Setting the Difficulty Level
Classic Pirates acknowledges bloggers have varying levels of proficiency in WordPress, Image Editing and Writing Skills.
To accommodate each Blogger’s skill, the Blogging System has four levels of difficulty; Apprentice, Journeyman, Adventurer and Swashbuckler.
Each Difficulty Level has increasing demands for requirements such as Word Count and Image Count, but also offers Bloggers with higher Gold rewards.
By default all new Blog Posts will be assigned Apprentice Level but more experienced bloggers should manually set the Difficulty Level depending upon the length of the Blog Post they intend to author.
Changing Difficulty Levels
It is also possible to change the Difficulty Level while the Blog Post is being written. So, if your Blog Post exceeds the requirements for the current Difficulty Level, you may increase the level to take advantage of higher rewards.
IMPORTANT!
If you change the Difficulty Level please note the Difficulty Level applied to the Blog Post will not be updated until you click the Save Post/Update Button.
Rewards and Requirements
Each Difficulty Level has requirements which must be met in order to achieve a high quality Blog Post. In return for more demanding requirements, the higher the level, the more generous the Gold rewards.
Apprentice Level
Word Count: 125 words
Quick Update: 50 words
Content Images: 0
MOC Intro: 40 Words
About the Builder: 40 words
What Do Yer Think: 20 words
Quality Score: 65%
Maximum Bonus: 125 Gold
Objectives Reward: 3 Gold
Boost: x1
Journeyman Level
Word Count: 300 words
Quick Update: 100 words
Content Images: 2
MOC Intro: 50 Words
About the builder: 50 words
What Do Yer Think: 30 words
Quality Score: 75%
Highest Bonus: 175 Gold
Objectives Reward: 4 Gold
Boost: x2
Adventurer Level
Word Count: 500 words
Quick Update: Not applicable
Content Images: 5
MOC Intro: 70 Words
About the builder: 70 words
What Do Yer Think: 40 words
Quality Score: 80%
Maximum Bonus: 250 Gold
Objectives Reward: 5 Gold
Boost: x3
Swashbuckler Level
Word Count: 1,000
Quick Update: Not applicable
Content Images: 10*
MOC Intro: 100 Words
About the builder: 100 words
What Do Yer Think: 50 words
Quality Score: 90%
Maximum Bonus: 350 Gold
Objectives Reward: 6 Gold
Boost: x4
* Requires an additional image for every 150 words after 1,000 words is reached.
For example: 1,150 words requires 11 images in the Post Content
Objectives
When you first create a Blog Post you’ll be presented with Objectives to complete.
There is no requirement to complete these Objectives in order, so if you’re familiar with the blogging procedure you may author Blog Posts as you see fit. Objectives exists to remind you of the mandatory blogging requirements.
However, if you’re learning the blogging procedure you may wish to use the Objectives as a guide to familiarise yourself with the process.
As you complete each Objective you’ll be rewarded Gold relative to your current Difficulty Level.
Once all Objectives are fulfilled, your Blog Post will be evaluated and you’ll receive a Gold Payout for the remaining tasks you’ve completed correctly.
Quality Score
As you continue to author the Blog Post the Blogging System will further evaluate your content to ensure it has been formatted correctly and meets the minimum requirements of the current Difficulty Level.
In order to present a Blog Post for Editorial (final editing by a Senior Editor before Scheduling and Publishing) the Quality Score must be equal to or greater than the prerequisite Quality Score for the current Difficulty Level.
It is normal for your Quality Score be low when you begin authoring Blog Posts and gradually improve as you add and refine content.
You will be informed of critical errors which prevent your Blog post’s eligibility for Editorial and Recommendations to improve the quality of your post further.
Highest Bonus
Every Blog Post offers the potential to claim a Gold Bonus to the first blogger who achieves a “Perfect” Post Quality rating on that post.
Your bonus begins at 10 Gold and increases with each Gold Bonus you claim until it reaches the Maximum Bonus for the current Difficulty Level, before resetting to 10 Gold.
The higher the Difficulty Level, the larger the maximum Gold Bonus, however you must remain on the higher Difficulty Levels to claim the larger bonuses.
Boost
This is a multiplier for Gold Rewards and Gold Penalties applied to the Word Count, Images, Horizontal Dividers and Excerpts.
The multipler will award you more Gold for correctly inserting and formatting content, but it will also penalise you more Gold for making errors.
