New Karma System

From February 1st 2012, (UPDATE: It's been confirmed that this will now happen some time during the 8th February) Howrse are overhauling the way Karma works on the game. This is a significant change that will affect everyone who plays on Howrse. A thread exists in the Events Forum which has all the details, as well as many pages of comments from players.

Here are the key things that you need to know about the new Karma system:

• Every player will have their Karma set to 10 (the new maxiumum limit)
• If you break a Howrse 'rule' you may be sanctioned Karma points
• Loss of Karma results in certain sanctions & removal of privileges
• The lower your Karma, the more limited access you will have to the game

So your Karma will be directly linked to what you can do within the game. Here is Howrse's list of Karma and how loss of Karma will affect you:

• 10 Karma points - Full access to Howrse
• 8 Karma points - Access to EC forums is removed
• 6 Karma points - Access to ALL forums in the game is removed. Access to gift giving & item exchanges is removed
• 4 Karma points - Access to ALL horse sales is removed. Can no longer propose artwork in the Creative Space
• 2 Karma points - Access to private messages is removed
• 0 Karma points - Player automatically banned from the game for 2 months

After 30 days with no further breaking of rules, you regain 1 Karma point. There is much more detail in the Events Forum. This includes information on other sanctions that can be imposed on you that will not remove Karma as well other information.

Two other important things to note. Firstly, you will no longer receive a pass for 5 Karma points recieved. So no more passes from Karma. The maximum Karma anyone can get will be 10. Secondly, when this new system comes into effect, if you have 6 Karma points or more, you will get one Diamond for each Karma point that you have. If you have 1 to 5 Karma points, you will get 1000 equus for each point. If you have zero Karma, you will receive 1000 equus.

If your Karma is negative, you may find some access to the game is limited until you have 'earned' your Karma points back.

Regarding Affixes, we don't yet know what will happen to these, for those players who have gained extra affixes due to their existing Karma.

We will bring you more news on this major change as it happens. Please feel free to ask questions or post your thoughts.

Patsy