invest time and effort into making something of quality.

I haven't seen anyone really be pushed away by the exam either, those that don't seem to stick around are either just infrequent updaters (Which a lot of the people who do stick around are anyway) or folk with really, really terrible skills to begin with in the first place. There's more we could do to make it more welcoming and helpful, but other than that, the RPCQE will always turn off someone.