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Do we need AFK indicator?
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Mehashi 'Kho
New Eden Motion Pictures
#61 - 2012-11-07 15:12:48 UTC
You know what most of us do to tell corpies we are going afk?

/me AFK

some time later...

/me back

As far as giving free intel to outsiders, no thanks. Psychological warfare is part of eve, as laughable as that is to say. Secondly I take a mild amount of pleasure from going afk for dinner and returning to a stream of "undock you puss" "lol u scared" and other such trolls, mainly from the knowledge that person wasted 30 mins of their life talking to a dead system.
Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
#62 - 2012-11-07 15:15:39 UTC
I hope before you went away for dinner that you flipped one of their cans if you're in hi-sec.

I did that the other day and I was called an 'elk'.

Pam:  I wonder what my name means in Welsh?Nessa: Why?
Raiko Osburn
Advanced Resource Acquisition and Exploration
#63 - 2012-11-07 16:13:35 UTC
Thank you very much for constructive criticism (in some cases). I would like to ask moderators to lock this thread as it is no longer valid discussion. Thank you.

Forget numbers, play with ideas, look for solutions.

Bad Messenger
Rehabilitation Clinic
#64 - 2012-11-07 16:26:09 UTC
Raiko Osburn wrote:
All online multiplayer games I have ever played have AFK indicator, so why not EVE?

*I don't want to start another threat about cloaky AFKers in null. No, this is not about being cloaky and AFK. This is about being AFK in general*

Tactical advantage of being AFK without others knowing it is quite powerfull tool. You can greatly affect gameplay of others and you don't have to play at all. So is it valid tactics? Is it ok, that EVE life and real life are so connected? Not everyone can have his computer online all day. Not everyone will do it even if they could for many reason starting with energy consumption and ending with greener planet Big smile

So what do you think? Do we need AFK indicator? Imagine you could tell if someone is AFK or not. How much would this feature change your EVE experience?


how to make it really work, i play other games when eve is running on behind, i am not really afk even i am not looking for EVE screen, but still i might be in comms listening what happens in EVE. Also i might have alt on other computer watching some gate etc. i am not doing anything else with that computer than just watching some times its screen.

So afk indicator never can tell the truth. It will be just thing that i would abuse to make you think i am afk.
Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#65 - 2012-11-07 20:23:52 UTC
Going AFK this thread..............
Vjorn Angannon
Lazerhawks
L A Z E R H A W K S
#66 - 2012-11-08 08:55:47 UTC
In short..... NO.

In the 3 yrs 4 months I been playing eve......it has already been "dumbed down" a fair bit.

Wait!! I have an idea!!! Get rid of local!!!
Flyingleanpocket
Amarrian Vengeance
Ragequit Cancel Sub
#67 - 2012-11-09 19:41:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Flyingleanpocket
Raiko Osburn wrote:
All online multiplayer games I have ever played have AFK indicator, so why not EVE?




The purpose of eve isn't to make eve consistent with other games



Free intel for the scared bears and baddies is pretty wholly moronic.



Vjorn Angannon wrote:
....it has already been "dumbed down" a fair bit.


And doesn't need to be dumbed down further

Raiko Ozburn wrote:
Thank you very much for constructive criticism (in some cases). I would like to ask moderators to lock this thread as it is no longer valid discussion. Thank you.


It wasn't really valid discussion to begin with

Axe wrote:
You get nothing! Good day sir!


^^ That


Xolve wrote:


"Just stick to high sec, nullbear." Cynthia Nezmor

Everytime I see this, I laugh uncontrollably, stick to LowSec scrublord.




Cynthia IS the lord of the scrubs, haven't you ever been to Hek?