10-08-2003, 03:36 PM
Losing net access in RL because TXU is a #$%&ty monopoly that can't handle simple service requests kept me from replying sooner. Replying to Roland instead of the guy who made the complaint, because I don't want to click backwards and reply to the person's post. Sorry. :P
The guy who complained about shout, ooc, auction, say, and tell (the first 3 are zonewide, say is radial, tell is the 'super secret direct messaging' thing which basically equals b.net's /msg) is simply foolish.
EQ's messanging system is probably the best of any game I've played. Diablo's sucks ass.
First off, you can turn off other peoples' spells and attacks. Or filter them to another window. You can even filter out emotes if you want, but that's probably a bad idea. Secondly, it's very easy to talk to people with tells. you can simply /r to send a message to the last person who sent you a tell, or use your reply key to cycle through everybody you've talked with for that gaming session. MUCH better than anything diablo has.
Shout is used for being a jackass (one of the things we enjoy the most in the high level game~) and for warning about trains (think someone leading 50 cows to a portal that 20 people are standing around) and the like. The bright red default color gets peoples' attention. OOC is used in the same vein as shout, but more for non urgeant zonewide stuff. friendly asspats, hellos, camp checks, and the like. Auction is used to sell things.
Here's the thing - you can turn all 3 off. Back before the chat channel system was implimented, and you had to conduct raids in ooc, shout, and auction, this was wonderful - people could just turn off the channel being used for a raid and not be spammed. (guildchat has a delay as it goes through the server, while group/ooc/shout/say/auction are automatically sent in the zone.)
You can put ooc/shout/auc/tell/say/chat channels in any window you want, so that tells, or guildchat, or your channels you hang out in are preserved. I have two chat channel windows to go with my main chat.
Which brings us to chat channels. Server wide chat channels so friends across multiple servers, or even not in game with the EQ messenger program can all talk and do whatever they want. The same chat system is used to send direct messages to people on other servers and out of game so friends can stay in touch. They're immensely useful for raids as well, because you no longer need to spam the zone, or guild guests/strangers for them to see what's going on in the raid.
EQ's interface is hands down excellent. The controls, paling in comparison to any fps, are all that's really necessary for the low action, repetitive gameplay of the game. It's really fun being really good with them though and making people who aren't, confused. Especially when you factor in 4th person camera angles and sound.
Anyway, the game has many reasons to be hated and the guy who made this complaint is better off not playing, but at least hate it for valid reasons.
The guy who complained about shout, ooc, auction, say, and tell (the first 3 are zonewide, say is radial, tell is the 'super secret direct messaging' thing which basically equals b.net's /msg) is simply foolish.
EQ's messanging system is probably the best of any game I've played. Diablo's sucks ass.
First off, you can turn off other peoples' spells and attacks. Or filter them to another window. You can even filter out emotes if you want, but that's probably a bad idea. Secondly, it's very easy to talk to people with tells. you can simply /r to send a message to the last person who sent you a tell, or use your reply key to cycle through everybody you've talked with for that gaming session. MUCH better than anything diablo has.
Shout is used for being a jackass (one of the things we enjoy the most in the high level game~) and for warning about trains (think someone leading 50 cows to a portal that 20 people are standing around) and the like. The bright red default color gets peoples' attention. OOC is used in the same vein as shout, but more for non urgeant zonewide stuff. friendly asspats, hellos, camp checks, and the like. Auction is used to sell things.
Here's the thing - you can turn all 3 off. Back before the chat channel system was implimented, and you had to conduct raids in ooc, shout, and auction, this was wonderful - people could just turn off the channel being used for a raid and not be spammed. (guildchat has a delay as it goes through the server, while group/ooc/shout/say/auction are automatically sent in the zone.)
You can put ooc/shout/auc/tell/say/chat channels in any window you want, so that tells, or guildchat, or your channels you hang out in are preserved. I have two chat channel windows to go with my main chat.
Which brings us to chat channels. Server wide chat channels so friends across multiple servers, or even not in game with the EQ messenger program can all talk and do whatever they want. The same chat system is used to send direct messages to people on other servers and out of game so friends can stay in touch. They're immensely useful for raids as well, because you no longer need to spam the zone, or guild guests/strangers for them to see what's going on in the raid.
EQ's interface is hands down excellent. The controls, paling in comparison to any fps, are all that's really necessary for the low action, repetitive gameplay of the game. It's really fun being really good with them though and making people who aren't, confused. Especially when you factor in 4th person camera angles and sound.
Anyway, the game has many reasons to be hated and the guy who made this complaint is better off not playing, but at least hate it for valid reasons.
*Pren_LL-AB
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Doug_Winger (Wearbear)
Heroic career and 1.10 aspirations cut tragically short because NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH A 22.2K CONNECTION WHY DOES GOD HATE ME.
USEast HC
Dark_Mutterings (Necromancer)
Doug_Winger (Wearbear)
Heroic career and 1.10 aspirations cut tragically short because NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH A 22.2K CONNECTION WHY DOES GOD HATE ME.