Uh, what about Union, Defiant, Vigilance, and Zukunft?
Also...
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And while we are at it why are you limiting it to 32 characters when between Vet rewards and purchased slots anyone can have up to 36 characters on any server? |
Originally Posted by Arctic_Princess
Uh, what about Union, Defiant, Vigilance, and Zukunft? Also... http://api.ning.com/files/1jubPugz8R...icfacepalm.jpg |
I'm also curious are you actually talking about an SG base with 12 or more rooms devoted to nothing but changing characters without logging completely off? The smallest plot available is 8 by 12 and only nine 2 by 2 rooms can fit including a secret entrance. Now using a small 1 by 2 room (similar to the smallest workshop of teleport room) this can be increased but unless these rooms are FREE (highly unlikely) that's an awful lot of prestige for an SG to shell out just to switch characters without logging off. How about instead of a base a building similar to the AE ones we have now in every zone that any character, In an SG or not, can enter and use to perform this switch?
Also with Going Rogue a little more than a month away why limit it to hero to hero or villain to villain switches? After GR there is a very good possibility that a hero, say a Scrapper for example, has become a Vigilante and while his AT and powersets are Heroic in nature he could easily have logged off last in the Rogue Isles. Doesn't seem that difficult to me IF they come up with something along these lines to make it so you can switch to ANY character and would simply appear in the same location you logged that character off in last. So your SoA Crab is a Rogue and the last time you played you logged off in the Midnighter's Club in Steel Canyon. Your on a Brute and head to the Personel building in Cap and switch to your Crab and after a short changing screen you simply find yourself in Steel Caynon in control of your Crab Spider.
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Isn't this just a more elaborate login screen, ultimately? The only real difference here seems to be that you don't need to enter your password again.
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Originally Posted by eltonio
This is over the top mental slavery.
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I have to admit I wouldn't mind not having to enter my password more than once. I just don't know if a base is a feasible way to do it.
For some reason, I recall WW saying that was something they were going to do.
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/this, one of the devs did state that they are trying to get the tech out so that poeple can change toons without relogging every time|
Originally Posted by enrious2
For some reason, I recall WW saying that was something they were going to do.
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i do support the changing without logging feature, but as stated, its in the devs pipeline for their to-do list
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Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
And while we are at it why are you limiting it to 32 characters when between Vet rewards and purchased slots anyone can have up to 36 characters on any server?
I'm also curious are you actually talking about an SG base with 12 or more rooms devoted to nothing but changing characters without logging completely off? The smallest plot . |
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Oh, then 36 guys will be in there : D.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about those severs. So make a EU base? Or put them with the NA base?
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Originally Posted by Arctic_Princess
Uh, what about Union, Defiant, Vigilance, and Zukunft? Also... http://api.ning.com/files/1jubPugz8R...icfacepalm.jpg |
... an idea by Power that I actually like?
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The idea of an interactive login system has been brought up before, and what runs through my mind is something like the UI to SSX Tricky. I think one of the big tech problems facing the developers is actually exposing an interactive system to the player-base. The nice thing about the 2D interface we have now is that a large amount of pertinent information is easily displayed to the player.
Moving to an interactive base system would mean having to come up with new methods of displaying pertinent data to the players, as well as setting up a new pre-server to host everybody logging in and out of the main game. Not impossible to implement, but not happening any time soon.
My only concern is that we'd be trading the irritation of having to retype our passwords for the irritation of having to navigate thru a base to switch characters.
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Might be possible to have the cake and eat it too... since the overall goal of a user-interface is to present information to players, I don't think there would be anything to stop choosing between a Classic Interface and a 3D UI system.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
My only concern is that we'd be trading the irritation of having to retype our passwords for the irritation of having to navigate thru a base to switch characters.
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I think that's an excellent idea I also still see no real need for a huge ROOM or entire base to do this in. Could be something as simple as a terminal similar to the ones used to view and join arena battle. The difference would be instead of a series of potential battles to join each player would have a screen listing all their characters: |
Originally Posted by je_saist
Might be possible to have the cake and eat it too... since the overall goal of a user-interface is to present information to players, I don't think there would be anything to stop choosing between a Classic Interface and a 3D UI system.
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Name | Server | Zone | Skill Level | Alighment
Taxibot Sara2.0 | Vitrue | Steel Canyon | 50 | Hero
Operative Tessa | Virtue | Cap Au Diable | 50 | Villian
and so forth.
Click on the character you wish to switch to and a pop up screen appears asking if you really wish to switch to said character (in case someone hits the wrong name) and then a teleport style screen appears and when you reappear you've switched from character A to character B. the terminals could be placed almost anywhere.. Pocket D, Wentworths/Black Market, Arenas, near trainers, in stores, and could even be an option gived to include in SG bases. The terminal already exists and the information I listed is nothing you can't see about anyone on your friend's list or even by doing a current player search. All they'd need to do is figure the coding for the switch.
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�Those women are prostitutes? You said they were raising money for stem cell research!� � Sheldon
That way will work ; )
Save for the fact that you then have most characters logged off at these terminals as opposed to day job locations if you keep track of such things. I am sure that you would be able to just log off as usual, just something to think on.
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I though of this cool idea! Instead of logging out or changing severs..... What if we had this base!
A base that you go in and you click on any toon and say play!
There will be 11 BIG rooms
Each room will stand for a sever. While entering it will say "Freedom" kinda like when we get an enhancement
Freedom
Justice
Pinnacle
Virtue
Liberty
Guardian
Infinity
Protector
Victory
Champion
Triumph
It will be able to hold up to 32 heroes in each room
Also you get to make your base look how ever you want! I think this is an awesome idea. What do you think?
P,S Villains and Heroes will have different bases :P so you have to log out if you want to play a Villain and you are on with a Hero..