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40 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said:
Given the chatter I have seen about this in game since the patch, there has been an excess of EMP merits for a few years now and the in game economy has never crashed because of them. It would not have crashed now either.
I'm going to be interested to see how doling out RMs for iTrials is going to impact everything. I mentioned in the feedback thread that this change means everyone - even casual gamers who aren't especially chasing RMs - is now going to have hundreds of them falling into their laps per week. Seems like that could potentially have a greater effect on the game than those few people converting Emps to RMs. But, what do I know? May not be a big deal.
BTW: Sold 2 Prismatic Aether's on /ah for 100 million each last night, so maybe jump on that little Gamestop of a thing while it lasts if costumes don't matter to you.
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Maybe there's a way to do this already that I don't know about. But if I'm standing there /e drinking coffee, I don't want your little unnecessary buff to knock me out of that emote.
Maybe assume 0 as a default, and /e drink 1 makes it uninterruptable.
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On 7/30/2022 at 3:20 AM, GM Flints said:
In the future if someone's going on like that, please send in a petition so the GMs can respond and make known that level of .. that.. Is not appropriate for any channel.
15 hours ago, Ukase said:I don't disagree with you, but general chat is clearly misnamed, and should be called "Adults only" chat.
No, it shouldn't be renamed. It should be used appropriately and reported as mentioned above. I don't think the community should tolerate that, and it sounds like the GMs don't want us to, either.
16 hours ago, Ukase said:It's not like you weren't going to put out your recruiting message in another 10-20 seconds anyway, so what's the harm? You're using a macro, so it's not like you have to do anything other than mash a macro button. (or find it in your pop-menu)
All of that is true except the timing - I post to LFG every other minute, so my postings are almost always 60-120 seconds apart (or more), a practice I'd personally love to see more use. I won't claim to be 100% perfect on that, but that is what I shoot for and I rarely have a team or league not fill.
16 hours ago, Ukase said:It's not like they go on and on. Generally someone gets on their high horse and tells them to put a sock in it. Usually most will stop chatting at that point, unless it's suggested in an aggressive manner, some folks will rebel and tell them to kick rocks. Business as usual.
Which is exactly the point I have been trying to make. As a community, we need to speak up when this happens so that they do, in fact, put a sock in it. Be polite, but do say something. As you say, a stray comment or 2 is one thing, a conversation is another. However, the stray comment can lead to a conversation.
Here's another example from the other day:
Spoiler2022-08-20 18:05:30 [Looking For Group] GetWaterSported Aimz: <color #010101>LF someone to love me
2022-08-20 18:05:57 [Looking For Group] Cable Panda: <color #000000>Gigolo Panda was just online earlier...
2022-08-20 18:06:00 [Looking For Group] Cable Panda: <color #000000>you missed him
2022-08-20 18:06:01 [Looking For Group] Zap Radiance: <color #010101>Lowbie LF AE farm
2022-08-20 18:06:09 [Looking For Group] Triflux: <color #010101>sitter LF AE Farm please
2022-08-20 18:06:23 [Looking For Group] GetWaterSported Aimz: <color #010101>is he rich?
2022-08-20 18:06:24 [Looking For Group] LitBug: <color #010101>Hitter LF Farm
2022-08-20 18:06:33 [Looking For Group] Triflux: <color #010101>level 7 sitter LF AE Farm please
2022-08-20 18:06:41 [Looking For Group] Cable Panda: <color #000000>he's only after the rich...
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2022-08-20 18:11:27 [Looking For Group] Mr Tankerbell: <color #fdfdfd><bgcolor #410159>LVL 50 inc tank bored & looking for a good time
2022-08-20 18:11:54 [Looking For Group] Dr Helgeist: DFB Team full now, thanks
2022-08-20 18:11:55 [Looking For Group] Fleet Feet: <color #010101>LF farm please
2022-08-20 18:12:05 [Looking For Group] Pride Phire: <color #1c0826><bgcolor #ff4aff>call Jenny
2022-08-20 18:12:29 [Looking For Group] Mr Tankerbell: <color #fdfdfd><bgcolor #410159>I dont have her number
2022-08-20 18:12:41 [Looking For Group] Void6703: <color #010101>8675309
2022-08-20 18:12:50 [Looking For Group] AutumnQueen: <color #010101>8675309
2022-08-20 18:12:51 [Looking For Group] MOONST0NE: 8675309
2022-08-20 18:12:53 [Looking For Group] Bloum: <color #010101><bgcolor #0164ff>yup ...
2022-08-20 18:12:54 [Looking For Group] GetWaterSported Aimz: <color #010101>anyone have the number to my future Bf?
2022-08-20 18:13:00 [Looking For Group] Hatshepsut Eternal: You can get it from a wal
2022-08-20 18:13:01 [Looking For Group] Mr Tankerbell: <color #fdfdfd><bgcolor #410159>ROFLMAO JENNY GETS AROUND I SEE
2022-08-20 18:13:07 [Looking For Group] Crimson Citizen: Security Level 34 Tanker looking for team.
2022-08-20 18:13:09 [Looking For Group] Fleet Feet: <color #010101>No. It's 86753 ohhhh 9
2022-08-20 18:13:09 [Looking For Group] Sky Tiger: <color #010101>call it
2022-08-20 18:13:24 [Looking For Group] Void6703: <color #010101>For a good time.
2022-08-20 18:13:32 [Looking For Group] AutumnQueen: <color #010101>jenny is jessie's girl, and stacy's mom
2022-08-20 18:13:37 [Looking For Group] Ryu Clan: <color #010101>Call
2022-08-20 18:13:40 [Looking For Group] Smasher Panda: <color #000000>...
2022-08-20 18:13:42 [Looking For Group] Oklahoman: <color #010101>LFG is not for conversations. Please move that to General.
2022-08-20 18:13:44 [Looking For Group] Smasher Panda: <color #000000>there are underage pandas in here...
2022-08-20 18:13:51 [Looking For Group] Bloum: <color #010101><bgcolor #0164ff>but not Run Around Sue
2022-08-20 18:13:57 [Looking For Group] Crimson Citizen: <color #ff8987><bgcolor #010101>well, Scotty doesn't know.
2022-08-20 18:14:10 [Looking For Group] Oklahoman: Marauder is getting too big for his LAMBDA-sized britches. Bring yer 50 or better to Ouroboros and we'll take that jackwagon down a notch. (LAM LOOTER and SYNCHRONIZED badge run)
2022-08-20 18:14:23 [Looking For Group] GetWaterSported Aimz: <color #010101>why are you such a hater?Notice that the first batch dies out quickly on its own without anyone needing to say anything to them. But, almost as if not getting called out gave permission for conversations to happen in LFG, 5 minutes later it starts up again. I call it out, and perhaps get some hate for it (hard to tell where that last comment was directed). There's a couple more queued up comments after I ask everyone to move it to General, but after that... nothing else for the rest of the evening that I saw.
Look, I get it. This is probably something that bugs me WAY more than anyone else. But just like we have designated forums for different topics, and will move things posted in an incorrect forum to a different one immediately rather than just see if it dies out on its own, I feel like we need to work together as a community to keep our chat channels mostly on topic. If the appropriate place for a general conversation is NOT general, we need to fix general.
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22 hours ago, Neiska said:
Moreover I genuinely wonder what you expect to be done about it?
For players to kindly ask people to move conversations from LFG to either help or General, as appropriate. I thought we covered that somewhere already in this thread. It works.
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10 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said:
Mine just says CASH. But I did keep one that @Oklahoman sent me once for getting the kill shot on the drop ship, not sure why. Maybe someday he'll luck out when I want to send a proc or something and click that email accidentally.
Darn, you've discovered my reasoning for using email rather than the trade function!
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18 hours ago, Morgraine said:
I've been trying this out and honestly I'm not finding it reliable at all. Most runs I only count 14 or 15 at most.
Even with MSRs when I am right with the Drop Ship, sometimes my log doesn't show who got the kill shot. I agree, the method isn't reliable.
I haven't tried this at all, but maybe using demorecord you could tell. It would be a new application of the thread linked in my signature - just need to know whatever the command is for "bud squished."
But overall, would be better for the game to report to you how many buds are left, I think.
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10 hours ago, Excraft said:
That ship sailed a long time ago. There's no changing anything at this point, and unless you're heaping praise on changes, they don't want to hear your opinion anyway.
Until the new version is pushed to live, the ship has not sailed. Ideally, those who had an opinion on the matter would have posted it in the appropriate thread before now, but that doesn't mean you still can't register an objection. You can even do that after it's pushed to live. It is possible to undo stuff.
However, I do agree with the sentiment that the changes are all but locked in at this point based on how we seem to do things around here. I understand that frustration.
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For those who haven't shared their feedback on this change already in the Beta feedback thread, just a reminder to head over here and let it be known ASAP.
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On 8/13/2022 at 9:21 PM, Vexxillion said:
There's nothing wrong with asking for help in General chat. Those two channels overlap naturally. I don't think this is a good example.
I think most of us understand that anything is OK in the general chat - generally what makes it undesirable for many to follow, actually. Asking for help in general may get you what you want, but it's certainly not the optimal place for that. Same with trying to form teams out of general. I think we would be helpful to a player asking for help in general to suggest they may want to try the help channel, as well.
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On 8/13/2022 at 12:46 PM, Techwright said:
So true. It's why I've proposed in time past that upon login, we be given a recap of LFG from the previous minute or two, just so we can see if a recruiting request we could fill is going on.
I've suggested this before, too. We discussed there making this a slider setting so you could define if you want the last 0-30 minutes, or whatever.
Also, as a general rule of thumb, I tell people on Excelsior that after you logon if you will monitor LFG for just 2 minutes, you will be pretty much up to date on what is recruiting right now.
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What if the buds ONLY spawned near where Hami was, rather than based on any player position at all? That makes a lot more sense to me, anyway, as an in-game thing.
Coding for an instanced version may fix it, but that sounds like a heavy lift. I remember when that was done for MSRs and it took a bit to sort the bugs out. Maybe the instanced MSR gets run more than I see, but it sure seems on Excelsior, anyway, that the majority of the time it's the zoned version that gets run.
Just seems to me it would be easier to tweak some code and have the buds spawn differently, and maybe include the bud counter. But I can definitely understand the frustration. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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I guess I don't understand the problem here, but maybe something you can get from P2W to turn it off, much like you can decline certain inspirations, etc.? Seems like that wouldn't be too hard to make, even if only @Rudra uses it. 🙂 Someone will want a badge attached to refusing x amount of Patrol XP.
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I don't see this happening, for a number of reasons. RWZ has other missions and tf's to run in that zone that compete with filling a 48 person league for an MSR, so it made sense to create an instanced version of that event, especially once they capped the zone at 50 players. I don't think anything else like that is going on in Abyss or Hive - you pretty much go there to join or grief a Hami.
But it does make me think both in The Abyss and The Hive it would be nice to have a counter in the Nav bar showing how many buds are present on the map, if any. At least then you'd know if some need to be chased down or not. I know when I run Hamis and he doesn't spawn quickly, we start wondering if maybe we missed a bud.
Also, I wonder about a mechanic that will try to clean up a zone automatically once it hits capacity by kicking anyone AFK for more than, say 15 minutes? 30 minutes? Maybe once RWZ, for instance, hits 50 players, the server will see who has been AFK for the longest in the zone, and if it's above that 15 or 30 minute threshold it will kick them, creating a space for someone else to zone in. Repeat the process each time the zone fills. I guess that could kick someone out of an MSR that's in the bowl already, but that's OK by me! 🙂
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Several people have mentioned helpful tips to cut corners here and there with this, and that's great. I think I maybe forgot in my video to lower the difficulty, but doing so can help, as well. I use a mission transporter to go from mission 2 to 3 now to speed things along. I still solo this every now and again, especially when I'm 1 emp short of a Transcendent.
At one point this weekend, I ran maybe 5-6 Speed Lambdas back-to-back, and that's another way to get components quickly. A Speed Lambda usually takes 12 minutes, and that includes a couple minute in the middle for a timer to run out and a cutscene to happen. Good time to refill a drink. These are extremely easy to lead and generally fill quickly - you can also run it with less than a full league and still succeed quickly. If soloing ain't your thing, maybe consider something like that.
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On 8/5/2022 at 5:20 PM, Vanden said:
Sub-7 minutes, a new personal best on this flashback 😉
Out of curiosity, do you have anything going on hardware wise that helps? 10 minutes is my personal best, and I've wondered if I had an SSD if I might could zone faster.
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Hey @STiTcH, I made a suggestion similar to this not long ago:
Not sure if this is what you had in mind. Of course, such a topic is highly controversial. There's already a setting that allows each player to have a different colored name, which helps me, but I would love for players to have an option to make the team/league leader stand out more.
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49 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:
I don't think you understand what spamming is.
We'll agree to disagree then, though I think I've got some GM guidance on this one. Perhaps not.
Regardless, I stand behind the proposal to be able to temporarily ignore someone for any reason as stated in the original post.
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2 hours ago, Luminara said:
What I need therapy for is the rage I experience when my best attacks miss every... damn... time... I... use... them...
I've said before that I sound like a needy customer at a restaurant with a bad waitress. "Miss. Miss. Miss. Miss."
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We're veering off topic a bit with this - but this is in response to the notion that someone "needs" to post to LFG more than once a minute because their team is filling up fast.
43 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:You might say that Excelsior is "hundreds"It's pushing it to say Everlasting is "hundreds".The other servers? Definitely not.Taken at noon central time on a Monday, and understanding player counts are higher in the evenings, and I refuse to argue over the definition of "hundreds" or the intent of what I said. This practice is "spamming" and is pointed out in conduct guideline #3, as alluded to by a GM in the linked post at the top of the thread. There's no hard and fast criteria for what is "spamming" and in an ideal world we wouldn't need one. Somehow, I suspect we will get to argue about it pretty quickly, though.
To the larger point, this is just 1 example of why someone may want to temporarily ignore another player, so let's not get hung up on it. Even if we fully agreed on what "spamming" is there are numerous other reasons why someone may temporarily want to ignore someone, even - I suspect - on Indominable with all 74 of it's players right now.
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2 hours ago, Yomo Kimyata said:
How about a command that puts you n touch with a therapist that is covered by your insurance to help you figure out why you don't get along with strangers on the internet?
It's much more complicated than that. Unless you have a specific partnership with something like BetterHelp, then you are probably looking at interfacing somehow with PsychologyToday. Then, you're talking about a pretty narrow filter - show me all therapists licensed in the state I am currently in, available now, who accept my insurance. Honestly, PsychologyToday even struggles with that, because therapists themselves, by and large, are usually not very technical. Rather than take down a profile or flip a switch to say they are no longer accepting new clients, they are more likely to simply include as part of their intro statement "***NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***" and how do you code for that? Some seem to have forgotten they even have a monthly subscription to PsychologyToday, as evidenced by the listed contact info not working at all.
You may not be aware of the therapist shortage we have right now, so getting into see a therapist may not be possible for weeks or even months. A lot of therapists are having to turn away client right now. Depending on how urgent your need is, you may not be able to tolerate a delay in seeking treatment. So, now we need to consider if an inpatient stay is appropriate, in which case this whole command really needs to refer you to your closest ER for evaluation, or maybe the new 988 service.
Assuming you've managed all of that, now you are looking for a therapist with training in your specific age group, and this supposed problem you have with getting along with strangers on the internet. Quite honestly, I'm not aware of any specific diagnoses in the DSM related to "not getting along with strangers on the internet" so there's not a lot of call for training to be available. You could round that up, I suppose, to a larger addiction, but maybe it's just an adjustment disorder of some kind. Now, you are overtreating the client, which is unethical. Really, without a full intake and assessment you don't know if you are talking about the psychological equivalent of a cold or something more serious.
Anywho, I'd guess the implementation of something like that is a lot more difficult than what's being suggested here, otherwise I'd totally go for your suggestion.
-Oklahoman, LPC
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6 hours ago, Erhnam said:
If the issue is avoiding spam, why not add "Slow mode" to LFG chat? Only one message per minute allowed. After all, no one needs to advertise their group 4 times in a minute
I suggested this a couple years ago. In general, I think the biggest objection was potentially not being able to post that a team was "full" quickly enough.
1 hour ago, UltraAlt said:If a team is filling fast, you need to be able to tell others that that the team is filling...
Why? When there are hundreds of people online, why do I need to know that your DFB is 5/8, 6/8, 7/8...?
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28 minutes ago, Luminara said:
No. I use /ignore specifically for that reason, so I don't see what they type or feel a need to respond to them ever again. Ever. Evvvvvvvvvvvvverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes!
I was joking earlier when I said it was a terrible idea, given that I suggested the idea in the linked thread. I've even documented here in the forums where people get tired of MY LFG ads (can you imagine?), and they would likely love to /timeout me for a bit. That's cool. Sometimes, you just need a timeout.
In general, I'd love the chat system to be even more robust so you can ignore posts with terms, too. /ignore #DFB, or /ignore #farm
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3 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:
I propose a new command: /timeout (playername or @global) (number from 1 - 9999)
I think this is a terrible idea and I'd rather have bards.
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City of Toxic
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I appreciate the shoutout @lemming and @Krimson. You're both too kind.
Not taking anything away from your experience OP, but while I'm not part of TFJ I do communicate with them a fair bit and hang out on their Discord on rare occasions. They've noticed when I am recruiting for stuff and hold up on their efforts until I am full, and we talk with each other to make sure we're not both about to run a big event at the same time. If I'm in the middle of running a BAF and I see them start to advertise for one, I let them know so they have the option to run something different. They run a lot of stuff and run it well, and in my experience they share the playground nicely.
Like you, I don't know the details, so it's hard for me to comment on it at all. I will say that something TFJ and everyone can do better is add regularly scheduled events to the player led event calendar. If it's not on there, it's kind of hard to say you have a "regularly scheduled" anything.
Even with that, right now there are 681 people on Excelsior (midday Wednesday). I wouldn't dare try this because some people are very territorial about timeslots, but I can't believe Excelsior can't handle both an MSR and a Hami right now at the same time. I think maybe we worry too much about trying to give players only 1 choice of big activity at a time. In fact, I saw recently where TFJ was running both an MSR and a Hami at the same time, albeit on the weekend.
And, be flexible. I've logged on at 10pm Central before to find someone else was forming an MSR, so I run iTrials instead. I'm not in a position to commit to a regular schedule, so that's bound to happen. We're all just trying to have fun here. Don't play with unfun people, try to be fun yourself, and enjoy the game while we have it.