Curse

Tyla · Jun 11, 2008, 09:08 PM // 21:08

Back in that "Ping Weapons" or whatever thread, I saw someone mention getting rid of the entire weapon pinging aspect.

I suggest that we are given a toggle to put a limitation on the amount of "I'm using Whatever!" pinging, of all forms, be it weapons, skills, targets and others.

For places such as Random Arenas, Alliance Battles, Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood, you're going to get at least one or two randoms, and sometimes they can just get a bit spam happy with their calling. Don't get me wrong, calling does help sometimes, but if we turn team chat off we turn off all possible communication with the entire party.

A little tickbox with another box which you can input a number which limits how many calls actually go through to your team chat as well will solve this I believe.

~Tyla

Gift3d · Jun 11, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

Team Chat [ ]

It's that simple. Prevents lots of rage, whining, and blown-up blood vessels of carebears all around the lands of Guild Wars.

Click the box, report them, feel incredibly accomplished about yourself and move on. It is thatttttt simple.

Div · Jun 11, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyla

Back in that "Ping Weapons" or whatever thread, I saw someone mention getting rid of the entire weapon pinging aspect.

I suggest that we are given a toggle to put a limitation on the amount of "I'm using Whatever!" pinging, of all forms, be it weapons, skills, targets and others.

I believe the correct response is to switch to your shield set and repeatedly ping "I am wielding a Crippling Voltaic Spear of Fortitude and a Tormented Tactics Shield of Fortitude" and then switch out those weapons to spam ping "I am wielding a Crippling Eternal Blade of Enchanting and a Celestial Compass of Aptitude." That generally shuts them up.

If it doesn't, bust out your sundering fiery dragon sword of fortitude.

MMSDome · Jun 11, 2008, 10:57 PM // 22:57

chances are when you are in a group like that you will fail

mage767 · Jun 11, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

I was simply doing some PVP and there was this one guy in our allies who pinged every second throughout the entire 10 minute match. He pinged what skill he was using and what target he was after. It was non-stop and pathetical - everyone in our team got angry, and some people even left. I shut-off team-chat.

Obviously, we lost the match.

/signed

dilan155 · Jun 11, 2008, 11:34 PM // 23:34

sure, dang this does mean i cant spam my awsome nuclear weps anymore oh well its for the greater good
/signed

Taisayacho · Jun 11, 2008, 11:40 PM // 23:40

after a rediculous amount of times when people have filled up my entire screen with "I'm using XYZ" pings in AB,
/signedsignedsigned.
please.

Lawrence Chang · Jun 12, 2008, 12:08 AM // 00:08

/notsigned

the only thing left in this game that is fun is fooling around and pissing people off.

Rakim B · Jun 12, 2008, 12:14 AM // 00:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by mage767

pathetical

i laughed

on a related note, /signed

teamchat is good, it helps you spike

Chthon · Jun 12, 2008, 01:10 AM // 01:10

We also need a filter for crude penis drawings on the radar compass....

Quote:

Originally Posted by holymasamune

If it doesn't, bust out your sundering fiery dragon sword of fortitude.

I, for one, would be greatly impressed by a sundering fiery dragon sword of anything.

Chronos the Defiler · Jun 12, 2008, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakim B

i laughed

on a related note, /signed

teamchat is good, it helps you spike

relying on teamchat for a spike is fail -.-

relying on teamchat for calling gankers/splits or just to train certain targets works though, but using it to spike? lawl

/signed

Brimstonez · Jun 12, 2008, 02:24 AM // 02:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chthon

I, for one, would be greatly impressed by a sundering fiery dragon sword of anything.

Damn you're quick...I'm pretty sure that was the joke huh :P

As for the idea of limitation
/signed

RedStar · Jun 12, 2008, 02:33 AM // 02:33

/signed

The worst is spamming "I'm dead" in AB/Fort Aspenwood/Jade Quarry.

Kook~NBK~ · Jun 12, 2008, 02:46 AM // 02:46

/signed!

IMHO, excessive pinging falls into the catergory of spam. No need for the annoyance.

When I encounter someone doing it, I simply say "I'm wielding a stick."

Tyla · Jun 12, 2008, 07:15 AM // 07:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMSDome

chances are when you are in a group like that you will fail

In AB, RA, FA and JQ what do you expect?

Cebe · Jun 12, 2008, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Rather than (or in addition to) a little tickbox to filter out weapon spam, perhaps treat Weapon spam AS spam, and after 2-4 clicks bring up the message "Your message has been surpressed due to excessive messaging"...

Poll added.

Wish Swiftdeath · Jun 12, 2008, 08:02 AM // 08:02

yes its annoying but i get them to shut up usually, if not - bye bye monk

Darkobra · Jun 12, 2008, 10:59 AM // 10:59

Definitely. I don't care what weapon you're wielding. Especially in a game where items don't define victory.

N1ghtstalker · Jun 12, 2008, 12:23 PM // 12:23

signed
also on that "I'm using Flare on....!"
blablabla you get the point
i hate it
i once was in AB and this annoying retard was constantly pinging every move he made

Jetdoc · Jun 12, 2008, 04:06 PM // 16:06

As a normal target caller for my group, I can see some serious problems with this, especially in the middle of a heated fight where enemies might drop like flies.

Sometimes spamming a target is the primary way to get someone's attention that you've switched targets based on prioritization...you might notice a popup group or a patrol that you didn't factor into your original call, and not everyone will know to switch targets if you don't reinforce it with 2-3 repeated target calls.

I know this can be accomplished if you have voice chat, but not everyone has that.

/notsigned.