When did the realm alert names change?

[Quina Quen]

To the pretty ridiculous sounding 'high', 'higher', 'higherest' and 'highesterer'?

Why replace a perfectly good system with one that doesn't imply a proper range of realm alert and also contains two words that don't even exist. Daft.

[Bromas]

I LOVE IT!!

[Quina Quen]

Maybe I'm just getting old and miserable but I think it's stupid.

[Juliette]

July 2010

[Quina Quen]

Why?

[Juliette]

The entire realm alert & nox system was revamped, auto-declare war was introduced.
In the course of this update, admin changed the names of the realm alert, initially in jest, but after no one reacted to it and admin got other projects to work on, he forgot.
Of course, no one made a fuss about it. After all, we're not fussing about 'alliance assult' either.

Get on IRC, bring it up at the next meet. Five or six people saying that it'd better be changed back might get him to change it.
Oh well.

[Quina Quen]

I mean, it isn't the end of the world or anything but it just looks completely out of place when everything else in the game is taken quite seriously (or as seriously as things can be in a text based war MMO).

Maybe it's just a bit of OCD kicking in, who knows.

Thanks for the info though J.

[Rabbid Thom]

Moved to correct section

[Auzz]

I have exactly the same views as Diamond Dust. 100% agree.

Maybe we're both getting old and grumpy?

[Juliette]

I have exactly the same views as Diamond Dust. 100% agree.

Maybe we're both getting old and grumpy?

*grin* Well. The thought itself is not that strange. At some point, you grow out of the OMG's, the LOLs, the WTHs.. I reckon at another point, you grow out of neologisms.
Bring it up at Friday's meet, if you're bugged. I don't think many people care how it's called, as long as they are clear.

[Reschef]

In the course of this update, admin changed the names of the realm alert, initially in jest, but after no one reacted to it and admin got other projects to work on, he forgot.

I'm very sure there were several people complaining, the posts just got lost in the shuffle because the other updates made at this time obviously had more necessity to talk about.

[Juliette]

In the course of this update, admin changed the names of the realm alert, initially in jest, but after no one reacted to it and admin got other projects to work on, he forgot.

I'm very sure there were several people complaining, the posts just got lost in the shuffle because the other updates made at this time obviously had more necessity to talk about.

Sounds reasonable, yes. It got obscured.

[Dubby_CompGamerGeek2]

I would prefer the percents in the names...

From the guide:

Realm Alert Level Settings/Effects: None/Low/Med/High/Critical have values of 0/10/20/40/70%.


Since only 70% got dropped, you'd have like:

None (0%)

Low (10%)

Med (20%)

High (40%)

Involves less changes in the guide, and mathematically helpful to boot...

gonna go copy & paste in the suggestions thread.

[Juliette]

Higherester is a value of 50%.
It goes:
0% / 10% / 20% / 40% / 50%

x 1.00 for realm alert set at: 0

x 0.90 for realm alert set at: 0 (and NOX + 10% ontop of that)

x 0.90 for realm alert set at: 10

x 0.80 for realm alert set at: 10 (and NOX + 10% ontop of that)

x 0.80 for realm alert set at: 20

x 0.70 for realm alert set at: 20 (and NOX + 10% ontop of that)

x 0.60 for realm alert set at: 40

x 0.50 for realm alert set at: 40 (and NOX + 10% ontop of that)

x 0.50 for realm alert set at: 50

x 0.40 for realm alert set at: 50 (and NOX + 10% ontop of that)

Are you recommending another level gets cut?


((Damn Dubby for starting a half-baked suggestion thread. Copy Pasted.))

[woody1]

but really does anyone use the levels inbetween?
ive only ever used none and fuill