Price check should be set-up to count the posts.
I've made 7 posts total including a thread (8 now) but it's only showing 5 on the count, not sure if I'm missing something (I'm stupid). I also still don't have the ability to post in those sections despite my count showing 5?
Edit: working now
Posts/Threads in the Off Topic area no longer count towards a user's Posts Count.
I've lurked since coming back to the game in ~February and I'm curious about the reasoning on this. Is it just a problem with low-effort posting, spam, or something similar?
We are currently looking for more moderators (Recruitment: new moderators for Guild Wars Legacy!) - we haven't recruited new moderators since Legacy started and some moderators have (naturally) decided to stop or reduce the amount of time they can invest in Legacy.
Because of that, some changes - like this one - are being put in place to help our moderation team.
Let me also add that in addition to creating an entry requirement to Xunlai/trade section the intention of this change is also to encourage the growth of the GWLegacy Forum as a community.
There are enough threads and forums to introduce ones self and share a GW experience before jumping in to trading. We hope it also encourages people to read the rules, see more posts, and how to conduct themselves on the forum.
Post spam seen to be made just to reach the 5 post requirement will be likely be removed possibly delaying access.