What is the armor of God?
In your profile, there is a new field called "Armor of God". When you click on this, you will be able to see that you can choose to exchange part of your blessings for part of the Armor of God, that will be displayed under your avatar next to your posts. If you wish to upgrade to a new item, you can return the item you have for half the amount of blessings you exchanged for it, and get a new item. You may go to look at and exchange blessings for part of the Armor of God by clicking on the "Control Panel" button, and then on the "Armor" link.
What does level mean, and what are the colored bars under my username?
Level refers to your user level, which increases as you become more active and stay longer on the forums.
Activity measures your posting and browsing activity. It increases as you are more active, and post more, but will drop when you stop posting. The cut-off number of posts per day measure is 7 - go above that and this will increase, go below that and this will decrease.
Longevity measures how long you have been a member and how active you have been during that time.
Experience measures the percentage you are at before you hit the next level - ie. if you are at level 5, when you hit 100% you go to level 6 and your experience returns to zero.
How do I change my mood?
You can change your mood by going to your User Control Panel, and clicking on the "Mood" link at the top. Make sure you answer all the questions. Alternatively, you may click on the "Edit" link next to the Mood tag under anyone's username in a post.
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