Entertainer Archive
Thread: Can I get a rant?
Because in all other games I played and play online, there is a rule and enforcement for banning people who gain anything by unattended gameplay. In every single other game I know, unattended gameplay is cheating. The DEVs said in here it is fine. We complained. They again said it is working as intended and not going to change in the future. I wonder what makes this game so different from all the other games out there. Until I see the big difference, I will be mad at "the game" for not providing a simple feature all other games have.
I'm sorry, but while the devs do share some blame for this issue, the players do as well. There are ways they could AFK without impacting core entertainers, but very few people place the welfare of the existing people in the profession over the progression of their XP bar.
Having said all that, after discussing this issue for a long time I'm quite ready to never hear the acronym 'AFK' again, but we have people who start up the conversation all over again every week on these forums. It's a hot topic, it will continue to be a hot topic so long as there are people on either side of it, and it'll be discussed on these forums until the game dies or until they change things, trust me.
Don't solely blame the entertainers for it. We have just as many 'visitors' from other professions who come here and post on that issue, starting up entire new threads all the time. There's nothing more to say, pretty much everything has been said, there's nothing to gain on either side, and yet the threads persist (including this one).
I think we'd all be happier if people stopped posting on the issue completely. It's pointless to argue further at this point.
nvoigt wrote:
Because in all other games I played and play online, there is a rule and enforcement for banning people who gain anything by unattended gameplay. In every single other game I know, unattended gameplay is cheating. The DEVs said in here it is fine. We complained. They again said it is working as intended and not going to change in the future. I wonder what makes this game so different from all the other games out there. Until I see the big difference, I will be mad at "the game" for not providing a simple feature all other games have.
Somebody please tell me how I am ruining YOUR gameplay by being an AFK Entertainer?? Yes I use macros while I'm not at my keyboard, but I DO NOT anything else in my macro's besides my flourish and effect commands.
So I will say this to ALL the Entertainers out there: While you're AFK and using a macro, take your chat text out of your macro and may be all the idiot who are whining about us using them will have no choice but to find something else to whine about.
And to all who are doing the whining, you have not tried the Dancer or Musician profession, have you?? No, because if you did you would probably have carpal tunnel from typing /flourish 1, 2, 3, etc. etc. etc. for hours on end!!! So until SOE says otherwise, macros are not exploits and I for one will continue to use them.
Have a very happy day!!!
Also, why do you think did the guard function change when the behaviour you describe was intended ?
Question
What happens if I am caught unattended macroing?
Answer
First, a GM will come to your character and check to see if you are performing an action or skill. The GMs can look at your characters scripts to see what skill you are using, or what object you are manipulating. Once a GM has determined that you are performing an action, they will appear visibly and request that you acknowledge that you are indeed at your computer. If you do not respond to the GM, they will send you to the "macro room." The "macro room" is a room in Buccaneer’s Den where your player can be removed from the game instantly. In the room are five blue moongates for your character to leave with when you log back into the game. If you single click on one of the moongates, you will be given a location where that particular moongate exits. There is also a sign in the middle of the room to inform you as to why you were placed in the macro room. Once you have been placed in the room, the GM will again try and communicate with you. The GM will make a note that you were caught macroing unattended, which character was macroing, and whether or not they emailed you. The only time we do not email players for unattended macroing is when their email address has already been proven to be invalid. Unattended macroing is illegal and will result in penalties to your account.
And to all who are doing the whining, you have not tried the Dancer or Musician profession, have you?? No, because if you did you would probably have carpal tunnel from typing /flourish 1, 2, 3, etc. etc. etc. for hours on end!!! So until SOE says otherwise, macros are not exploits and I for one will continue to use them.
If someone asked that question without the obvious chip on their shoulder or without the already aggressive stance and with an open mind, I might be inclined to answer. As it is, since I deem your post to be flame bait, especially given the tone of the post and the vocabulary you used, I will instead direct you to the plethora of other posts about this very topic, which can be found rather easily either by scanning the forum or via a search, to find the answer you desire.
Next time, if you truly want answers to a question, try to ask it in a way that does not insult the very people you are asking for information.
Hecklers! I hate hecklers!
My friend and I went into a cantina, and there was one live dancer there. We started up ceremonial on the mandeviol and the chickenhorn - which sounds damn good. It was Bestine, so it had that annoying background music (ugh). When the audience showed up, I told them to hit control-o and turn down the backgroundmusic, so we wouldn't sound like a cacaphony. Then a guy showed up - let's just call him Smacktard. Smacktard insisted that we sounded like... feces. I informed him to turn his background music down. He kept insisting that we sounded bad, and started calling my female rodian friend all sorts of lousy names. We got a third musician, and we switched to ballad, bandfill+chickenhorn+mando. Smacktard kept complaining and yelling, using every foul word he knew. Eventually I added him to ignore. At this point the once-empty cantina had about 10 patrons in it cheering.
We then switched the SW1 on the mando and bandfill, and the crowd went wild! I could tell that Smacktard was still protesting mightily becuase I would hear others say "you shut up, that sounds frickin awesome!"
Ugh, why must people like that exist?
Ugh, why must people like that exist?
I'm a Master Dancer. Also a Master Entertainer. And two boxes from Master Musician.
All without AFKing or even macroing.
There's a wonderful feature accessed by pressing Ctrl+A.
Then, using that wonderful feature, clicking the "Other" tab.
Following that line and scrolling down, you see these wonderful icons titled "Flourish 1," "Flourish 2," and so-forth.
Clicking and holding these wonderful icons allows you to drag them to the wonderful hotkey bar that is, by default, on top of the screen of this wonderful invention we call a "monitor." Then, how wonderful! We can flourish by simply pressing these delightful keys listed F1-F8. My, that is so incredibly, wonderfully simple, isn't it? Why, yes it is!
Get the HELL out of my cantina if you aren't live, thanks. You ruin it because you don't contribute a damn thing except for another mindless NPC. I worked, and worked hard, for my titles. All you do is defile those titles and bring on more disrespect than us true entertainers already have.
If you're not going to be live, if you're not going to bother being in the cantina, if you're not going to bother to ENTERTAIN, you have no business being here at all.
Thank you, good night, and good bye.
You get a standing ovation from me!....... /stand;/applaud......
ChaoKuang wrote:
I'm a Master Dancer. Also a Master Entertainer. And two boxes from Master Musician.
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If you're not going to be live, if you're not going to bother being in the cantina, if you're not going to bother to ENTERTAIN, you have no business being here at all.
Thank you, good night, and good bye.
