Fortune Ettiquette

i really dont mind getting fortunes, although i seriously hate the dang popup

i usually give them out to other poeple, but i tend to forget most of the time, usually i only pass them around if were sitting around waiting for poeple to load or to start a tf ect

I think you should track down VoodooGirl and ask her, just make sure you don't read her fortune in the process.

Now thats a classic movie! So disturbing though...

Whenever I play my /Kin, I ask the team, "Does anyone NOT want Speed Boost?" And if anyone does not, I don't Speed Boost them.

I happen to LOVE Speed Boost. But if someone does not want it, I don't try to convince them otherwise; I just don't Speed Boost them. I don't need to know their reason, nor do I need to think it is a valid one.

So it should be with Mystic Fortune. If they want it, let 'em have it; if they don't, don't do it. Simple as that. Why should anyone care if they do or don't?

I usually announce "sending cards to the one below me", or just "sending cards", while we are at a door or in between missions. I avoid doing it in the middle of combat.

I also have keybinds for quick acceptance or denial, they work for any y/n popup (including those silly little "flavor text" boxes).

SHIFT+Y "dialog_yes$$dialog_answer Accept"
SHIFT+N "dialog_no$$dialog_answer Decline"

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If I'm on Virtue, and I am playing a character who has an origin and/or background for which mystical powers don't make sense, I never use it. Example - my sentient Clockwork has no magical abilities, therefore he can't cast fortunes.

If I'm on a character where it makes sense, or if I'm on a non-RP server, I'll buff the whole team if I need to. I rarely fdo drive-by fortunes unless it's in AP or Mercy on a low level character.

I guess I'm in the anti-fortune crowd, over-all. Without stirring up a ruckus,
I'll outline the reason's I don't like it, and usually decline it.

1> First and foremost, they make noise, a couple of which are really
irritating to me. (I haven't played a sonic toon since they first came out
for the very same reasons).

2> It lasts an hour of game time ... even if you log off and log back on,
which makes point #1 inescapable for that hour. There's no way to get
rid of it until it fades out on its own (afaik).

3> I'm a solo player and, in general, don't particularly need the buff - my
toon, by build design is already self-sufficient. The irritation of point #1
doesn't make the helpfulness of the buff useful to me.

4> More often than not, the yahoo that gives me the buff does so at the
market - that's an instant decline (and a playernote as well)

The pop-up generally doesn't bother me much, because I simply ignore it
most times, although I'd love an autodecline option in settings for it.

There is one instance in which I'll accept the buff. If I'm running a TF or
a Rikti Raid, then I'll accept. In that cases, I'm teamed by default already,
and more importantly, the chaos of a raid or a tf drowns out the noise of
the buff, making it tolerable.

As for giving out the buff, I don't have whatever pack you need to get it,
so it's a complete non-issue for me.

I understand the idea that most folks are simply trying to be helpful, but like
many things, oftentimes the implementation is more irritating than the help
is welcome.


Regards,
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On teams, the groups I play go with rule of 'fortune the person below you on the team window, bottom fortunes the top". Cuts down on confusion about who fortunes who considerably.

I just hate getting the fool card. Ick. throws me off.

I ask at the beginning (and when people join, after the beginning) if they've got the power. Then, I announce that whoever has the power buffs the person below them. Then I pick up people who are below folks without the Magic Pack (pretty rare these days). Makes it easier on other people not to have to remember to buff more than one person. I'm OK with taking more load/responsibility (especially something so minimal as an extra two keypresses (team select # is keybound, fortune is keybound) every 20 minutes).

I don't fortune unless inside a mission or actively killing things in an open zone. I only fortune teammates (or allies in an open zone fight).

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I don't accept Mystic Fortune for much of the same reasons that Fourspeed listed.
Mainly the sound (the one that remains for the duration of the buff, not the casting of it) and the visual.
I really dislike them (the timing of them is just on a weird tempo and rhythm that annoys me.. though, mainly because they annoy me in general... so, I'd always be anticipating it popping up and swirling around again, haha) and so don't want to deal with it. No big deal.

I love the popup. I usually just ignore it, but, if I can, I'll decline it.

I will accept it if 1) the character casting it includes some sort of Role-Playing reason (and my character either accepts or has no option) 2) if we're on an already noisy and flashy TF and I think we might benefit from the buff (extremely rare) 3) if we just got wiped repeatedly and we're pulling out all stops to stem the bleeding, hehe.

I don't have any characters that cast Mystic Fortune role-playing-wise.
I do keep it handy for times such as my above #3.

I do not mind anyone casting it on me though. I generally appreciate the thought and it does not bother or interfere with me in the slightest.