Doctor Archive

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Giles025 wrote:

I have grandideas:

*How about buff timerstie to your character IG -not your PC, so if you get disconnected and reconnect shortly after you can still see how much time is on the buff?

The buff timers dropping at disconnect is probably just a coding issue. The timers are triggered on the client when a buff is applied. Even though the buffs themselves are a server-side object, the timer dispayed to us is client-side (hence the timers are often off by a few seconds.)

*How about clicking on the buff icons and then clicking a drop-down menu to disable buffs that are weak, that you don't want, orthat some newbieDoctor just randomly gave you without asking?

This isn't needed, because a doc with better buffs can just buff over the weak ones. While it may be rude and annoying when someone buffs you with weak buffs without even asking first, it doesn't cause any downtime.

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Giles025 wrote:

I have grand ideas:

*How about buff timers tie to your character IG - not your PC, so if you get disconnected and reconnect shortly after you can still see how much time is on the buff?

The buff timers dropping at disconnect is probably just a coding issue. The timers are triggered on the client when a buff is applied. Even though the buffs themselves are a server-side object, the timer dispayed to us is client-side (hence the timers are often off by a few seconds.)

*How about clicking on the buff icons and then clicking a drop-down menu to disable buffs that are weak, that you don't want, or that some newbie Doctor just randomly gave you without asking?

This isn't needed, because a doc with better buffs can just buff over the weak ones. While it may be rude and annoying when someone buffs you with weak buffs without even asking first, it doesn't cause any downtime.

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Giles025 wrote:

Also, when I said PC, that's whate I meant. The timer saves on yourPersonal Computer (i.e. - client). Saving the timer on the server could possibly increase server stress... perhaps there should be a file or part of a file in the SWG directory that notes when you recieved a buff, and how long it will last from that point. When the time runs out it would no longer display the timer, and if you logged out while buffs were on, then logged in, the line of code saving the buff paramaters would reset. It would also reset upon recieving new buffs.

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Giles025 wrote:

I have grandideas:

*How about buff timerstie to your character IG -not your PC, so if you get disconnected and reconnect shortly after you can still see how much time is on the buff?

Fixed on TC

*How about clicking on the buff icons and then clicking a drop-down menu to disable buffs that are weak, that you don't want, orthat some newbieDoctor just randomly gave you without asking?

It amounts to less down time to players, possibly faster credits for Docs - everyone's happy... right?

NOTE: Itshould alsotake somewhere from 1 to 5 minutes to cancel the buffs (which is still better than 20-30 minutes or even 3 hours) so that players don't abuse this in PvP.

Another method of control for PvP could be that the buffs cancel instantly if you use this option, but you cannot bebuffed againfor _____ number of minutes.

I'm open to any ideas to improve the buffing system(s), please post constructively thx

There was supposed to be a way to remove buffs but it never eventuated and the devs pretend to ignore all posts about it... :/

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