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[Idea] Add "AFK" Auto-reply messages to incoming convos with a button
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Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-07-27 05:29:14 UTC
You know when you go afk for 15 minutes to run to the corner store for some eggs and milk, and how that one convo you really needed to talk with came in JUST as you left?

What if there was a button or option in the EVE Mail options (where else to put it?) that would auto-reply to any incoming convos with a simple customization message, no more than 100 characters lets say. It would be a very nice feature for those who who might find themselves AFK for a short period of time but awaiting an important private convo.
Altirius Saldiaro
Doomheim
#2 - 2014-07-27 07:30:24 UTC
I like it.
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#3 - 2014-07-27 07:57:07 UTC
So basically what you're saying is that you want an AFK auto-reply feature so that people know when you're vulnerable and unable to do anything about them killing your ship and then your pod and then molesting your frozen corpse with a creamsicle.

Am I reading your post correctly? Are you really saying you want to give away free intel like that?
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#4 - 2014-07-27 08:10:05 UTC
Nolak Ataru wrote:
You know when you go afk for 15 minutes to run to the corner store for some eggs and milk, and how that one convo you really needed to talk with came in JUST as you left?

What if there was a button or option in the EVE Mail options (where else to put it?) that would auto-reply to any incoming convos with a simple customization message, no more than 100 characters lets say. It would be a very nice feature for those who who might find themselves AFK for a short period of time but awaiting an important private convo.


Safespot, activate cloak, buy some eggs...

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Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#5 - 2014-07-27 08:18:57 UTC
Little Dragon Khamez wrote:
Nolak Ataru wrote:
You know when you go afk for 15 minutes to run to the corner store for some eggs and milk, and how that one convo you really needed to talk with came in JUST as you left?

What if there was a button or option in the EVE Mail options (where else to put it?) that would auto-reply to any incoming convos with a simple customization message, no more than 100 characters lets say. It would be a very nice feature for those who who might find themselves AFK for a short period of time but awaiting an important private convo.


Safespot, activate cloak, buy some eggs...


Cause some angsty nullbear to complain about AFK cloaking in F&I...
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#6 - 2014-07-27 08:25:32 UTC
It's not that hard to check if someone is afk or not.

Just give them a friendly bump.

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James Baboli
Warp to Pharmacy
#7 - 2014-07-27 08:57:04 UTC
Very hard if someone is docked and not on the same coms as you, or any coms at all.

Talking more,

Flying crazier,

And drinking more

Making battleships worth the warp
Dally Lama
Doomheim
#8 - 2014-07-27 13:54:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Dally Lama
Most people are AFK in a station...

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Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#9 - 2014-07-27 14:12:58 UTC
Alvatore DiMarco wrote:
Little Dragon Khamez wrote:
Nolak Ataru wrote:
You know when you go afk for 15 minutes to run to the corner store for some eggs and milk, and how that one convo you really needed to talk with came in JUST as you left?

What if there was a button or option in the EVE Mail options (where else to put it?) that would auto-reply to any incoming convos with a simple customization message, no more than 100 characters lets say. It would be a very nice feature for those who who might find themselves AFK for a short period of time but awaiting an important private convo.


Safespot, activate cloak, buy some eggs...


Cause some angsty nullbear to complain about AFK cloaking in F&I...


Antagonize them a bit further for being angsty and/or a nullbear...

You're getting the idea, keep following the thought to it's logical conclusion. Lol

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Rowells
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2014-07-27 14:19:54 UTC
"The pilot is currently busy and cannot receive your convo request at this time. Please hold while We attempt to connect you to the next available representative."

*queue music"
Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#11 - 2014-07-27 14:29:11 UTC
+1 because I want to see more failed CODE gankings when they're being too lazy to get intel and jump on a battle barge they thought was AFK and squishy.

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James Baboli
Warp to Pharmacy
#12 - 2014-07-27 14:31:41 UTC
Bohneik Itohn wrote:
+1 because I want to see more failed CODE gankings when they're being too lazy to get intel and jump on a battle barge they thought was AFK and squishy.

Gotta love what happens when CODE jumps on linked barges.

Talking more,

Flying crazier,

And drinking more

Making battleships worth the warp
Ryan Leonard Thorne
Pointed Sticks Improvement Inc.
#13 - 2014-07-27 14:38:50 UTC
Replace that general afk answering machine with afk flag that you can set in specific chat channels (corp chat for practical reasons, local for CODE reasons).
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2014-07-27 16:08:21 UTC
Alvatore DiMarco wrote:
So basically what you're saying is that you want an AFK auto-reply feature so that people know when you're vulnerable and unable to do anything about them killing your ship and then your pod and then molesting your frozen corpse with a creamsicle.

Am I reading your post correctly? Are you really saying you want to give away free intel like that?

Pretty sure OP wantd this as a checkbox fucntion, so YOU can turn it on if you have to leave and dont want to miss someone who might be trying to convo you about something important, that you can then turn off when youre back.
Daoden
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-07-27 16:09:44 UTC
I think OP just wants to know when he has a afk cloaky in system so he doesn't have to stay docked up
Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2014-07-28 13:51:08 UTC
Daoden wrote:
I think OP just wants to know when he has a afk cloaky in system so he doesn't have to stay docked up


No, Nariya was right. This would be an option that you would have to opt in in order to have it happen, not a timer-based event.
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#17 - 2014-07-28 14:39:25 UTC
You got the tools at hand already - it's called Bio.

Fixed that for you
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#18 - 2014-07-28 15:10:18 UTC
Fer'isam K'ahn wrote:
You got the tools at hand already - it's called Bio.

Fixed that for you

Lol.
I might have to steel that on you.

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Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#19 - 2014-07-28 23:40:28 UTC
I like.

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Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#20 - 2014-07-29 06:07:21 UTC
I like this idea.
We can communicate from one end of the known galaxy to the other, even through wormholes and while cloaked, but somehow New Eden forgot to invent the answering machine.

+1

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