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[Proposal] AFK button/notification when in fleet
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Raziel Tyrael
Euphoria Released
#1 - 2012-01-19 02:03:00 UTC
There should be an AFK button in fleet window as well as an AFK notification in fleet.

What am I trying to say?

When you are in fleet you should be able to hit an AFK button and you should then be marked gray in fleet instead of purple (or some other color), also in addition to that, every pilot that hasn't moved or done any activity in like 5 minutes should automatically go to AFK like he pressed the AFK button. It could be implemented like a broadcasts are. Also player going AFK without pressing a button should get a message he is going to be set in AFK mode.

Feedback?
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2012-01-19 08:00:26 UTC
why? what is the point?
Blatant Forum Alt
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-01-19 09:32:00 UTC
Yay more butthurt about afk cloakers. Grow a pair.
Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-01-19 09:44:51 UTC
Blatant Forum Alt wrote:
Yay more butthurt about afk cloakers. Grow a pair.

ban npc forum alts from csm forums

exhibit a
Raziel Tyrael
Euphoria Released
#5 - 2012-01-19 12:47:39 UTC
Blatant Forum Alt wrote:
Yay more butthurt about afk cloakers. Grow a pair.


who said anything about cloaked ships?

this proposal is to make FCs job easier, so you can see if somebody is not here instead of waiting for x up in fleet and then counting them to see who is ready. With this you more or less know what you have as an FC and who is ready to move now without any delay to fleet
Tarunik Raqalth'Qui
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-01-19 20:36:15 UTC
Would be handy for FCs and pilots, not having to ask folks to X up in fleet chat 20 times over.
Raziel Tyrael
Euphoria Released
#7 - 2012-02-11 11:26:37 UTC
Tarunik Raqalth'Qui wrote:
Would be handy for FCs and pilots, not having to ask folks to X up in fleet chat 20 times over.


exactly, and bump..
Katalci
Kismesis
#8 - 2012-02-12 03:52:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Katalci
Make the color customizable like all other colortags, not just gray. "omgwtf neutrals in the fleet"

Blatant Forum Alt wrote:
Yay more butthurt about afk cloakers. Grow a pair.

look how dumb you are
Corniel Azizora
Yukama Industries
#9 - 2012-02-13 19:08:22 UTC
I see the point in this, but if you are gone that long to make a difference why not simply leave the corp, ask the Fleet BOSS to make a fleet advert for corp mate and rejoin when you are done eating, or doing other stuff Blink
Tidurious
Blatant Alt Corp
#10 - 2012-02-13 20:42:19 UTC
Um, join the AFK squad, or just type "AFK" in fleet chat. Problem solved.
Phornee Kayter
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#11 - 2012-02-16 02:25:22 UTC
One could always leave fleet until they return.
Sephira Galamore
Inner Beard Society
Kvitravn.
#12 - 2012-03-14 12:55:00 UTC
Abandoned your own proposal Raziel? Let me give you a bump, and even some content ;)


Tidurious wrote:
Um, join the AFK squad, or just type "AFK" in fleet chat. Problem solved.

- Switching squads requires the right to do so (and it's also a workaround and not a solution).
- "AFK" / "RE" in chats makes it annoying for the FC to keep track of who's back and who's still AFK.

Phornee Kayter wrote:
One could always leave fleet until they return.

- That's an even worse workaround than switching squads, as you miss information from fleet chat in the meantime.

My opinion:
The auto-AFK part should be optional for fleet members. E.g. menu entry in the fleet window menu "Enable auto-AFK".
Also don't forget the "RE" button, next to the "AFK" button in the broadcast toolbar.
Raziel Tyrael
Euphoria Released
#13 - 2012-03-25 15:11:12 UTC
Sephira Galamore wrote:
Abandoned your own proposal Raziel? Let me give you a bump, and even some content ;)
- "AFK" / "RE" in chats makes it annoying for the FC to keep track of who's back and who's still AFK.


exactly that
Mechael
Tribal Liberation Distribution and Retail
#14 - 2012-03-27 16:50:14 UTC
Supported wholeheartedly ... but why not just have a general AFK feature that works whether or not you're in a fleet?

I try to convo someone ... I get a message back, "That person is currently AFK."

I browse through corpchat (or whatever chat) and I can see who's here and who's not, immediately saving me the trouble of trying to get someone's attention when they're out dropping the kids off at the pool or something.

And so on.

Whether or not you win the game matters not.  It's if you bought it.
Raziel Tyrael
Euphoria Released
#15 - 2012-04-01 19:20:04 UTC
Mechael wrote:

I try to convo someone ... I get a message back, "That person is currently AFK."


I am against that, since then you could see for example for wartargets if they are really on, or just afk in station or cloaked up somewhere (wartargets as in both wartargets and neutrals/red in low and 0.0)