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Thread: When buffing, how do you handle all the SPAM & TELLs flying around?
DoctorZorro wrote:
I was in Coronet buffing people (this was my first time buffing for money) and I found that I was inundated with SPAM and TELLs. It was very fustrating. People were sending me messages asking how much for my buffs. I hadtwo dead charactersasking me to resuscitate them. I had people asking me to train them. On top of all that was the SPAM flying around. There were 4 other doctors buffing nearby too. It was nuts. Because I tried to reply to as many of the messages as possible, I ended up accidentally buffing my action instead of a paying customer. When I ran out of buffs, I tried to leave to get more and several of the people in line tried to follow me. I told them to wait (none of them had paid me yet), but they wouldn't. I hopped on my bike and sped off with them in hot pursuit. I did mange to lose them, but then one of them sent me a message asking me to send my waypoint to him when I reached my destination!!! When I returned to Coronet, I put onaTusken helm and changed my clothes to hide myself. I almost feel like one of those movie stars that has disguise him/herself from crazy fans!!!
LOL
Last saturday I was walking to the shuttle at coronet starport when I noticed a line of ppl, thats all no doc or anything I waited and someone in the line spams "Que waiting for Doc to buff them" I couldn't belive my luck hehe sat down and started buffing ![]()
Buffed 68 ppl before i ran outa packs LOL
but a que waiting for a Doc.... not a Doc waiting for a que
I found it quite amusing ![]()
I was wondering where my customers went....LOL
ShakariPsy wrote:
LOL
Last saturday I was walking to the shuttle at coronet starport when I noticed a line of ppl, thats all no doc or anything I waited and someone in the line spams "Que waiting for Doc to buff them" I couldn't belive my luck hehe sat down and started buffing
Buffed 68 ppl before i ran outa packs LOL
but a que waiting for a Doc.... not a Doc waiting for a que
I found it quite amusing
DoctorZorro wrote:I was in Coronet buffing people (this was my first time buffing for money) and I found that I was inundated with SPAM and TELLs. It was very fustrating. People were sending me messages asking how much for my buffs. I had two dead characters asking me to resuscitate them. I had people asking me to train them. On top of all that was the SPAM flying around. There were 4 other doctors buffing nearby too. It was nuts. Because I tried to reply to as many of the messages as possible, I ended up accidentally buffing my action instead of a paying customer. When I ran out of buffs, I tried to leave to get more and several of the people in line tried to follow me. I told them to wait (none of them had paid me yet), but they wouldn't. I hopped on my bike and sped off with them in hot pursuit. I did mange to lose them, but then one of them sent me a message asking me to send my waypoint to him when I reached my destination!!! When I returned to Coronet, I put on a Tusken helm and changed my clothes to hide myself. I almost feel like one of those movie stars that has disguise him/herself from crazy fans!!!
It can get crazy sometimes :/
If I get tells I answer them sometimes.... but I never answer with a tell back.. I just write it out straight in spacial.
Spammers = /addignore.
Tells that ask me to come somewhere is most of the time just no response, a followup message = /addignore.
If someone asks me for price etc, I dont say anything because my macro will tell them every min.
If they cant wait, well, their problem.
Ofcourse, if I dont have a queue at all I'll answer everything
I can add that I did public buffing the first 3 days of being doc, but now I just dont have the energy anymore.
Its fun to sitdown and talk to people while healing them so I might do a short buffsession every now and then, but I am not spending hours on public buffing anymore.
I dont need the money, and even if I did I make more money running missions.
I dont need the money, and even if I did I make more money running missions.
You have had your first experience with the "Doctor Tef".
Welcome to the club!
Here's what helped me, before I stopped buffing the public:
1) Create a macro that tells your rate, the status of your buffs, and any special instructions you may have for those who want buffs or other services. Either loop it so it repeats at a reasonable (but not spammy) rate or hotkey it so you can fire it off manually at intervals.
2) Set your profile to include the same info as the macro. Some people will examine you and will see the instructions there.
3) Set yourself afk and make your afk message say the following:
a. Your rates and instructions, again.
b. Instructions to stop sending you tells, but to communicate through spatial or email.
c. Whether or not you are rezzing, healing, etc, and if so how they should contact you. Personally , I never travel to rez anyone. It's your choice. You have to clone and they can too.
Even with all of this, some people will ignore the instructions and try to bully, cut in line, beg for a discount, nag for a rez, etc. Ignore them. If it gets bad add them to your ignore list.
You are a doctor for yourself. Period. Any help or assistance you want to give is your choice. Nobody should get away with treating you rudely. The ignore list is your friend.
Stand up for yourself and direct the crowd. Don't let it direct you. Be friendly but firm and polite.
Those who can't or won't listen, get nothing.
Those who follow you or tip you anyway when you say you're done, get nothing forever. Personally, I'd keep the tip, too, as long as you have previously told them no.
Have fun, make money, and good luck.
Thanks for the tips. I'm definitely going to use them.
Vermicious_Knid wrote:
You have had your first experience with the "Doctor Tef".
Welcome to the club!
Here's what helped me, before I stopped buffing the public:
1) Create a macro that tells your rate, the status of your buffs, and any special instructions you may have for those who want buffs or other services. Either loop it so it repeats at a reasonable (but not spammy) rate or hotkey it so you can fire it off manually at intervals.
2) Set your profile to include the same info as the macro. Some people will examine you and will see the instructions there.
3) Set yourself afk and make your afk message say the following:
a. Your rates and instructions, again.
b. Instructions to stop sending you tells, but to communicate through spatial or email.
c. Whether or not you are rezzing, healing, etc, and if so how they should contact you. Personally , I never travel to rez anyone. It's your choice. You have to clone and they can too.
Even with all of this, some people will ignore the instructions and try to bully, cut in line, beg for a discount, nag for a rez, etc. Ignore them. If it gets bad add them to your ignore list.
You are a doctor for yourself. Period. Any help or assistance you want to give is your choice. Nobody should get away with treating you rudely. The ignore list is your friend.
Stand up for yourself and direct the crowd. Don't let it direct you. Be friendly but firm and polite.
Those who can't or won't listen, get nothing.
Those who follow you or tip you anyway when you say you're done, get nothing forever. Personally, I'd keep the tip, too, as long as you have previously told them no.
Have fun, make money, and good luck.
I actually posted this the other day:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=doctor&message.id=52956#M52956
Best thing to do when you get alot of tells
make your afk reply stats on your buffs/price
and every few min do an /announce
We should get jackets =)
I will never ever buff in cnet
RAM cant handle it and that is just too many people more than enough in mining on dant and dath on the weekends
Thats some bad aggro!
DoctorZorro wrote:
I was in Coronet buffing people (this was my first time buffing for money) and I found that I was inundated with SPAM and TELLs. It was very fustrating. People were sending me messages asking how much for my buffs. I hadtwo dead charactersasking me to resuscitate them. I had people asking me to train them. On top of all that was the SPAM flying around. There were 4 other doctors buffing nearby too. It was nuts. Because I tried to reply to as many of the messages as possible, I ended up accidentally buffing my action instead of a paying customer. When I ran out of buffs, I tried to leave to get more and several of the people in line tried to follow me. I told them to wait (none of them had paid me yet), but they wouldn't. I hopped on my bike and sped off with them in hot pursuit. I did mange to lose them, but then one of them sent me a message asking me to send my waypoint to him when I reached my destination!!! When I returned to Coronet, I put onaTusken helm and changed my clothes to hide myself. I almost feel like one of those movie stars that has disguise him/herself from crazy fans!!!