Auto-accept/prompt for ALL powers

Dechs Kaison · 08-17-2009 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctor_Roswell

Here's a thought: What if, when someone declined a power effect, whether it was a teleport, Mystic Fortune, or one of these theoretical Speed Boost/ice shield prompts being discussed here, it didn't actually get used? No endurance wasted, no waiting for it to recharge. At worst, the caster would have wasted time trying, but wouldn't be stuck waiting another five minutes or however long before being able to use the power on someone who does want it. Obviously, group effects like Team Teleport would need a special provision, but if some line of code were added that said that if every single recipient of a power, whether it's a single-target buff or a group effect, declined to be affected, the power simply didn't go off...

(Some extension of the existing "invalid target" mechanic already at work?)

Imagine if trying to rez someone who'd used their death as an excuse to go to the bathroom without telling the group didn't keep another person who just faceplanted from getting rezzed instead! At least then one of them would be up and back in the fight.

I would be behind this 100%. If they don't do some kind of "invalid target" mechanic, though, they should not add the option to decline buffs.

Imagine recall friend. You wait forever while the power activates... then nothing happens! He must have declined the teleport! Doh, I could have had someone else here by now.

Imagine recall friend again. You try to teleport a teammate and it immediately says "Invalid target." Oh well... Next?

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ClawsandEffect · 08-17-2009 10:49 AM

Yes, I can go along with the "invalid target" mechanic.

My main is one of those apparently blasphemous NO SB people. He is built in such a way that Speed Boost provides almost zero benefit, while having the downside of making him difficult to control.

It is important for a melee character to not be continually overshooting their intended target. It is especially a problem on large teams, when my computer has a tendancy to lag if there is too much on the screen at once. If I get Speed Boosted in that situation you have just effectively removed me from the fight.

It is even worse when I am Speed Boosted unexpectedly, and go sailing past the mob I was aiming for and into the next one. Since I tend to jump into a mob so I can get into the middle of it, badly timed Boosts usually hit me when I am in midair. Suddenly, I am moving a great deal faster and my planned trajectory is out of whack, causing me to agro a group I wasn't aiming for. Guess who gets blamed for the extra agro? Not the kin that SBed me at a bad time, that's for sure.

Every other character works beautifully with Speed Boost, just not that one.

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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
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