The queue kept "falling off" after assembling for an Incarnate trial yesterday. Double checked: everyone was 50, there was no network chatter about new bugs and the star was passed between team leads to see if the same thing would happen. Finally, someone suggested the possibility of a Premium player on league. There was one. He honestly didn't know. Some folks don't read forums and casually delete update emails from the game. So my question is, is there a notification inside of the game itself that advises Premiums/F2P of their inability to join an *Incarnate* trial? A pop-up or a system message?
Here's my concern: although he was a very nice guy and excused himself from league, someone could grief Incarnate leagues by accepting invitation and not self-identifying if asked. We'd potentially end up waiting for someone to excuse themselves and eventually disband. Currently, there's no way for league leaders to identify who is not VIP. A league compiled completely from LFG would not have this problem but some do assemble private/public call leagues to run with friends first. This is common on my server where many meet up in RWZ and call LFG/LFM in broadcast specifically for Incarnate trials.
Would it be possible to give league leaders a way to identify non-VIP? An icon after invitation? If there was a concern about discrimination for non Incarnate leagues, thought about different scenarios:
- No identification given but the system would automatically remove non-VIP players once an Incarnate Trial was selected (with a system message to the player explaining why). The downside to this would be closed league teams. If a league dropped below below the minimum requirement, I'd wonder if it was a bug or if the players crashed and add time waiting for them to return or message me. Another concern would be if the league did *not* drop below the system minimum but did drop below the league leader's personal preference with a closed event.
- Or a blind notification? Once the trial was selected, the system would remove Premium players but provide League leaders a notification. "4 players were removed for not having Incarnate unlocked. Please re-select queue options." That would allow league leaders to either proceed with their private invite/open-queue league Trial (likewise to proceed with their private invite/closed league Trial) and not substitute lost bodies -or- invite substitutes *before* restarting -or- change their league from closed to open (if it was previously closed) and let the system pick up extra bodies.
The queue kept "falling off" after assembling for an Incarnate trial yesterday. Double checked: everyone was 50, there was no network chatter about new bugs and the star was passed between team leads to see if the same thing would happen. Finally, someone suggested the possibility of a Premium player on league. There was one. He honestly didn't know. Some folks don't read forums and casually delete update emails from the game. So my question is, is there a notification inside of the game itself that advises Premiums/F2P of their inability to join an *Incarnate* trial? A pop-up or a system message?
Here's my concern: although he was a very nice guy and excused himself from league, someone could grief Incarnate leagues by accepting invitation and not self-identifying if asked. We'd potentially end up waiting for someone to excuse themselves and eventually disband. Currently, there's no way for league leaders to identify who is not VIP. A league compiled completely from LFG would not have this problem but some do assemble private/public call leagues to run with friends first. This is common on my server where many meet up in RWZ and call LFG/LFM in broadcast specifically for Incarnate trials.
Would it be possible to give league leaders a way to identify non-VIP? An icon after invitation? If there was a concern about discrimination for non Incarnate leagues, thought about different scenarios:
- No identification given but the system would automatically remove non-VIP players once an Incarnate Trial was selected (with a system message to the player explaining why). The downside to this would be closed league teams. If a league dropped below below the minimum requirement, I'd wonder if it was a bug or if the players crashed and add time waiting for them to return or message me. Another concern would be if the league did *not* drop below the system minimum but did drop below the league leader's personal preference with a closed event.
- Or a blind notification? Once the trial was selected, the system would remove Premium players but provide League leaders a notification. "4 players were removed for not having Incarnate unlocked. Please re-select queue options." That would allow league leaders to either proceed with their private invite/open-queue league Trial (likewise to proceed with their private invite/closed league Trial) and not substitute lost bodies -or- invite substitutes *before* restarting -or- change their league from closed to open (if it was previously closed) and let the system pick up extra bodies.