As above. The advent of introducing the policy of players showing as not on line in the guild roster if their settings on xbox live are "appear off line" has completely killed guild activity. It's very difficult to now organise anything when you no longer know who is available for various guild activities. Not sure why this was introduced but it's completely destroying the game as far as Stronghold's is concerned and I'm watching many players now leave the game because of it. I don't imagine it's something that will change so I guess it's time to call it a day.
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I don't think a game will EVER have the power to override an xbox function.
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Try getting people to talk in guild chat or otherwise work on encouraging guild activity. Simply saying Hi and having an active chat helps greatly.
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I will not change the offline Feature - some people should not know all the time what I'm doing - but in strongholds I would like to be "online"
I also don't know this feature....... I I watch the guild screen it shows me as "online" but people are offline but they donate in the guild coffer
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This doesn't mean they'd get kicked deliberately for having an offline status, just people thinking they are no longer playing.
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Hyelll no I aint turning off offline mode, it's a huge privacy issue, I mean I'd want my friends to know and i'd like to play with friendly randoms but those kids or people out there thinking it's ok to hit on any female gamer is not cool. It's not always that either, I get accused of being a bad gamer or that I must be an ugly bich if I play video games.... Not cool, very not cool.
You can still PM or guild chat, and that's what those offline people will do if they want to interact with the guild if in offline mode and are actually playing neverwinter.
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On topic I like the freedom of being able to choose when people see me or what not but if it is 24/7 it can limit group activities I personally show as online simply because I want to provide an outlet for people to come to if they have a question or need help. I understand not wanting to be bothered sometimes but I figure I help you get better I get better in the process.
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It was sooo awkward, he didn't know that muting everyone else didn't mean they couldn't hear him xD I kept telling him that, n everyone else was just sitting there giggling, which he couldn't hear cuz he muted them all.
Guild in this game is a double edge sword. On one side its great to have people to run with and do stuff. Sometimes i feel like party chating in the guild chat and having fun with people. Other times im tired and just want to enjoy my game in solo, have no interest in grouping for ANYTHING, and so i should be allow to be left alone. Kicking somebody for that would be rude. To get back on what i was saying, playing with a guild is fun especially when you bond with these people, but especially since Stronghold some guilds have go hardcore and would basically kick people for 3 days off if they don't notice them or whatever... Wow... i find that "try hard" to say the least. Here is how i see being in a guild on NW, its to have people to play with, have fun, enjoy the game, develop friendship. If i feel like taking a weekend off for some holliday or whatever, its my business and i don't have to report it to anybody. I do agree if you plan on not playing the game for 2-3 weeks then ok, but a matter of days? Nah... The whole "Officer" titles in this game sometimes are taken way too seriously, some people do think they have authority on you... lol ITS A GAME , your not my boss. I don't own you anything.
Stronghold gringing is one of the worst thing that happened on this game, before that the guilds where not "try hard" in general as they are now. Of course nobody want a guild that is inactive and with 2-3 max online, but at the same time a video game is... A VIDEO GAME. Calmos... lol. Im not even that try hard when i play competitive games with my team... I know its a race to who can build it the fastest and trust me i want the marketplace rank 4 just as anybody, but we need to remember what is the most important thing first. Playing a game and enjoying ourselves.
Anyway that may be a lot of text to say my point, but in resume when you appear offline, there is a reason for it and you should be allow to do so as you please. I may forget sometimes that i put myself offline, it happened a few time, but in general if im "appear offline" its because i want to play solo and enjoy a moment of tranquility.
Important Note : Nothing that i said above have any link to my current guilds (2 toons in 2 different guilds) as everybody has been great and i have only good things to do about them. This is general talk on some guilds i heard of, or have experienced, and for post like the guy i quoted above
If guild leaders are having a problem with this returned level of privacy then I'd have to say... tuff. If someone is unavailable then they are unavailable. You shouldn't have the ability to pull their leash and be privy to knowing of their activity if they don't wish for you to. Inversely it wouldn't be unreasonable for a guild to stipulate policy that you must appear online when playing Neverwinter and will be obligated to participate in activities when doing so, otherwise your presence in the guild as a non-participant would be undesireable and your membership terminated. Right? If you want to be in a guild then you should participate, otherwise you're no use to the guild and somone more willing to participate can take your place.
So no, I don't think people need less privacy, I think guild leaders now need better communication and stricter rules.
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Guild: (X1) The Legendary Outlaws
"The Best of the Best"
"Nobody does it better"
#TLO BiS
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