Make Alignment Changing no longer edit your event tab settings.

[Mystoc]

for example, the second I switch to rogue or villain hero event messages will automatically be removed from the event tab even if I had manually edited it before so I can see both hero and villain messages the game just assumes I don't want see hero ones anymore.

 

given how often some people alignment switch at gull this can get annoying to deal with and if you forget to add it back in you will then miss out on some events you might have wanted to take part of.

 

 

 

Edited March 13 by Mystoc

[Ukase]

I approve this message. As if it mattered whether I approved it or not, lol.

[Mystoc]

1 hour ago, Ukase said:

I approve this message. As if it mattered whether I approved it or not, lol.

 

I figured most people would be fine with this very few if anyone would like the game editing your chat preferences without even prompting you its very easy to miss that a zone event was removed till you see LFG teams for GM and realize you aren't seeing that in your chat logs.

[Psyonico]

My only concern is that people who switch from hero to villain wouldn't automatically have villain events added. And might still show hero events that they can no longer participate in.

 

 

[tidge]

I guess I hadn't noticed this (loss of one sides' notifications), except when creating a new character I set up the side-specific notifications.

 

I will add: There are other things that disappear when changing alignment, even hero <-> vig and rogue <-> villain. For example, I believe that any zone exploration tips (for incomplete zone patrols) also vanish upon changing alignment.

[TheMoncrief]

On 11/14/2024 at 6:12 PM, Psyonico said:

My only concern is that people who switch from hero to villain wouldn't automatically have villain events added. And might still show hero events that they can no longer participate in.

 

 

Given the low commitment involved in having or changing an alignment on Homecoming (literally a couple of clicks on a seagull) being informed of opposing faction events should not be viewed as a bad thing. And given that most players now switch between Rogue and Vigilante if they get involved in alignment switching at all, rather than Hero and Villain, you would never be losing access to any zones even when you swap.

[TheMoncrief]

On 11/16/2024 at 12:26 PM, tidge said:

I guess I hadn't noticed this (loss of one sides' notifications), except when creating a new character I set up the side-specific notifications.

 

I will add: There are other things that disappear when changing alignment, even hero <-> vig and rogue <-> villain. For example, I believe that any zone exploration tips (for incomplete zone patrols) also vanish upon changing alignment.

Wait... I can get rid of all my zone exploration tips instantly just by switching alignment??

 

BRB, gotta talk to a seagull...

 

I do a lot of exploration, but I never do the exploration tips, so I end up with a bunch of them piling up and it's annoying to get rid of them. Being able to flush them in bulk is great.

[Ukase]

On 11/16/2024 at 11:26 AM, tidge said:

For example, I believe that any zone exploration tips (for incomplete zone patrols) also vanish upon changing alignment.

I wish we had a way to toggle these to not drop. They clog up my tip mission list. I know there are some newer players who've never heard of vidiotmaps or ATCs pop menu (and others), but I've never had to use these. By now, I have most zones memorized. A clever idea for the new or rust-laden returning player, but I would venture a guess that most folks don't use them. 

[Hedgefund]

Zone tips don't go away when switching sides.

[Psyonico]

12 hours ago, TheMoncrief said:

being informed of opposing faction events should not be viewed as a bad thing

My point was more of "you're a villain, but don't automatically see villain events" the being alerted to opposing faction events is just in addition to that.

[Mystoc]

around 4 months later this interaction still exists so I'm bumping the thread.

 

back in the day when it took days to switch fully from hero to villain a feature like this made sense, but it no longer does anymore when we can just switch alignments instantly.

[Luminara]

7 hours ago, Mystoc said:

around 4 months later this interaction still exists so I'm bumping the thread.

 

back in the day when it took days to switch fully from hero to villain a feature like this made sense, but it no longer does anymore when we can just switch alignments instantly.

 

Back in the day, when the game was being maintained by a full development studio with a comparatively large staff who were full-time employees, Cryptic and Paragon didn't typically address player requests in this amount of time.

 

But, hey, maybe if you crack the whip a few more times, the HC team will conform to unreasonable performance expectations.

[merrypessimist]

On 3/13/2025 at 8:37 AM, Mystoc said:

around 4 months later this interaction still exists so I'm bumping the thread.

 

back in the day when it took days to switch fully from hero to villain a feature like this made sense, but it no longer does anymore when we can just switch alignments instantly.

 

You can just set it to monitor both event messages, then it won't drop one if you alignment swap.  That's what I do on new characters.

[Mystoc]

2 hours ago, merrypessimist said:

 

You can just set it to monitor both event messages, then it won't drop one if you alignment swap.  That's what I do on new characters.

 

I have never had any success with what you are describing it always drop for me.

 

for example when I change from hero to villain, hero events are no longer monitored in the events tab for me, care to explain what you mean in more detail?

[merrypessimist]

44 minutes ago, Mystoc said:

 

I have never had any success with what you are describing it always drop for me.

 

for example when I change from hero to villain, hero events are no longer monitored in the events tab for me, care to explain what you mean in more detail?

 

I just add the two faction event channels that aren't defaulted to the first tab on the left of the upper chat window.  This puts all three on a window I always have open among the other feedbacks in there (auction house, broadcast, etc.) I have never had an event channel removed from that window after doing so without me doing it myself.