GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Zordana]

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

Say goodbye to ever:
finding gear -> EC? wtf..
Finding groups -> LFG? wtf..
Finding rezzes -> /who + /tell? wtf..
Finding ports -> /who + /tell? wtf..
Getting help if you're new and stuck in nektulos -> you can still use /ooc to ask in your zone?
Finding help in general -> there is still the forum or you can /tell someone for help
Finding someone to summon your corpse thats stuck in a gigantic vat of lava --> and again there is /who + /tell
I'm sure I am missing more.

OOC can go for all i care but auction needs to stay.

fixed

[Cevel]

I was not here at the release of P99. With a population in getting into the 100s you guys thought it would be good to use /ooc to help with many apsects & 1 in particular being grouping. Ok i understand you eventually wanted to take that out and I get that. But for example using a level 20 toon-- /who all lfg 20 30.... 10 people will show up 15 if you are lucky... how is that different from the low population you guys started with in the beginning??? Our population is growing and i think it is awesome Rogean and crew are doing such a great job in making this an enjoyable game-- but even with 700ish people the level distribution is still too spread out

I am disappointed people take advantage of /ooc for personal chatter & i am not going to try to pretend i have a solution for that... for the most part you guys controlled spam from the level 1 wizard Wwwwivlvlviwuuii that would fly thru the chat screen--from my understanding i thought that to be more of a problem than anything... but why are people so against /ooc -- it is so helpful for lower levels getting groups outside of their current zone...

Nil you nailed my point i wanted to express-- P99 has non classic things in this game.. so what.. this game cannot become 100% classic so why take out anything non classic now??? people are happy with the game play-- the population is growing-- if we take out /ooc are people going to protest item linking, not being able to box, boat system?

[RWARP]

good luck finding no anon clerics , wizzies, and druids who don't want to be bugged by people and hell necros too.

Guess your /who theory goes out the line there.

[Zordana]

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

good luck finding no anon clerics , wizzies, and druids who don't want to be bugged by people and hell necros too.

Guess your /who theory goes out the line there.

like i mentioned already, like it is now, anonymous players (or at last the roleplaying ones) are listed!

[Zithax]

hey guys are you aware ooc can be turned off

[Ravenwind]

I vote keep it, hard enough finding a group as it is. the server doesn't have the people for zone only ooc

[nilbog]

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

hey guys are you aware ooc can be turned off

Yes, global ooc. We can turn it off. There are poll options at the top.

If you're implying people should turn off their own ooc, then I disagree with you.

[Beau]

Ooc/auction has NOTHING to do with the difficulty of finding groups. The server could drop to 100 people tomorrow and it would still have absolutely zero effect on it. Group issues are due to class oversaturation/availabitly, and highly desired exp zones/camps being unavailable due to present groups or farmers. It has zero to do with the use of global chat. If people are depending on ooc/auction for groups thats their own misfortune. My suggestion is if you are really that hard up for exp and typical group targets and assets are unavailble then make an unconventional group and take it to an unconventional spot. Without global /ooc classic servers would have outdoor zones(karanas) populated with pick up groups doing just fine. (reavers/aviaks/gnolls/etc) What /ooc has fostered was the desire to only hunt in zones that are suggested as the most lucrative leaving any sort of classic pick up grouping out. Again, just because you cant find a group in oasis or unrest , or guk or wherever, does not mean you cant put something together and progress.

Classic everquest was not a bunch of EQ experts only farming what they knew from years of experience to be worthwhile. If the argument is to help new people, then help them by letting them enjoy classic everyquest for themselves. Cut the training wheels.

[ulrich]

I will restate what I said earlier.

Look at the peoples post count against it. They are 1 , 2 and 3's. They are making new accounts to vote no. They are making new accounts to state their opinions under different names again and again. There is no argument to keeping ooc besides you want a huge chat room. In this chat you can say perverted things, political things, harass people, and get attention etc etc.

There will be more people making friends within their zones for help. Within their guilds.
There is a /who all . There is also the /lfg tool for group and ports.
In my memory the druids and wizards would port to each ring / spire and also bind in popular zones. Than they would /shout selling ports to bb , nk etc etc.

[Kainzo]

The SWGemu.com emulated server put a very similar poll, instead of removing global ooc/auc.... they were voting to wipe the server clean char/items etc.

Needless to say, on both sides, the adamant few kept making new accounts to vote no or yes.


Will the admin hold new registrations on these polls? or not allow you to vote unless you have X post counts?