Discussion: Yellow Text

[Scribbles]

i think YT as it was on vztz should be in- pvp with no item loot/lb is all about reputation and seeing who is killing who is the main way those come about


edit- maybe a feature on the website that would list all kills, so it wouldnt be in the ingame chat but oyu could still see?

[Envious]

The down side has been expounded on relentlessly because people that talk about wanting an active pvp server want to pvp less to establish their names.

VZ/TZ never had more than 150 people on it. It was barely over 300 chars for a short duration, and we all know now that prolly a third of that was Brainz. Seriously tho, with all the 3 and 4 box'ing that was happening, its pretty safe to say never over 150 people logged in.

I'm all about global OOC until the pop is over 250 or so, maybe 150.

But YT is just annoying. Its kinda cool for a bit as a novelty, but it really has no benefit besides the clowns that think it makes them cool.

They just dont want to have to earn their reps the hard way, by actually killing relentlessly.

[Rushmore]

Again emperor Roegan has a great idea. But please dont hold the sever up to accomplish it when there can be simple compromises made like zone wide YT.

Someone said zone wide YT and then if enough people die there is a global YT announced!?!

Sexy

[Cwall]

Well so far two-thirds of the community wants some sort of yellow text(mostly serverwide), so if we don't see at least SOMETHING I will be very disappointed.

[Harrison]

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

Well so far two-thirds of the community wants some sort of yellow text(mostly serverwide), so if we don't see at least SOMETHING I will be very disappointed.

Prepare to be disappointed.

Rogean already said no yellow text.

[Kope]

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

Trying to see actual numbers on what the community prefers.

Not necessarily trying to see what people think the server SHOULD have, but instead what they would enjoy personally, so vote on that.

Discussing both of those, though, is fine, as long as shit stays on topic.

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

Well so far two-thirds of the community wants some sort of yellow text(mostly serverwide), so if we don't see at least SOMETHING I will be very disappointed.

So not trying to see what should happen, but if you don't get what you want you're going to be sad?

[Cwall]

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

So not trying to see what should happen, but if you don't get what you want you're going to be sad?

Given that Rogean gave an idea as a compromise after the initial post, yes.

[lethdar]

The last few boxes I haven't played characters that get yellow text anyway, Cleric, Bard, etc, and this box I'm planning on doing an enchanter. I doubt the lack of yellow text really hurt my reputation. What I am concerned about is finding pvp on a server with no zone whoing and no global ooc / yellow text. A good compromise would be something like a server message "It begins to rain blood in Neriak A" etc when some trigger has been satisfied (5 deaths in 5 minutes? I don't know).

This would help promote mass pvp in out of the way locations, as no one is really going to be checking out of the way zones when if the server knew there were 3 TDT/TZT/whatever camping GBS or quillmane it could quickly escalate into a huge brawl.

[vinx]

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

The last few boxes I haven't played characters that get yellow text anyway, Cleric, Bard, etc, and this box I'm planning on doing an enchanter. I doubt the lack of yellow text really hurt my reputation. What I am concerned about is finding pvp on a server with no zone whoing and no global ooc / yellow text. A good compromise would be something like a server message "It begins to rain blood in Neriak A" etc when some trigger has been satisfied (5 deaths in 5 minutes? I don't know).

This would help promote mass pvp in out of the way locations, as no one is really going to be checking out of the way zones when if the server knew there were 3 TDT/TZT/whatever camping GBS or quillmane it could quickly escalate into a huge brawl.

I would hope it would be smaller then that to alert of pvp going on

if a trio or group gets into it with another duo or trio you have 2-3 people dying (or running) not 5+
imo, thats more noteworthy then a duo/solo killing another solo or someone running by on a CR

2+ is meh, might not be anything there by the time someone runs out. prolly = alot of false alarms.
3+ within 5mins should be sufficient enough to signal pvp happening in whatever zone
(i hope the zone is included in YT)

There will always be YT in whatever auction zone there is for "liveliness"
and anyone lookin for pvp can discredit those broadcasts and join the ones worth investigating

[Kope]

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

I would hope it would be smaller then that to alert of pvp going on

if a trio or group gets into it with another duo or trio you have 2-3 people dying (or running) not 5+
imo, thats more noteworthy then a duo/solo killing another solo or someone running by on a CR

2+ is meh, might not be anything there by the time someone runs out. prolly = alot of false alarms.
3+ within 5mins should be sufficient enough to signal pvp happening in whatever zone
(i hope the zone is included in YT)

I wouldn't want to see the msg every time 2 or 3 people died, this is a pvp server and that should be happening very often. I'm looking for some real pvp battles if it's going to be a serverwide message. It should happen between 3 and 6 times every day so people know stuff is going down and not a few people just messing around as they prepare to leave a zone.