Entertainer Archive
Thread: Clear the Doorways: Cantinas
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Sevardos
Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:56 am
#14
VoweDarkwave wrote:
I refuse to give anyone in that front room one tick of entertainer healing xp or 1 credit of my money, simply because of the lag they all cause. The doorway people are especially annoying. What Entertainer stands in the doorway to "block" a patron from entering the bar area?
Most notably, Coronet is horrible for the front room thing.
I don't like running into a place, and the moment I step through the door I have 25 people in a mass AFK'ing. It does nothing but annoy me upon my first step into the place. What funny is that no one will respond to a thing you say, until of course, you say something about them getting the heck out of that front room. Then they sure perk right up and start cursing me out!
In my opinion, real entertainers play in front of the bar, or sometimes in the siderooms. I like finding my own little corner of the cantina, having a musician playing away or dancing doing a jig, and having a conversation while avoiding bubbles from people emoting random things that they think is funny.
The spontaneous little side room groups that form are great, and it's a very mellow atmosphere compared to just 40m away.
I'm the say way. Call it my own private little protest, but I won't use anyone that is not inside the main area. When I was leveling my Medic, I also refused to heal any entertainers that weren't in the main area.
It does take away from the immersive part of the game however, I do find that most players really don't care about that.
You don't need special staging area, just make the entrance and hallway 'No Entainment Areas' and then leave it at that. Eventually, players would spread out and use most of the other rooms. I just find it sad to walk into Theed or Coronet cantina and find the main area practically empty but jammed pack right in front of th door.
Ranger_Nizzle
Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:54 pm
#15
on my server, every major cantina isfilled to the gills in the front, empty in themain area. tha lag sucks, and its been known to crash clients.The atrium of the cantina is for meeting people and walking in, I shouldnt feel like Im walking into a rave. dont make stages, just make the main floor area be the only place you can get experience. think about all the useless chairs and corners of the cantina that could be utilized.
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