FTE shouts
 

In lieu of waiting to revamp the entire raid scene, I can move forward with the FTE (First to Engage) message portion. (Note: Overall raid scene changes are still pending and not forgotten about.)

For those unfamiliar with the proposed changes, raid targets will notify players in the immediate vicinity who was first to engage. Once aggroed, the npc ceases additional shouts unless disengaged with an empty hatelist.

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This immediately shows players in the area who was first to engage and negates the need for a GM to work out details.

Questions/FAQ:

This system will not be present on the pvp server unless requested by the community.

Does everyone approve of FTE messages? If not, please explain your concerns.

Seems very reasonable. Thank you!

Although it may not be perfect, I thank you for the efforts being made to easy the tensions present in the current raid scene, and am anxious to see the changes this proactive development will bring.

Definitely looking forward to seeing this implimented. Also, thanks for your continued willingness to work on things like this that can hopefully improve raiding on Project1999!

I think the FTE message should be zone-wide. Think about mobs like Faydedar who are usually killed quite far away from their spawn point. Often people will aggro faydedar on sight and not know that another guild tagged him. Moreover, if another guild tags faydedar early to try stall-kiting him, a zone-wide FTE shout makes that more clear.

These will be written on a per-npc basis. Faydedar noted.

Thank you for this Nilbog.


Question, How does this effect memblur effects?

Say TMO engages a dragon we get the shout half way through FE Memblurs said dragon and resets his agro and a FE member hits it is that raid interference or will we be back to memblur wars?

definitely a HUGE step in the right direction, cheers nilbog!

Also Sev, Gore, and Tal. Most other raid mobs are killed on or near their spawn point so stall-kiting without another guild knowing isn't as much of an issue.
apart from that, this seems like a solid change.

Sev is the same situation as faydedar, and should be zone wide, id same the same with any out door dragons that need to be pulled a long distance to the camp