Dancer Archive

There's a sticky all about this in the forum.

In a nutshell, I think most folks feel that AFK'ing isn't playing your character, because you're....not actually playing your character.

As a macro running AFK'er, you're taking that spot and those customers from people who run into the cantina, who are live, see you parked there, and leave.

If you find the profession so tedious that you have to make the game play itself to level up, I think choosing a different profession is your best option.

Also, you mention that no one's ever talked to you - and people just spam messages. That's because these are the very same people doing what you're doing - AFK'ing. As you can see, standing live amongst AFK'ers isn't fun at all - yet you contribute to the atmosphere. This AFK atmosphere is exactly why you find live Ents in player cantinas, as most have abandoned the spam and macro-laden NPC cantinas. Consider finding others who play live to have fun with, or if you're set on macro'ing, think about doing something in the game that you'll actually play, not macro.

As far as using your character to help your other characters, it's a common thing and I have no problem with folks who have support characters. I do have a problem with folks who set up their support characters with a 24 hour macro to provide their support character to everyone else - that's robbing people who are actually playing the game from their role in the community.

Message Edited by Warryyr on 06-08-2005 10:06 AM

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Warryyr wrote:

There's a sticky all about this in the forum.

In a nutshell, I think most folks feel that AFK'ing isn't playing your character, because you're....not actually playing your character.

As a macro running AFK'er, you're taking that spot and those customers from people who run into the cantina, who are live, see you parked there, and leave.

If you find the profession so tedious that you have to make the game play itself to level up, I think choosing a different profession is your best option.

Also, you mention that no one's ever talked to you - and people just spam messages. That's because these are the very same people doing what you're doing - AFK'ing. As you can see, standing live amongst AFK'ers isn't fun at all - yet you contribute to the atmosphere. This AFK atmosphere is exactly why you find live Ents in player cantinas, as most have abandoned the spam and macro-laden NPC cantinas. Consider finding others who play live to have fun with, or if you're set on macro'ing, think about doing something in the game that you'll actually play, not macro.

As far as using your character to help your other characters, it's a common thing and I have no problem with folks who have support characters. I do have a problem with folks who set up their support characters with a 24 hour macro to provide their support character to everyone else - that's robbing people who are actually playing the game from their role in the community.

Message Edited by Warryyr on 06-08-2005 10:06 AM

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XStarbracer wrote:

i cant be bothered with cantinas no one ever talks to me while im there EVER.

I figure everyone does that since no one has ever talked to me and just spam the same things

its incredibly boring sitting in a cantina dancing, no one to talk to, just pressing flourish buttons etc.

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Message Edited by NeillM on 06-08-2005 04:25 PM

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XStarbracer wrote:

i can go into normal public ones and never get message about a cover charge.

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Allia_Rain wrote:

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XStarbracer wrote:

i can go into normal public ones and never get message about a cover charge.

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Just as a minor side point, I don't know any live dancers on starsider that are using the cover charge ability.

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