I just want to put my own opinions into this.
Admin abuse: I completely agree. Evidence is evidence, this has already been discussed and I think that we should definitely limit the power of the Guardians. Vanish + Teleport is breaking the game.
Indeed as Mop said, this is a game. But I am looking at this a different way, this is a game; a game which should not be cheated in. Admin powers are issued to be able to help the community and enforce the
rules.
Therefore new rules need to be added: written rules against admin abuse. This will submit Admin Abusers to sanctions that anybody else can get. They enforce the rules: So we make a rule against them abusing the actions. Admin status does not provide immunity to punishment for breaking the rules.
'Admins need to play the game as well': Indeed they need to, also without cheating. The solution to this would simply be to limit their power and so they would have less pressure and less temptation.
New admins abusing their power: I have been looking at different servers, and the solution of
trial admins comes to mind. This is the idea of letting somebody an admin status for a certain amount of time. They will be removed from the rank if they fail to show the standards expected of them. This, however, does not mean that they will be ignored after that period of time. This period of time is merely to show who is just completely and outright unfit to help the server. True enough that they might start abuse afterwards, but what difference is that to the current active guardians? This is a short solution that will help the problem, but
not fix it.
We cannot revert back the old system of Guardians only, because of the sheer new player traffic we are getting.
Cryptite said:
If Guardians and above are meant to be a neutral force, then a re-evaluation of admins needs to occur.
Indeed. I completely agree with this: We need to evaluate which admins serve as either a 'neutral force' outside of conflicts, or ones who have proven to act as normal players without powers in such situations, and issue them higher admin ranks and issue lower admin ranks, if any at all to those who tend to use their powers for their own good, which is not what those powers are intended for.
Finally in this wall of text, I believe that admins from
sentries + should possess the power to /mute players of rank wanderers and guests, and this action should be followed through as soon as possible,
and guardians + to /mute those over and including the rank of settler, but
only after Admin ranks have been revalutated, due to the abusable nature of /mute. Giving sentries + the power to /mute wanderers and guests is not so abusable, though still in some cases, as they cannot then abuse the command against those who they are in conflict with, or simply want to annoy, as they tend to be settlers and higher.
