Why do people go ANON when camping things?

[Daldaen]

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

Some people don't want to be bothered while they play. Just because you feel it's unfair to you doesn't mean it is. They're entitled to /anon or /role as long as it's a function in the game.

Remove /anon and /role please [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Shweet]

2% of population would vote against it and it wouldn't go in, even if 98% said yes.

You guys down that thing you were working on in live yet Dald?

[Daldaen]

Yes 3 or so days ago.

[Grozmok]

To help you forget who they are when they train you at the zone line.

[Tokai Saikutsu]

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

/anon is required on a cleric/druid/wiz/enc

Also you forgot Mages ( can you summon me some XXXX ) and Rangers, we be tracking and killin uR Named.
Alot go anon to hide thier level not so much class to help prevent ks ing .....

[Uccin]

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

"/who all zone count" works just because people are anon, does not hide the server quarry

This doesn't work here. It just returns the same thing /who all count would. It works for classes/races, but not zones or guilds.

[Boombha]

I /role to avoid tells for SoW in the middle of a fight when I am LoM and people get persnickety because I won't leave to go to them when I should be taking care of my group.

I prefer /role because it keeps my guild tag up.

[Burrito]

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

So you don't ask them for SoW/clarity/rez/etc. and try to socially engineer them into leaving their camp?

Nope. If their in a group you shouldn't ask. It's really that simple. If you're extremely hopeless you can always ask and they are always free to say no. Don't beg, don't whine.

But I need a rez! My group is waiting on me.
Cleric: So is mine.

Same predicament. There are others who are available to provide the same service usually. I guess I'm also lucky that I can provide clarity to the group if they don't have it in exchange for something like a SoW.

If I'm camping a spawn or something- I don't mind throwing a clarity. They do need to come over to my camp however.

As for avoiding people asking for a service- maybe I just havn't played long enough but I always enjoyed running by and casting a Clarity/haste on lower leveled people or giving a clarity to someone who asked in tunnels. In the end for me- it's just mana (lucky for me it's only 75 and not 300) so I can usually throw a couple out in group. Other times I know I'm about to do something where I direly need the mana, or I'm busy I just hit them back with a quick no. I guess there's some point in this game after a certain number of hours where that becomes too much for me.

[Daldaen]

I still lol at everyone clinging to the "EQ Classic is amazing because you need other people". Cool, so why are you anon refusing to help anyone else?

[aubie]

Just make the /w all "zone" return:

Level 13 "NEWB"

26 players currently in "zone"

So, you only see the name for the non-anon/non-rp players, but you know the zone is full of anon/rp'ers. Thereby you don't waste a trip there to camp something and the anon/rp'ers don't sacrifice their anonymity to your pathetic tells for buffs/ports/rezzes. Simple solution and everyone is happy except the beggars.