Ok, guys. I'll quote some ideas of yours with my comments:
> @Kasuk: If the artist has put the number of days in his/her bid, and the member sees that, and STILL accepts it, it means they're willing to wait that long.
Yep, but while in Requests members don't have that type of acknowledge - it's like a pig in a poke. You put your Votes, sometimes a huge amount, for a rather simple idea (as you fancy). To... get 30 days of waiting! If that was a commission, you might just cancel it and use votes for something else. But here you become a hostage. Moreover - other ideas under the same Request should wait the same 30 days before artist will even read it. So that's already a bunch of hostages!
As a possible solution i might suggest: for Requests / Commissions lower than 200 EVs to disable the 15 and 30 days options. What do you think of the idea?
> @SenyorPretty: i was going to suggest to add a 10 days
> @HinaStudio Maybe add 10 days.
Good point, will add that option in the list.
> @AlukardTD: but in other way i can easily cut this 4 scenes into 4 parts
That's a good solution, it will keep your gallery updated, while you are working on a big plot. And once all the scenes are ready - you can merge them into one video ( psst... you can even paywall-protect it as well *$_$* hopefully our members will support your effort in creating the complex animation ).
> @MentalL: random question but i had a commission, that granted was from 6 months ago that was deleted i'm just curious as to what happened
I know that you agreed with the artist to wait, but... 6 MONTHS! We can't keep those commissions hanging here for longer than a month. It stops newcomers from posting their commissions, because they can't expect the result made in time.
> @JamesVane
I agree with your point: if artist takes 3 commissions at the time, he can't create all of them within either 3 or 10 days. That's why now artists have limits of active commissions they can take part in. Generally all artists can have 3 simultaneous commissions, BUT some artists have the limits altered. For example, for thise who break the deadlines - the limit got lowered. At the same time, extremely popular artists got those limits extended (like Ed's got 5 commissions).
In this case, the artist can't take new commission unless he uploaded the result of an old one. So we got rid of the situation when artist takes a few commissions at one time. But, anyways, even if he takes several - he can put 7 days to the first, 15 days to the second.
Direct commissions got excepted from the scheme, since they're treated as "I agree to wait for the result as long as it takes, i want YOU to create it."
> @JamesVane: Edjim just bid 30 days on my commission. I know he will not take 30 days
An average time for Ed's commissions is about 15-17 days (even through he used to set 7 days). Even through he got limited to 5 commissions, so I doubt if he made a mistake. Hopefully, you will get the result in 30 days.
> @JamesVane: I think artists should be able to bid any number of days, as it will represent the time when the art will be posted
And again: you can tell the time and accept it in Commissions, but not in Requests. That's what the whole idea is about.
> @JamesVane: whereas one should start at 3 days and the second should start at 6 days
I'll check the code. Seems like the time when the Artist was accepted doesn't take into account.