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Are Players On Mounts Around NPC's Too Much???
married1of3
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Did you ever wonder why the developers chose to have players dismounted only around certain areas, like "Rhix" and the "Wondrous Bazaar"...
Pretty simple to imagine; Can you picture what a horrible mess it would be to have all the Saturday evening players "And All Of Their Mounts As Well" shoving and pushing around Rhix, each trying to get close enough to pick up or turn in their quests?
Now you can see why the initial developers at Perfect World had you dismounted around Rhix; but I ask you to think even further into the "Very Near Future"...
With this games expansions bringing in hordes of new players, "and every available instance now bursting at the seams", it was only a matter of time until of these players get frustrated and (unfortunately for the community) aggressive, while they're just trying to simply go through the basic game mechanics!
Everyone must feel the effects of server overload by now, and sadly that is just the fuel that is needed to set this normally decent community on edge and heading into ruins (just realized the pun:-), but with the developers tools already in place to help this overstressed community remain courteous and stable, why hasn't the developer instituted this across the board at every quest giver and transaction point that we all use every day???
If you normally dismount yourselves at the bank window (so you can be courteous to those around you), then why would you want to put up with the non-community oriented player trampling all the decent folks, who were simply trying to do their bank transactions without coming out of the bank screen window to find a sea of Horses HAMSTER's in their face, as well as the mounts they were riding?
!Note of coming attractions for you Perfect World Developers!:
Recently I saw a very unfortunate display of Community Frustrations/Server Overload that could have been avoided, as one player just took his mount and plowed his way through a good sized dismounted crowd of players, who were just trying to get their mail at the Postal Carrier (near the auction house)...
This frustrated (and obviously immature) player got into the middle of the crowd and just reared up their mounted horse relentlessly at every one trying to get to their mail...
Soon the crowd got tired of this childish display of hostility and then sadly got mounted themselves to create a stampede of horses trying to trample the frustrated offender...
(So sad to see immature pack mentality taking over this game, and ruining our normally decent community, especially when the developers already have the tools to prevent this... ie, Rhix's automatic dismount routine!)
Here is another way to think about it:
With Server resources at a premium these days, think of what resources could be saved to smooth out our game play, just by not having to draw out and animate our mounts when we are trying to interact with Transaction Nodes, Quest Givers, and Interacting NPC
Pretty simple to imagine; Can you picture what a horrible mess it would be to have all the Saturday evening players "And All Of Their Mounts As Well" shoving and pushing around Rhix, each trying to get close enough to pick up or turn in their quests?
Now you can see why the initial developers at Perfect World had you dismounted around Rhix; but I ask you to think even further into the "Very Near Future"...
With this games expansions bringing in hordes of new players, "and every available instance now bursting at the seams", it was only a matter of time until of these players get frustrated and (unfortunately for the community) aggressive, while they're just trying to simply go through the basic game mechanics!
Everyone must feel the effects of server overload by now, and sadly that is just the fuel that is needed to set this normally decent community on edge and heading into ruins (just realized the pun:-), but with the developers tools already in place to help this overstressed community remain courteous and stable, why hasn't the developer instituted this across the board at every quest giver and transaction point that we all use every day???
If you normally dismount yourselves at the bank window (so you can be courteous to those around you), then why would you want to put up with the non-community oriented player trampling all the decent folks, who were simply trying to do their bank transactions without coming out of the bank screen window to find a sea of Horses HAMSTER's in their face, as well as the mounts they were riding?
!Note of coming attractions for you Perfect World Developers!:
Recently I saw a very unfortunate display of Community Frustrations/Server Overload that could have been avoided, as one player just took his mount and plowed his way through a good sized dismounted crowd of players, who were just trying to get their mail at the Postal Carrier (near the auction house)...
This frustrated (and obviously immature) player got into the middle of the crowd and just reared up their mounted horse relentlessly at every one trying to get to their mail...
Soon the crowd got tired of this childish display of hostility and then sadly got mounted themselves to create a stampede of horses trying to trample the frustrated offender...
(So sad to see immature pack mentality taking over this game, and ruining our normally decent community, especially when the developers already have the tools to prevent this... ie, Rhix's automatic dismount routine!)
Here is another way to think about it:
With Server resources at a premium these days, think of what resources could be saved to smooth out our game play, just by not having to draw out and animate our mounts when we are trying to interact with Transaction Nodes, Quest Givers, and Interacting NPC
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Don't spam f, put your target on where the npc should be, wait a sec, the "press f" notification will show up, then press f, there is no reason for anyone to have a problem with it.
I really doubt that it would save server resources too, sorry but I just don't think that would actually happen even if mounts weren't in the game.
This is exactly it. Just hover your cursor in the right area and it will find the vendor for you, magically penetrating through the entire crowd of players, no matter how many.
The more ridiculous thing is that Rhix is the auto-dismount area, when he's one of the only NPCs there's practically never any reason to visit in person. Hotkey L. Auto-Rhix, everywhere.
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I avoid PE as much as possible since it's a laggy mess and it's full of spam from goldsellers, people who want to exploit dungeons and people trying to sell things that are grossly overpriced. I'd be happy if they put mailboxes somewhere else since then I'd never have to go to PE, I don't even care about the lvl 60 dailies, not worth dealing with PE for such minimal rewards.
actually, there are a limited number of players divided by "instances" in each zone and i'm sure that number is specified by load balancing. while some players speak of rubberbanding in PE, that is a network issue and not a CPU load issue.
there are actually a number of mail boxes around PE, not just the one at the mail courier next to the auction house. if everyone is crowded around one and if that's one of your pet peeves, head to a less crowded one.
And they can be walked through to push yourslf right up the the NPC. You can also switch instances to a lesser crowded one.
You'll find many threads for, and against autodismounting players at certain areas, but in all reality the devs have bigger fish on their plate before this even appears on their radar.
NWO needs at least two more servers per region. There is a problem with lag 90% of the time when I visit PE. The community is growing and we are starting to see the WOW and ddo elitist aboard as I notice the reality of the negativity(small)feedback and interactions from players more so now than say a few months back.
I personally try to dismount when i'm near trade markets due to congestion and feel others should do the same, but most won't unfortunately and I fear.
I think devs should create an automatic dismount for perimeters around every trade market area.
I bound ++interact to another key so that when I want to interact with something and other players are nearby I can without any worries.
Your comment (above) makes it clearly appear that you''re one of *them*. #nuffsaid.
What @Ladymythos says.
I don't think it's an issue of bandwidth and server resources. It's also not much of an issue of being able to actually interact with the intractable. It's an issue of annoyance, nothing more.
Because it's a virtual world, we tend to place ourselves in that space (consciously or not). And being on your feet and surrounded by all manner of large beast can be rather discomforting. Sometimes, though pretty rare, it *can* be a little difficult to actually interact with the intractable (and instead get the stupid other-player-menu). If Cryptic were to make all NPC intractable (in Protector's Enclave) auto-dismount zones then I'm alright with that. In fact, it's a good idea for no reason other than it's a good idea.
But only in PE - not combat zones.
Personally: it does't bother me all that much, but I do consider it a matter of courteousness to dismount in crowded areas. If for no other reason than to show others around a little *respect*.
Since open beta I have never had a problem trying to interact with any NPC. Just do as charonous has mentioned and you'll be fine.