Game Mechanics: Serverwide duel messages

Nirgon · #1 10-03-2019, 10:35 AM

These used to be serverwide at launch
Any chance you'd do it here? Classic experience recreation and all that.

Daldaen · #2 10-03-2019, 10:43 AM

I was fairly sure P99 had this for a year or two? I vaguely remember getting spammed out when the highest guilds of the day did PoSky.

Erati · #3 10-03-2019, 10:56 AM

they removed bc people would make statements w playernames and it would be quite spammy

Dolalin · #4 10-03-2019, 11:14 AM

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Everrquestt has slain Yoursociallife in a duel to the death!

Pretty sure I saw this one on Fennin Ro. Was quite funny.

Axlrose · #5 10-03-2019, 11:45 AM

Sonyonline has slain Payingcustomer in a dual to the death!

Classic announcement I remember from the early days of Bristlebroken.

maximum · #6 10-03-2019, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was fairly sure P99 had this for a year or two? I vaguely remember getting spammed out when the highest guilds of the day did PoSky.

I seem to recall this, too. I can probably find it in my old logs.

Nirgon · #7 10-03-2019, 12:23 PM

Hope it's a small ask

I know what people are gonna do with it for the most part [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Recreating the classic experience is my #1 hope and that means this too

loramin · #8 10-03-2019, 12:30 PM

It seems like it'd be inconsistent with their mission for them to add unclassic "First" announcements without also adding classic duel announcements. But at the same time ... I am a little nervous about the spam.

Honestly, I sort of wish /duel came with a /silentduel (no announcement) or /formalduel (make the normal /duel silent, use this to announce) or something. Lots of duels in EQ are ... utilitarian. The formal duel the original devs imagined is really a special case.

Even on Blue, I always feel stupid when I help someone hammer or whatever and it announces to the zone that I beat them [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

feniin · #9 10-03-2019, 12:50 PM

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Even on Blue, I always feel stupid when I help someone hammer or whatever and it announces to the zone that I beat them [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It only tells you and the person you're dueling.

Nirgon · #10 10-03-2019, 12:52 PM

I want as many old timers as possible to come and see attention to detail, including things like this and feel like they really logged into an EQ launch server in 99

Hope others do too