[MERGED] Character Alerts

C R A F T

C R A F T

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Citadel

R/

I've been doing more auctioning lately and am finding out how frustrating it is to meet up.

I have another suggestion; in the Friends tab where you can "Whisper XXX", "Ignore XXX", or "Delete XXX from Friends list", why not add "Alert me when Character XXX logs in"?

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Sometimes I just want a quick H/h session without people knowing I logged in (other times I log in just to chat)
Unless we get a "Log-in as offline" option then I'm going to have to /notsign

(move to ideas forum would probably be good)

Shyft the Pyro

Shyft the Pyro

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

NYC, USA

E/Mo

(Should be in the suggestions forum.)

I think this should instead be a toggled option. Many other games automatically notify the player when someone on their friend list logs in; why doesn't Guild Wars?

Laidy Rayne

Laidy Rayne

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

Maine

Faces of Oblivion[FOO]

I would love that option! Especially if it can be toggled on or off. I have told myself that I wish there was such a thing.

Macks Mistress

Macks Mistress

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

UK

Avatar Of Heroes [Hero]

Love the idea, tis rather annoying clicking back and forth on the friends list just to see if someone has come online.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

A must for toggle or able to log on as offline.

Don't add one or both of those /notsigned

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

New Friendslist feature. We've wanted more for so long.

/signed

Joshthor

Joshthor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

Eternal Knights Alliance [RotK]

Me/

i think this would be very nice, ive been wanting it for a long time, however with one change: both the players have to have each other on thier freinds lists. There is always that annoying guy that pesters you with questions and if he knows your online you are in hell for longer than when he decides to look on his freinds list :P

/signed

*p.s. does any of this stuff we want and ask for on guru actually GET INTO the game?

Fear Me!

Fear Me!

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/R

/signed. This is a very good idea.

Ghostcell

Ghostcell

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

=VX9=

N/Mo

eh as long as there is a sign in as offline then i guess it would be ok.
i dont have any problem just hitting N to bring up friends every now and then

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

Sounds like an excellent idea. I've had times where I PM a friend "when did you log on" and the response is something like "3 hours ago"

/signed.

Tosha

Tosha

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

The Order of the Kitten [PURR]

No! sometimes I put my status to offline just after i log in to avoid being whispered too much when I come online.

Want to be able to hide

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tosha
No! sometimes I put my status to offline just after i log in to avoid being whispered too much when I come online.

Want to be able to hide
Agree with Tosha. I do the same thing at times.

wanmoke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

In the land of Do Not Disturb

Wind Riders

R/

I'll agree if they put in a "sign in as offline" feature. A lot of times I'm cranky and don't want to talk to people.

nbajammer

nbajammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Iowa

Blade And Rose [BaR]

Mo/

There are a couple of people who play and love to stalk me (in-game and out-of-game) and while the ignore list is there for a reason, I can't keep them there due to its small size. So the last thing I need is something that will allow them to be told when I'm online.

/notsigned

credit

credit

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Team Apathy [aFk]

W/P

yessssss i love friend list camping

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

Okay, another idea. You know how you got 2 seperate sections for Offline/Online friends? Well, I think it would be nice to have an option (yes, you can toggle it on and off), to where a message would pop up. Something like this.


X Dip Doggy X (Elite XexX) has logged in.

X Dip Doggy X (Elite XexX) has logged off.

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

Heh, that's for character alert, at which point you would have to type in something, I think.

Much easier for just to do it for your friends -_-

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

I'd sign it, as long as it's a toggle option. I'd also like to see this for Guild Rosters.

<Player> [<your guild>] has logged on.
<Player> [<your guild>] has logged off.
<Player> [<your guild>] has set their status to <status here>.

And for friends, just take out the tag.


However, it MUST be a TOGGLE option.

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

Heh, I said it would be toggable.

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

I know, just reiterating.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by tehshadowninjar
Heh, that's for character alert, at which point you would have to type in something, I think.
Quote:
Originally Posted by C R A F T
in the Friends tab where you can "Whisper XXX", "Ignore XXX", or "Delete XXX from Friends list", why not add "Alert me when Character XXX logs in"?
All the options he had listed in the previously started thread would toggle the same way that your system asks. The only difference I can find is that you seem to be asking that it's a list-wide action, where it would always alert me about every friend, or it wouldn't alert me about any.

To that, I would add the suggestion that the Friends Online/Offline can be right-clicked and toggled to set the whole of that list to notification or not.

Either way, there really is another thread on this idea.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

eh
/notsigned for me.. that stuff is annoying (to me..) and i do press n at times so i can check up on friends like that

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dallcingi
eh
/notsigned for me.. that stuff is annoying (to me..) and i do press n at times so i can check up on friends like that
That's why there is a toggle option, to turn it on and off. Turn it off and it won't effect you while those of us that want it can recieve its benefits.

demo113

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
I'd sign it, as long as it's a toggle option. I'd also like to see this for Guild Rosters.

<Player> [<your guild>] has logged on.
<Player> [<your guild>] has logged off.
<Player> [<your guild>] has set their status to <status here>.

And for friends, just take out the tag.


However, it MUST be a TOGGLE option.
I would agree except for the last one. Theres a reason you can toggle your status other people shouldn't know if you are online when you set it offline unless you want them too.

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

Well, if you set your status to offline, wouldn't this addition just go to the logged off message?

Zan Usi Quan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Brussels - Belgium

Temple of Love

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
Well, if you set your status to offline, wouldn't this addition just go to the logged off message?
before picking your character
'sign in as 'offline'' or something...?

good idea though

/signed

Tarun

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

Yet another feature that WoW has that GW would have a great benefit from. They also allowed you to get notifications in the chat log when a guild member signed on/off. Plus you could toggle these options!

/signed

Kiragi Yagami

Kiragi Yagami

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Elician Mercinaries [eLm] Leader.

E/Me

Lord, i WISH. im a chatty person ingame, and it bugs me to have to open my friends list every time i want to check if someones online to talk to. (i find i get bored out of my mind if im not chatting with someone while farming/cartograpizing/capping.)

its simple. a little message in the chat log when someone logs on.

"Such And Such" Has Logged On. (and by clicking their name it opens their name in whisper.

Brian the Gladiator

Brian the Gladiator

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Michigan, USA

Us Are Not [leet]

E/

/signed... if there is a downside, i am unaware of it. Basically, if you dont like it, then you can turn it off. How can you say, "not signed" to a suggestion like that?

MetalMan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Some Guild.

W/Mo

/signed

If i'm looking for a mate to come on asap, i'd like to know when they do come on.

And to anyone saying "Omgz it r annoyinz /nonsigned lolol!11!!1" it should be able to be turned off, so for people who like it can turn it on, and people who hate it can turn it off!

hippo942

hippo942

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

England

Yes I do have a guild, Thanks for asking

N/

To be honest theres better things to do with the friends list than this

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

And I've yet to see YOU come up with a suggestion. Kkthxbai.

Red Sand

Red Sand

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

New England

Warriors of Wynd [WoW]

W/

/notsigned

Sometimes you just want to log in, see who's on and log off. I don't need any my friends mad at me cause I didn't stay on, and I definitely don't need people that don't like me monitoring my comings and goings.

And yeah, I use the friends list to keep track of at least one player that I promised I will never group with again.

warcrap

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

somewhere on earth!

E/Me

omfg i really hopes this happen it will make things so much easier.
the friends list should also be like the guild roster where it shows you the last time somebody logged in.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

Threads Merged

No need to have 2 threads on basically the same topic running at the same time.

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

A/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by warcrap
omfg i really hopes this happen it will make things so much easier.
the friends list should also be like the guild roster where it shows you the last time somebody logged in.
You don't need the time expansion on their logged out time, and on your guild roster, you also have no message when people log in and out.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

/signed

Always wondered why GW doesn't tell you when friends come on. Also, in general we need more options, like a command to tell you where your friend is at the moment. The friends interface has not been changed at all since Prophecies.

Kiragi Yagami

Kiragi Yagami

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Elician Mercinaries [eLm] Leader.

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Sand
/notsigned

Sometimes you just want to log in, see who's on and log off. I don't need any my friends mad at me cause I didn't stay on, and I definitely don't need people that don't like me monitoring my comings and goings.

And yeah, I use the friends list to keep track of at least one player that I promised I will never group with again.
"Whisper Suchandsuch"
"Ignore Suchandsuch"
"Remove Suchandsuch From My Friends List".

if you dont want them seeing you online, REMOVE THEM. check, cut, print, moving on.

Red Sand

Red Sand

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

New England

Warriors of Wynd [WoW]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiragi Yagami
"Whisper Suchandsuch"
"Ignore Suchandsuch"
"Remove Suchandsuch From My Friends List".

if you dont want them seeing you online, REMOVE THEM. check, cut, print, moving on.
I don't see your point. I have someone on my friends list that is not my friend. I monitor his account to avoid him. I don't have to be in his friends list to do this.

Everybody has a guy that annoys them, that they can't ignore because of some personal relationship that the annoying guy has with one of your real friends.

Now, do you want this person to get an alert every time you log on? I don't.