i get that we need to do that. i do actually take the cowardice part of the feedback to heart. i mentioned what's been holding us off, or at the very least me: the environment to enforce this kind of rule doesn't seem supportive, even if the rule is there. that matters. again, the nightfell backlash was recent, in november or december. this thread alone is filled with anons chiming in how it's not okay to implement a rule like this because it's too subjective, and you should instead raise activity. even worse is this subtext i see in some of the comments whereby automatically the problem must be with the mods or the plotting or the game, it surely cannot be an issue of some people, as you say, toeing the line on a rule.

this is where i disagree with you, however: you are articulating it, and i don't think you are doing it maliciously, as a problem of the mods not warning anyone. to be clear, the problem is the people who do this kind of thing. our lack of response does not fix the problem, absolutely and 100%, and maybe it increases the risk of this problem recuring. but it does not create the bad habit of the players who consistently only make minimum activity, and putting burden on mods in this way isn't really great. i'm sure a lot of anons will say i'm oversensitive and it's only semantics, until you realize it's happening all over this thread and i have 'nerve' for daring to vent anonymously about it.