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AFK Zone

Post by Rary »

I was planning on making the 'The Choice' room have a delayed AFK script in. Maybe one that boots after 30 minutes there instead of 5 or 10.

It will still boot players after 5 minutes in base or arena to AFK zone, then 5 minutes after that will boot them completely. This would allow players to wait for other players their range or just to converse but not play.

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Post by Rafael »

Pointless for me None would log on to sit for hours waiting till someone comes with ppl in they range they'd rather do a new lvl 7 char, Also you can converse in the afk room now you need to move or do some action once per those 5mins and you wan't get booted.
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Rafael wrote:Pointless for me None would log on to sit for hours waiting till someone comes with ppl in they range they'd rather do a new lvl 7 char, Also you can converse in the afk room now you need to move or do some action once per those 5mins and you wan't get booted.
Good point.
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Post by Terpeh »

I dont see why you should do it.
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Post by AntiChristMofo »

15mins for AFK and 5 mins for everything else
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Post by Casas »

Fixes soaking completely - if no one is allowed to join the arena w/o someone in their range. However makes leveling from 16->20 harder. I still want L20's to get 100 XP per kill in range, to encourage their presence on the server so L16+ can level easier.

Since the 20 bonus gone, I have seen considerably less L20s on the server.

Yes, on the stipulation no one can join the arena unless there is someone in their range either in the afk room, or the arena. Add a way for them to enter dragon room perhaps?
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Post by AntiChristMofo »

lol only time i have seen lvl 20's on the server is when theres no one in the server and everyone who is in the server has a lvl 20 so we have fun slaying dragons :D but thats it
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Casas wrote:Yes, on the stipulation no one can join the arena unless there is someone in their range either in the afk room, or the arena. Add a way for them to enter dragon room perhaps?
I want to keep the dragons to a minimum and hopefully make them log another character on in range of everyone else.
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Well if they can't join the dragons, then there would never be any high level fights unless they were scheduled. The server would become only mass 7's. People would get bored waiting in afk for someone their level.. and log a 7 or leave.
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Post by Musekaze »

its business and good business, as long as their not dusruptting the rules of the server, they are fine. Now if someone is in range, and they are just plain leeching, then tehres a problem.
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Post by Bigby »

well someone just sitting in the afk room to make the server seem like there's more people and he's just a dead number then they will be disappointed when they log in i think.

but that would be the only reason, just to fudge the numbers of who's logged on. right now if you see 8 people on, chances are 8 people are playing, not 4 playing and 4 sitting in afk and most likely not even at their computer.
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Post by AntiChristMofo »

may i ask whats the piont in using the AFK if your going to get kicked of the server within 5 mins anyway.........?
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Post by Rary »

The code before use to just send you to the afk zone after 5 mins and never booted you until like 30 mins later.
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Post by AntiChristMofo »

well 30mins is abit to much i would say 15mins because if you in AFK for 30mins more then likely your away from the comp doing somthing totaly different because i would be
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Post by Rary »

If you're in base or arena and go AFK. You know have 5 mins before boot.

If you goto the AFK zone through the door, you'll get 15 minutes before getting booted.
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