Super-Friends

[Andreah]

An idea I have would be for Supergroups to have a friends list, that leaders (or others by permissions) could add other characters to, that would work like a normal friends list, except that all the members of the Supergroup would see the list. It would show name, zone, and online status only.

 

A bonus point might be to have a separate list of "Adversaries", showing the same. Or a friend-color setting the leader could establish for each character on the Super-Friends list; e.g., blue, white, red. I would see this as mainly being a bonus for roleplay purposes.

 

I see this as being by character right now, but it could be by global as well, if the target of the Super-Friends request accepted it. In that case, whichever character the global Super-Friend was on would be listed in the Super-Friends list for the group, but only if they were not hidden and were on the same server.

 

I don't think there's a need to make a list of Supergroups an individual character has by character; there the normal friends list does what I think is needed. However, the normal friends list could, I suppose, get a supergroup column, and show the name of the Supergroup, but I don't think this would be worth the effort.

[CrudeVileTerror]

An interesting idea.

I generally support any initiative to help facilitate more of and more nuanced forms of player connectivity and interaction.

I particularly like the idea of players getting to opt-in as "Adversaries" to certain Groups.  The roleplay potential is terrific!   However, I do worry that it would need to be implemented very carefully to ensure it's not used as a "blacklist" to single-out and ostracise targeted players.

[Andreah]

True, it could be misused for that. Hmm. One alternative would be to code the Super-Friends list purely by the red/blue/gold alignment status of the friend.

[CrudeVileTerror]

Adding an Alignment column would also be handy for the normal Super Group window, come to think of it.  

And the Global Friend list!

 

Edited December 6, 2020 by CrudeVileTerror
And Globals too!