GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Yoite]

people training griffons and slate to the tunnel...people guarding the tunnel against people training griffons and slate...its gonna be awesome guys...gonna be awesome

[ryuut1]

all i know is in classic i had a cof , full woven shadow and a runed bolster belt.

let's make this totally classic.

[doacleric]

In Feb of this year, I recommended that when we reach 750 max players, we should finally turn off Global channels. Back then we were hitting 350 max players, and it seemed like a long ways away. But it looks like that time has finally come.

There are now more than enough players to allow for "help" for new players, even if ooc is limited to zone only. And hell, sometimes you just gotta let those newbies experiment and figure stuff out on their own. Who here doesn't remember the first time they started typing to an NPC, forgot to hit ENTER, and got whacked in 1/2 a second when they hit the 'a' key?

Even during low times, there are more than enough players. The LFG ability is there for a reason - to help players find groups. I play on P1999 and I use it, and it does work. And i'm betting once global channels are gone, its going to be used even more.

The bottom line is - global channels will have to eventually go away, like it or not. As the population continues to grow, so will the amount of spam. We don't want it to have to get to the point where players turn OOC off completely, because well that doesn't help anyone either.

[Hilolas]

I haven't seen this mentioned...

What about when people need ports, rezzes, etc... Now all the druids, wizzies and clerics are gonna get even more tells asking for their services, instead of people just using ooc and auction to get services.

-Hilolas

[mitic]

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

I haven't seen this mentioned...

What about when people need ports, rezzes, etc... Now all the druids, wizzies and clerics are gonna get even more tells asking for their services, instead of people just using ooc and auction to get services.

-Hilolas

if you, as a clr or druid/wiz, are available to sell rezzes or ports just go visible. if you dont want to be bothered, go anon

its easy.

[keen]

What if there was a player specific option, IE: /ooczone to toggle on/off whether or not you want your ooc to be global or just in your zone? Or an option for a global channel for those who want to be able to speak globally: /join global (don't remember how to join channels to be honest.. lol). I know this isn't classic but with the population at it's current state it could get a little too quiet without global OOC, and it was a huge help for me getting back in to the game to be able to ask a question in ooc and get help knowing that at least one in the 400 people that are online will have the answer.

[Ceridain]

^ wise words! =]

[Zephys]

And what's wrong with that?

/who all cleric is classic!

[jilena]

Voted "no". EQ is boring when you are the only person in the zone. It wasn't fun in classic and I see that happening a lot more here. I guess there is no way to please everyone and obviously the classic "purists" have an easy advantage in this argument. I will miss the feeling of community the global channels created though. *shrug*

[ryuut1]

/anonymous or /role for them

let's get back to how we restore my old rogue gear for a more "classic" feel.

cof, rbb, full woven shadow.