Questions about Site Briefing - 1/21/17

[Hekate]

After reading though the Site Briefing that was posted not too long ago. I have some questions about the information.

Firstly, in the Subclases Mastery System section:
I understand these changes are not in effect yet, though I have these questions based off of what I understand after reading the section.
Will these changes have any affects on the subclasses chosen by players prior to the rework? Or will people just have to take the opening quest for those subclasses?
Societies where mentioned. Does this mean there are societies for each individual subclass, or are they for a pair of subclasses, one RP and one Crafting?

Secondly, in the "Combat" System section:
As for how combat will work, for the DM/GMed threads, do they have different means of applying for them?
Does the 6 second cap apply to the whole thread or only posts in which combat is actively taking place?
Do these 6 seconds happen concurrently, or sequentially?
And I would assume that any cooldowns would shorten over posts that you yourself did not make if the system is sequentially, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Thirdly, in the Quest Redemption section:
I assume now there will be separate threads for applying to accept a quest, and submitting the completed quest, as opposed to the current, "In the same thread you used to apply, post a link to the completed quest below the approval of taking the quest" system that is currently in place, is this assumption correct?
For applying for a level up, one just need to have the required number of tickets for the next level and post an  "application"(?) to level up, in the redemption board, or are there any other possible steps involved?

Lastly, in the Crafting and Research section:
This section is fairly self-explanatory, however I want to clarify my understanding. From how I understand this section, there will be specific quests that will unlock new recipes/materials/other misc things for the subclasses. 

...I know I had more questions to ask, but I cant remember them right now, so I will leave this at this for now, and will reply if i remember my other question.

Again, sorry for the question dump.

~DcVamps

[Azoth]

1. This rework will indeed affect subclasses chosen beforehand. All Roleplaying Subclasses are apart of the Mastery System.
   
   Societies will be explained with the release.
   
   
2. DM/GMed is the same thing. Combat does not change. Time constraints do.
   
   6 Seconds applies only to when combat occurs. You will be notified of the shift by the GM.
   
   Both. From the beginning of a post cycle to the end, is 6 seconds. After that, the next cycle takes up the next 6 seconds, and so on until combat is finished.
   
   Even if you do not post in a cycle, yes cooldowns still occur. There will be times you will come across a skill/spell that takes two posts to be triggered. You will only have to post the setup. After that you are free to avoid the next cycle and then come back in the following cycle with your skill/spell going off. If a spell is on cooldown and you want to simply make your character dodge until it's finished, you can sit out the cycles until the cooldown is done. However, you will not aid in combat during these cycles and you may lose rewards for a lack of participation. It is better to post something rather than nothing.
   
   
3. Yes. No.
   
   
4. Yes and no. Yes because your threads will be applied for just like quests are. No because these quests will generally not be Staff made unless we get creative and want you to do our dirty work.
   
   
5. y u no question?