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Ok, it has been suggested before that team leaders should be starred in the search function. Or that extra tabs can be added to show what ATs leaders are looking for? etc...
My suggestion is :- When a team invites an 8th member, there should be an automatic lock out? This would work by excluding PMs for any team member, that contained the following words? [u]lft, room, join, team, free or space[u] as it gets frustrating trying to politely say no free slots whilst fighting during a tf etc.
This would stop any questions like :-
I'm looking for a team
Can I join your team, lvl ??? (AT)
Do you have any free spaces
Any room in your team for a (AT)
As soon as 1 or more people leave, the lock is removed.
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It would also stop questions like:
Hey, how's the team going then?
You still up for the respec team after the TF?
Want a free KB resistance recipe?
Added that new room to the base yet?
Want to join a boss hunt after that mish
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Ok, there are some flaws in that suggestion, granted.
Perhaps then, there should be a tab added to search function, that shows a symbol next to a players name that is already in a full team of 8. Or perhaps an automatic team hide when the team is full, so that global friends can still contact you, but random people can't.
[edit]I was also trying to imply that people outside the team can't PM you, not that every PM is ignored. Team members should be free to PM each other whilst teaming, as before[/edit]
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Would probably be easier to add a function from the global friends to the /search function where there is a tab that shows you the number of people in the team that they are on.
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[edit]I was also trying to imply that people outside the team can't PM you, not that every PM is ignored. Team members should be free to PM each other whilst teaming, as before[/edit]
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'Cept all of Standoff's PM exampples could come from players outside the team.
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Would probably be easier to add a function from the global friends to the /search function where there is a tab that shows you the number of people in the team that they are on.
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Of course, if you're duoing or trioing (and thus, your team is "full") that information isn't going to be wanted.
Wouldn't it just be better to remove any on a team from the search function, except for the team leader who will remain in the search function until the team is full, before vanishing completely?
Of course, that'll lead to players saying that the game "IS EMPTY WAAAAAH!" when it's still quite busy 
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use /hide to block tells, if it's frustrating you
I spend a lot of my time talking to friends, who may not be on my team, an insta-lockout would be beyond frustrating. If it's getting to you, /hide_search and /hide_tells do the job perfectly well
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I think it will be easiest that people in a team are highlighted in one colour and the team leader is in another or has a star in addition.
That way you can see who is in a team and who you need to PM to ask to join.
And there is always the change the search comment saying that your team is full or something.
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If leader star is implemented on search screen then the star could appear red for a full team rather than gold, if not all members of a full team could appear in grey in the search window, same for those on TF's. Another QoL feature, why not?
Hello do you have a slot in your band of fellow good men for me?
"i'm solo right now, can i be with you?"
anyway, what about just expanding the team size?......it's a free-space RPG.....i never got the whole lock-out in that...
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This is what I do and I pretty much never get hassled by total strangers whether I'm soloing, duoing, grouping, on a TF or leading a TF.
I stay hidden from searches, but my global friends can see me - I join TFs that are advertised on global channels, or if none are being advertised then I start one myself and ask channel members to send me /tells if they're interested - pretty much never fails.
Admittedly I spend most of my weeknights online in a regular duo/team and only do TFs at weekends (or rarely late at night if I feel like it and someone is running one). Works for me.
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Admittedly I spend most of my weeknights online in a regular duo/team and only do TFs at weekends (or rarely late at night if I feel like it and someone is running one). Works for me.
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Ditto - I do use /hide too. But I think a Team Leader search/flag option would still be a good idea.
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use /hide to block tells, if it's frustrating you
I spend a lot of my time talking to friends, who may not be on my team, an insta-lockout would be beyond frustrating. If it's getting to you, /hide_search and /hide_tells do the job perfectly well
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[/ QUOTE ]Not frustrated exactly, but I'm more than likely to get a PM beg request when in the middle of a fight. Was just trying to find a solution that would work but not disrupt the game too much.
Using the /hide_tells function is worthless, as all I want to do is filter out team invite requests when the team is full, thus not needing extra members.
I never use hide_search as I don't not want to be found. I often solo, but will always join teams when asked generally.
It just bugs me when people can't use the search function properly. I have lost count of the amount of times I have received a PM from a player asking to join my team, when I am soloing.
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If leader star is implemented on search screen then the star could appear red for a full team rather than gold
[/ QUOTE ] Having 2 different coloured stars for leaders may work for people who know what they mean, but I guarantee the leader of a full team will still get requests from players asking to join, when there is no room.
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Hello do you have a slot in your band of fellow good men for me?
I'm solo right now, can I be with you?
[/ QUOTE ]Ok, these would get through the filter, from the words I suggested earlier. But that wasn't a definitive list, and as everyone knows there is always a loop hole in any system, it's just a matter of limiting the holes.
Maybe in Summary... there should be an icon added to the search function that shows when players are locked into a team. Which would include trials, strikeforces or task forces... which should prevent people sending PMs asking for an invite.
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I never use hide_search as I don't not want to be found. I often solo, but will always join teams when asked generally.
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Why not use hide_search when starting a TF and turn it off afterwards? You could always write yourself a post-it note to remind you 
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It just bugs me when people can't use the search function properly. I have lost count of the amount of times I have received a PM from a player asking to join my team, when I am soloing.
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It used to bug me too. Hiding solves it, but then I'm pro-active about joining teams when I want to, rather than passive, so that wouldn't work for you.
What I'd like to see is everyone on a team except team leaders being excluded from search queries, but leaders also being excluded when the team is full. That would help.
Ok, it has been suggested before that team leaders should be starred in the search function. Or that extra tabs can be added to show what ATs leaders are looking for? etc...
My suggestion is :- When a team invites an 8th member, there should be an automatic lock out? This would work by excluding PMs for any team member, that contained the following words? [u]lft, room, join, team, free or space[u] as it gets frustrating trying to politely say no free slots whilst fighting during a tf etc.
This would stop any questions like :-
I'm looking for a team
Can I join your team, lvl ??? (AT)
Do you have any free spaces
Any room in your team for a (AT)
As soon as 1 or more people leave, the lock is removed.
Main 50 & Badger Nine Claws Claws/Regen/Body
Other 50's Ph10x Brute Unjust Law Tanker Samantha Urai Scrapper Codename 1250 Scrapper
Cepheus Defender Nilus Scrapper Electro Field Blaster S.PONGE Tanker