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Option to disable "incursion local"
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Osaka Hibachi
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-09-29 12:08:45 UTC
As part of the consolidation of notification messages, alerts, etc, I think that we should also have the option to disable the "incursion local" channel that pops up each time you enter an active incursion zone. As one of many incursion runners, I am somewhat annoyed by that extra little chat window that pops up every time I happen to log into the game. It's a small thing to be annoyed about, but seeing as how we are only currently able to minimize the window, it'd be nice to close it completely at the very least.

Having the channel defaulted to visible obviously is a good idea; newer players who are not accustomed to incursion spawns and the dangers they may present should definitely be notified upon entering an incursion zone, and having a new chat channel open up is a perfect way of doing that. Older players who have run that gauntlet before, though, should recognize the influence bar and realize what they've stumbled into when they enter system...without having a chat window punch them in the face.

With basically everything in eve, if we don't like something, we're given the option to kill it. In this case we are not. Please give us the figurative gun for the situation so that we may do away with the evil chat channel of incursion local... even if it's in the form of a small checkbox in the options menu :P
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#2 - 2014-09-29 13:26:12 UTC
Osaka Hibachi wrote:
As part of the consolidation of notification messages, alerts, etc, I think that we should also have the option to disable the "incursion local" channel that pops up each time you enter an active incursion zone. As one of many incursion runners, I am somewhat annoyed by that extra little chat window that pops up every time I happen to log into the game. It's a small thing to be annoyed about, but seeing as how we are only currently able to minimize the window, it'd be nice to close it completely at the very least.

Having the channel defaulted to visible obviously is a good idea; newer players who are not accustomed to incursion spawns and the dangers they may present should definitely be notified upon entering an incursion zone, and having a new chat channel open up is a perfect way of doing that. Older players who have run that gauntlet before, though, should recognize the influence bar and realize what they've stumbled into when they enter system...without having a chat window punch them in the face.

With basically everything in eve, if we don't like something, we're given the option to kill it. In this case we are not. Please give us the figurative gun for the situation so that we may do away with the evil chat channel of incursion local... even if it's in the form of a small checkbox in the options menu :P



+1 Incursuion chat is annoying.l
Yogsoloth
Call of Cuthulu
#3 - 2014-09-29 14:22:38 UTC
YES !!!!

Stop forcing terrible incursion content on me.

+17896349726487263487263487628346
FireFrenzy
Cynosural Samurai
#4 - 2014-09-29 15:55:29 UTC
GIMME GIMME GIMME!!! Or atleast stop it from resizing chatboxes

+ INFINITE
Jack Carrigan
Order of the Shadow
#5 - 2014-09-29 22:38:35 UTC
I concur with this.

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Osaka Hibachi
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2014-09-30 14:59:28 UTC
more.
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#7 - 2014-09-30 17:29:12 UTC
Old but valid complaint. (though the resize is new, never does that with me)

Basically concerns all pop-ups stealing focus.

You should promote one of those rather then just open another thread... cause this is a repost. I cast my +1 already there.
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#8 - 2014-09-30 19:08:53 UTC
you can turn blink off and minimize it, but then i also hope you would enter an incursion area and warp to a belt and die to sansha or go to do missions with -50% damage and resist and die horribly as the debuffs dont affect rats and such.

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Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#9 - 2014-09-30 20:32:39 UTC
Agondray wrote:
you can turn blink off and minimize it, but then i also hope you would enter an incursion area and warp to a belt and die to sansha or go to do missions with -50% damage and resist and die horribly as the debuffs dont affect rats and such.


Does it offend you somehow that the rest of us don't interact with incursions (which are pretty impossible to miss, btw) and want that annoying blasted chatbox to stop messing with our interface until we have an actual use for it?
Wolf Incaelum
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2014-09-30 21:35:58 UTC
+1

In the same way that I don't want Christians forcing their beliefs on me, I also do not want incursion local to be forced on me.

Those of us who don't use/want it should have the option to turn it off. The ones who do use it can...well...not turn it off (duh). Besides, incursion participants have their own separate local channel for a reason. I'm sure they don't appreciate having it constantly spammed with inquiries on how to close it, for they surely ALWAYS get pissy about it when someone does ask. It never fails.

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Mangraa Dementia
Un4seen Development
Goonswarm Federation
#11 - 2014-10-01 06:06:30 UTC
It's a little detail, one which many would consider trivial, but I wholeheartedly agree with this idea.

+8675309
James Baboli
Warp to Pharmacy
#12 - 2014-10-01 06:10:09 UTC
Fer'isam K'ahn wrote:
Old but valid complaint. (though the resize is new, never does that with me)

Basically concerns all pop-ups stealing focus.

You should promote one of those rather then just open another thread... cause this is a repost. I cast my +1 already there.

Betting most if not all of your permanent chat boxes are pinned then. All it takes is pulling incursion local out and then pinning the other chats and it will never resize your chats again.

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Swiftstrike1
Swiftstrike Incorporated
#13 - 2014-10-01 06:33:25 UTC
Would love this.

Casual Incursion runner & Faction Warfare grunt, ex-Wormholer, ex-Nullbear.
Evora Pirkibo
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2014-10-01 08:20:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Evora Pirkibo
Agondray wrote:
you can turn blink off and minimize it, but then i also hope you would enter an incursion area and warp to a belt and die to sansha or go to do missions with -50% damage and resist and die horribly as the debuffs dont affect rats and such.


Has this idea of an option to block an obnoxious chat popup hurt your butt? I'm curious how.

Anyway yes give us moar settings to turn off silly crap.

+1

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Joshua Foiritain
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#15 - 2014-10-01 10:18:15 UTC
Yes pls.

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Novenas Heresy
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2014-10-01 10:22:42 UTC
+1 Also, on a related note, I'd like to see the same treatment for the bane of the AUTZ, the "Shutdown in Progress" notification. 3 notifications that steal focus, always at the worst possible times. At the very least make it so I click around the notification. Ideally relegate it to the new notifications area. And cut it down to 1 notification instead of 3 (unless DT has changed from normal), all AUTZ players know when DT is.
Steppa Musana
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-10-01 15:55:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Steppa Musana
In addition to this the incursion channel will move and resize your entire chat panel, unless you previously had the incursion channel separated from before.

EVE UI, so gewd.

Hey guys.