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Poll: Battle Field Announcer (34 member(s) have cast votes)

What should the battle field announcer cost to use?

  1. 100,000 zeny (12 votes [35.29%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 35.29%

  2. 1 Battlefield Badge (2 votes [5.88%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

  3. Both 1 and 2 (3 votes [8.82%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 8.82%

  4. 1 OR 2 (3 votes [8.82%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 8.82%

  5. No Cost (14 votes [41.18%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 41.18%

Global Cooldown?

  1. Yes (25 votes [83.33%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 83.33%

  2. No (5 votes [16.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 16.67%

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#1 Campitor

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Posted 27 May 2015 - 01:45 AM

Greetings Everyone. I went to create the battlefield announcer and quite frankly blanked on how it should be done in regards to player access to him.

 

Currently the plan is the NPC will do pre set messages such as "[Player] Name wants to run [Battlefield] Right Now!"

 

The thing is we cannot allow players to just spam the servers with these messages so there needs to be a cooldown (20 minutes) and perhaps a cost. So please participate in this poll.

 

 


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#2 Xellie

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Posted 27 May 2015 - 01:49 AM

Personally I don't think there should be a cost.

 

Is the cooldown global or per player?


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 01:50 AM

Personally I don't think there should be a cost.

 

Is the cooldown global or per player?

Could do either added that option


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 02:05 AM

Theoretically a currency-based cost would be nice, since zeny sinks are great to have and the server is rolling in it, but 100,000z is excessive. People would rather do without than pay such an exorbitant fee every 20 minutes, without the assurance of a full BG per shout.

 

So my vote goes to No Cost unless you change 100k to something more practical.

 

And the cooldown should be global.


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 02:13 AM

Can we have the number of players currently waiting in the chat room included in the annoucement please?


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 05:11 AM

Consuming a Badge and paying 100k is a good price. We dont want spam noobs and always someone have a badge in storage or inventory. Not even have to say about the zenny...

 

Global Cooldown 5 min.


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 05:49 AM

There must be a cost or this will be abused. It could be abused regardless but if it is then at least they are participating in a zeny sink of sorts (very mild one).
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Posted 27 May 2015 - 09:58 AM

Can we have the number of players currently waiting in the chat room included in the annoucement please?

this this this.

 

100k zeny seems a bit excessive if there isn't a guarantee that you'll get enough players from the shout.

 

tbh i don't even think i'd use the shout npc if it costed 100k AND badges to use. granted, i don't go to bg that often because of the constant disconnecting, but still.

 


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 10:07 AM

Think just zeny is fine. If we compare it to the current situation, the people who currently have megaphones can afford 100k easily. If it switches to cost 100k then the majority of players who want to run bg should be able to afford it.

Having badge requirement makes sense but it's counter productive. Spend badges for a -chance- to get bg running to get more badges. I could see this being used if/when it is abused, but give it a chance first.
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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:17 AM

Think just zeny is fine. If we compare it to the current situation, the people who currently have megaphones can afford 100k easily. If it switches to cost 100k then the majority of players who want to run bg should be able to afford it.

Having badge requirement makes sense but it's counter productive. Spend badges for a -chance- to get bg running to get more badges. I could see this being used if/when it is abused, but give it a chance first.

 

lel 90% of the time I shout for bg I don't even step inside unless it needs numbers

 

With additional shouts being necessary to fill bg most of the time, you're not gonna get any good Samaritans spending their 100k.

 

Also, number in chatroom only good for jerks who will only go if someone else has gotten a bunch of people/chars in already? I know that when shouting for BG if I announced numbers before less than 5~3 people are needed, most people won't come. Psychology at it's finest.

 

edit: trying to understand this concern of the npc "being abused". How can it be abused exactly? That someone picks from a pre-determined message saying they want bg to run/bg is running and then people show up and then it runs or it doesn't? Not sure how that can be harmful... at. all.


Edited by Xellie, 27 May 2015 - 11:22 AM.

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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:35 AM

lel 90% of the time I shout for bg I don't even step inside unless it needs numbers

 

With additional shouts being necessary to fill bg most of the time, you're not gonna get any good Samaritans spending their 100k.

 

Also, number in chatroom only good for jerks who will only go if someone else has gotten a bunch of people/chars in already? I know that when shouting for BG if I announced numbers before less than 5~3 people are needed, most people won't come. Psychology at it's finest.

 

edit: trying to understand this concern of the npc "being abused". How can it be abused exactly? That someone picks from a pre-determined message saying they want bg to run/bg is running and then people show up and then it runs or it doesn't? Not sure how that can be harmful... at. all.

 

The people always find a way to -_- the new stuffs.
 


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:37 AM

The people always find a way to -_- the new stuffs.
 

 

Yeah they might shout for BG when they don't want it! Eff that guy in particular!
 


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:49 AM

I'm not sure zeny cost is a great idea. What about if you can give some of the regular megaphone users a token they can use to bypass the cost like you suggested earlier? It means that if people really want to shout they can, but if they want to get by the cost there'll be people who can do that for them (if they're there etc).

 

Definitely needs a cooldown though, how often do people think shouts should be able to be made? A game is anywhere from 3-10 minutes generally depending on defense (with 5 minute delay between start of one game and the next due to the cooldown), I wouldnt want to see shouts any more often than 15 minutes myself.


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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:57 AM

I'm not sure zeny cost is a great idea. What about if you can give some of the regular megaphone users a token they can use to bypass the cost like you suggested earlier? It means that if people really want to shout they can, but if they want to get by the cost there'll be people who can do that for them (if they're there etc).

 

Definitely needs a cooldown though, how often do people think shouts should be able to be made? A game is anywhere from 3-10 minutes generally depending on defense (with 5 minute delay between start of one game and the next due to the cooldown), I wouldnt want to see shouts any more often than 15 minutes myself.

 

Or we can just keep using megaphones ¬.¬
 


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Posted 30 May 2015 - 05:30 PM

Let the cooldown be 5 or 10 mins. Too long people might left. With no cost. The best way I see is to broadcast the total numbers or participant needed on whichever side so we know it's a fake when there's only 1 person inside.

This should apply to pvp too..
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Posted 31 May 2015 - 12:04 AM

Yep, we need more zeny sink. But 100k is too much for newbies, make it 25k with global CD.


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