Online Light

[primo25942594]

I think that next to everyones name there should be a light showing if the person is online or not. Also so u know if ur officers or ur commander is online so u can talk to them if u need an imediate answer

Red - Offline
Green - Online

What do u guys think??

[god]

you mean so you know who you can watch to try to steal naq from if they are out farming?

[Chris M]

you mean so you know who you can watch to try to steal naq from if they are out farming?

lol yeah, then i cud say haha to them realtime :p

maybe, the commander should be able to tell when his/her officers are online via primo's idea

[RepliMagni]

This has been suggested so many times.

Maybe if there was a way for only people you have set to peace could see the light?...then only friends could tell when you're online. Other than this I really don't like this idea for obvious reasons....lets mass the guy thats not online.

[fredrabbit]

I like it if it is for alliance commanderes and commanders but after taht it really has little benfit to people

[Myseri]

Nah, lets attack people who aren't online so that can't try and steal back what I just took, gerat thinking *sarcasm*

I wonder what Esker thinks....

[primo25942594]

ic ur guyses points but i do agree with the Aliance ability to see whos onling were u can only see if Ur commander, commanders officers, or ur officers are on.

[Wintermute]

Get MSN messenger. You can add your alliance members and it has this neat function that tells you if people are online or not.

I think admin can do more interesting things for the game and people can work around this one on their own.

[~mist~]

i like this idea put it on...

[Man of God]

i think it would be a good idea. but i wouldnt want to become a victim of it tho.

[Nicholai Brocov]

The reason it's a good idea.
Is because people can messege you in-game when you're actually online.
And better coordinate when transfering units, naq and turns.

The reason it's a bad idea.
Is because it allows people to abuse an aspect of the game, by knowing when it is 'ok' to hit and farm someone.
And take advantage of many people whose only safe guard is that their enemies don't know whether or not they are online.

[ICE}]

i reckon thats bad ,that means you can monitor whos on and when you know somebody whos not on you can steal all his gold. (i actaully think that is cheating)

[Pakarinen]

Actualy you could modifiy this idea so that it works within the game concepts, for instance, on spy missions one of the report lines besides troops, armaments, etc, could be if the Base commander/Owner ( your friend or whoever your spying on ) is on planet, off planet, or reported missing... this opens up possibilities and its realistic.

Missing would be like if thier not been around for a period of 24-48 hourse or perhaps a whole week while off planet means they logged in with in the last day or so, and on planet is theyve been logged in within the past hour or so. And it would be something realistic that would be reported in most sg1 mission reports or any espionage report.

of oucrs the way for allies to check if thier own is perhaps somesort of light or some chat option as you guys have suggested.

[Esker]

I wonder what Esker thinks....

lol Why?
I think it would take out a certain enjoyment of a few aspects.

The wonder if you just stole somebody's new spy level, or if they just got through attacking... or perhaps it was simple income. The joy of of that surprise message where they curse you, or praise you for swooping and stealing their sold weapons...

And that's just one aspect. This would completely kill the fun in mass attacking... and it would eliminate some of the protection the mystery of the online status gives. I mean, when you mass somebody, you do research on where they live, study their banking schedule, wake up at akward times, and crush them in their sleep... and even then you have to wonder "Are they there? Will this be pointless?"

An 'online light' would kill too much for minor enjoyment... that is what I think.

- Esker

[Sleipnir]

I wonder what Esker thinks....

lol Why?
I think it would take out a certain enjoyment of a few aspects.

The wonder if you just stole somebody's new spy level, or if they just got through attacking... or perhaps it was simple income. The joy of of that surprise message where they curse you, or praise you for swooping and stealing their sold weapons...

And that's just one aspect. This would completely kill the fun in mass attacking... and it would eliminate some of the protection the mystery of the online status gives. I mean, when you mass somebody, you do research on where they live, study their banking schedule, wake up at akward times, and crush them in their sleep... and even then you have to wonder "Are they there? Will this be pointless?"

An 'online light' would kill too much for minor enjoyment... that is what I think.

- Esker

*Agrees*