Define staff abuse

[Bubenik]

So my server opened a few days ago and I've got a higher staff member too. The higher staff member got obviously fly and other perks, as they are needed to preform his staff duties.

He's also a non donater but he likes to play on the server to obviously. Should I allow him and other staff to use the given permissions and commands for personal gain or not?

 

[ugotsmashed]

I would give my staff like permission for the buyable ranks only[DOUBLEPOST=1509061262][/DOUBLEPOST]for playable use

 

[Hiry]

Higher staff members shouldn't play. It will end up to them abusing their powers.

 

[Hiry]

Don't agree with that at all, if you have good staff members they should be playing and not abusing their ranks. Having staff play on your server makes it feel less like a job to them and more like a fun opportunity in which they can help others a long the way, if you don't allow your staff to play on your server it'll lead to many issues.

By playing on the server the staff member also get to know the community better and gains a bond with them.

On smaller servers this is mostly the case, where staff have good relations with players on the server, but this can also go wrong when they get too close and start to abuse ( especially on competitive servers like factions ). On larger servers, you usually don't see staff with a lot of powers playing as its not allowed, and mostly they're just too busy.

 

[YoloSanta]

Require your staff members to play on an alt?

 

[Scare]

So my server opened a few days ago and I've got a higher staff member too. The higher staff member got obviously fly and other perks, as they are needed to preform his staff duties.

He's also a non donater but he likes to play on the server to obviously. Should I allow him and other staff to use the given permissions and commands for personal gain or not?

You should only give moderators and below permission to mute, ban and things that won't give them an advantage over other players. Special permissions like /v, gmc, tpo, etc. only end up being abused. Even if they don't abuse it, players in the community won't be happy since they'll fear they get abused from the staff's special permissions and complain forever in chat. I mean all you really need is a couple of solid owners that can do the /tpo, /v and stuff like that when necessary. I've played dozens of factions maps, and only a few gave moderators or admins that PLAYED special permissions, and it never worked out. They always got the temptation to abuse.