Not Used: AFK State

This is a suggestion I thought would make better sense if it stated for both character's instead of just one gender of the character

But when a player returns back from being afk, then receive this message:




Appears more alert, looking around as if trying to take his
bearings. Which "his" would mean all characters are males.

I figured it could state as such:





Appears more alert, looking around as if trying to gather
your bearings. With this makes it more flexible for both genders.


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It does change, depending on the gender of the person coming back from AFK status. It's basically an emote in 3rd person that tells other players that you're back.

Then this is my bad on this suggestion.. Please excuse me for assuming such a thing.

*puts his head down and walks to the corner*



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Yeah but now a thread's open.. would an AFK state of "DM invisibilty/invulrunbility and immobile" be better then the current glow ?... I think there is a scripted way to do this.. it would basically layer, cutscene ghost and cutscene immobility on the player...

... such a change should look to all others as though the PC has "logged off"... but still with the messages still around.. the immobility is there because if not the afk status could be abused during combat....

Meh... I honestly think its pretty good how it is. If it aint broke....

RustyDios wrote:Yeah but now a thread's open.. would an AFK state of "DM invisibilty/invulrunbility and immobile" be better then the current glow ?... I think there is a scripted way to do this.. it would basically layer, cutscene ghost and cutscene immobility on the player...

... such a change should look to all others as though the PC has "logged off"... but still with the messages still around.. the immobility is there because if not the afk status could be abused during combat....

I'd been wondering for a while if something like this might be possible; ever since the time Vizzini was exploring some dusty old tomb and the UPS guy decided to knock two seconds after the elder Calithian vampire spawned

I have recently been using the Map of Aenea in conjunction with AFK mode for longer absenses. While I understand that there are some issues with the map portal being broken for some,I have not yet had such troubles. And this combo has given me some peace of mind when having to leave the system for more than just a couple of minutes.

As I told some others, this reminds me a bit of the older version Rope Trick spell, where a mage would retire to rest in a summoned extra-dimensional space.

Elhanan wrote:I have recently been using the Map of Aenea in conjunction with AFK mode for longer absenses. While I understand that there are some issues with the map portal being broken for some,I have not yet had such troubles. And this combo has given me some peace of mind when having to leave the system for more than just a couple of minutes.

As I told some others, this reminds me a bit of the older version Rope Trick spell, where a mage would retire to rest in a summoned extra-dimensional space.

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