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i have said this on other threads, stopping the global ooc will hurt alot of players. it didnt bother me, would like the ability to turn it off.
i mainly liked the global auction, like other players waiting around in EC sucks just for never find what you were looking for.
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It's really quite simple:
The majority (incl. devs) agreed that global chat was a necessity in the early days of the server due to low server population (150-300 average at peak hours). The average population at off peak hours now is 150-300, so the same reasons / arguments are still just as valid now as they were then in regards to the situation for the off peak players. The problem is, that the majority (mainly US players) couldn't care less about the woes of the minority (Europeans, Asians, Australians etc.). They are happy (most of them anyway) so fuck everyone else... Sad... | ||
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Never was it to maintain global conversations, try and find groups in ooc, or globally auction wares. | |||
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But after reading 8 pages of this, it seems nobody in the Off-Peak crowd seems to care about that [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Unless I missed something along the way. Personally, I'll adapt to whatever changes are made. Global OOC went away; so I either solo if I can, work on a Stein of Moggok run to fund my jewelcrafting, or sit in nice, central EC with /LFG on with a description of where I'd like to go and then either watch TV until I get tells, solo, craft, read, write, whatever. Sometimes I'll sit in the zone I'd rather play in. This is if I can't build a group after seeing who all is LFG and in the levels I'm looking for. I really think if more group leaders would use /who lfg and a level range, and more people would use /lfg this could be a mitigating factor in not finding groups. but it will take an effort from both sides of the table. | |||
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From your fingers to the forums. The off peak players have a valid argument, the population is under 200 in off peak. | |||
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In context, that was 3 months ago. Since then I have also read a 55 page thread concerning the matter.
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Also... Read the rest of his post from that quote you pulled.
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EDIT: Bah.. I'm so slow today. Nilbog is so speedy o.o | |||
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Theres also that ports are way easier to get with global. I think thats why the population dropped so drastically in SolB, went from a population that looked like non-raid 30+ often late at nights to 3 people last time i was there. Groups are way easier to maintain if you can add in Global group looking for so and so class, and then the guy who needs a port can add for it in global and get there more easily. For me the loss of OOC is no biggie, cuz im a porter. I can just go and check whats going on instead of askin in OOC, but thats not a luxury that other classes have. I also have to admit that i dont log at nights anymore, cuz im bored, at least when OOC was there i could chat with people joking around until something happened, now its just dead. I just hang in the forums instead lol... Having said all that, im not sure id want OOC back to global, i just hope it will work out and all that isnt gonna set a chain in motion that is going to make the pop drop more and more. To be frank i didnt think the pop was high enough to cut global off, i thought the idea was to chop OOC but then add the custom channels Rog was working on on the test server, is that still planned to be implemented? Or did i misunderstand something? | |||
Last edited by Taxi; 06-03-2010 at 02:32 PM..
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I play at all hours of the day. Peak, off peak, in between, whatever. I definitely think the offpeak people have a valid argument. Being able to "/ooc 20 rogue LFG" and have every group on the server be able to see that you are LFG, let people who are thinking of logging see that they might have a replacement, or maybe have some shaman see you and think "hey maybe we can duo"... Well that makes things a lot more convenient. Then when you find your group, being able to "/auction Paying 100pp for port to XYZ from ABC" means you can actually get to your group in a reasonable time without annoying the piss out of every druid on the server with tells.
Can the same be accomplished with LFG? Probably. If someone is sitting there spamming /who all lfg nonstop. Is it as efficient? God no. Auction is now a chore on peak or off peak. Before I could /auction while I was farming something and then if I had a bite arrange to meet up with the player. Now I have to sit in a boring ass zone and hope the people wanting to buy my items or who are selling the items I want to buy is in the zone. EC tunnel was neat for about 30 seconds. Now it is a waste of my life (please note that when I am enjoying everquest I do not consider it a waste of my life). Also the person who said something about afk campers was quite correct. The offpeak hours 200 people is 40-50 people AFK camping a raid encounter, 20-30 necros, enchanters, mages, and a few other random solo'ers, 20-30 people afk in the tunnel, 15 people afk everywhere else... And a remaining levelling population of about 75-100 people across 50 levels. Is it possible to consistantly find a group? Damn straight. Is it likely? Not really. Does global OOC change this completely? God no, but it certainly softens the blow a little. Also, I don't give a shit personally for grouping purposes, I have a 50 necro and less people on means I have more shit to farm. I just like having people to chat with when I am doing it. The people QQing about spam need to grow up. You don't HAVE to read everything, you can ignore people, and if you are that incapable of just blocking that shit out, you can always disable the channel. *shrug* | ||
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