Catshops/Cowshops on NPC's Heads

KatieMorgan - Sanctuary
KatieMorgan - Sanctuary Posts: 99 Arc User
edited August 2009 in Chronicles
If you are one of these people that likes to set up shop on top of an NPC's head, please stop. It makes it very difficult for other players to see if this NPC has a quest icon over it's head, and all it does it make people generally annoyed with you.

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  • Mavado - Harshlands
    Mavado - Harshlands Posts: 728 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Tis true b:cry I want my quests!!!
    >_< I'm a wizard in disguise... you know like the old cartoon... except with less robots and more fire/ice/rocks....
  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I think that's the basic idea, crowd around the NPC's you know people will want to click on like the teleporters so people will accidentally click on you instead.
  • KatieMorgan - Sanctuary
    KatieMorgan - Sanctuary Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Yea Rurik- when people sit on top of teleporters it's just mildly irritating to me. What's much more annoying is when they sit on top of daily quest NPCs like Li Mengpei (WQ) or Head Hunter (BH) and players can't see if they have a circulate quest waiting for them.

    b:surrender
  • Mavado - Harshlands
    Mavado - Harshlands Posts: 728 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    But unless they're selling quests i don't want any!! b:angry
    >_< I'm a wizard in disguise... you know like the old cartoon... except with less robots and more fire/ice/rocks....
  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I wonder if there's any way they could make it so you can't place a shop within a certain proximity to the NPC's?
  • BratFury - Heavens Tear
    BratFury - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    This isn't nearly as bad as there being so many people on top of/around/in front of an npc that simply clicking shift doesn't even get you a tab to be able to click on the npc. I've literally had to use the w/d commands to get in a crowd so I could get close enough to click. Its irritating, and I will not buy from someone who does such a thing just b/c I know they sit there just so you will click on them. "applause" way to drum up biz /end sarcasm.
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  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Unrelated note, finally someone who understands that sarcasm does not, in fact, work in text format unless you specify you're being sarcastic! b:thanks
  • ChaoticEnvy - Heavens Tear
    ChaoticEnvy - Heavens Tear Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Catshops are not to bad..................... but GET OFF YOUR MOUNT AT NPC'S b:angry

    Nothing worse then having 3 or 4 people all sat on mounts at WQ/CS npc's............. yes Mr nien beast im looking at you b:chuckle
  • AndromedaB - Sanctuary
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary Posts: 1,376 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    KatieMorgan - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Yea Rurik- when people sit on top of teleporters it's just mildly irritating to me. What's much more annoying is when they sit on top of daily quest NPCs like Li Mengpei (WQ) or Head Hunter (BH) and players can't see if they have a circulate quest waiting for them.

    b:surrender
    ERR... sorry? O.o
    u always got shift click or whatevr that was ctrl click? i forget
  • BratFury - Heavens Tear
    BratFury - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ERR... sorry? O.o
    u always got shift click or whatevr that was ctrl click? i forget

    Please read my above post so that you can be reminded there are times when this actually does NOT work!
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  • AndromedaB - Sanctuary
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary Posts: 1,376 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    BratFury - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Please read my above post so that you can be reminded there are times when this actually does NOT work!

    srsly if u cant easily get a npc or see a quest ur lame
    its easy as hell >_>
  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Wouldn't Hell be hard? The entire point is to be tortured for eternity, I wouldn't think that was easy. I suppose it's easy to get into Hell, I mean, just about everything is a sin apparently, depending on who you speak to. But then it should be "Easy as getting into Hell."
  • KatieMorgan - Sanctuary
    KatieMorgan - Sanctuary Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    for me it's not a matter of being able to click on the NPCs, it's being able to SEE whether or not i even need to click on the NPC. a well-placed catshop can block the quest icon above the NPC, and the new cowshops can block it even easier.
  • Lacrimosa - Harshlands
    Lacrimosa - Harshlands Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Tbh, I find that really annoying as well if I'm lagging. I never quite understood why people do that. It's not like setting up your stall on top of an NPC or directly in front of it, hoping players misclick would make then instantaneously (or decide to) purchase something from your shop. I know people setup shop near the teleporters, where items are sometimes more expensive, to those who are impatient/lazy to browse through dozens of shops.
  • BratFury - Heavens Tear
    BratFury - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    srsly if u cant easily get a npc or see a quest ur lame
    its easy as hell >_>

    No need to insult and name call.

    You said if you can't "SEE" a quest ur lame?

    Did you read the OP at all? People are blocking it where you can't even see that you have a quest there. My point was that sometimes there are so many people even shift clicking doesn't get me an npc tab.

    I wish before you spewed out insults you'd actually take time to consider what you are saying and in what context. As here what you said does not apply.
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  • Aadi - Lost City
    Aadi - Lost City Posts: 4,449 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Wouldn't Hell be hard? The entire point is to be tortured for eternity, I wouldn't think that was easy. I suppose it's easy to get into Hell, I mean, just about everything is a sin apparently, depending on who you speak to. But then it should be "Easy as getting into Hell."

    This made me lol.
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  • Mavado - Harshlands
    Mavado - Harshlands Posts: 728 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Meh, main problem i have with them is when i think of new players who go into town.... there are times when quest givers are so swarmed that you can barely tell there's an npc there b:cry
    >_< I'm a wizard in disguise... you know like the old cartoon... except with less robots and more fire/ice/rocks....
  • AndromedaB - Sanctuary
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary Posts: 1,376 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Wouldn't Hell be hard? The entire point is to be tortured for eternity, I wouldn't think that was easy. I suppose it's easy to get into Hell, I mean, just about everything is a sin apparently, depending on who you speak to. But then it should be "Easy as getting into Hell."

    hell doesn't exist its a Christian superstition
  • BratFury - Heavens Tear
    BratFury - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    hell doesn't exist its a Christian superstition

    ima point to the forum rules and leave it at that.
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  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    hell doesn't exist its a Christian superstition

    If you believe that you should probably avoid using it as part of your vocabulary. I'd suggest the phrases "Easy as cake." "Easy as pie." or my personal favorite, "Easy as Indiana Jones."
  • BratFury - Heavens Tear
    BratFury - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    If you believe that you should probably avoid using it as part of your vocabulary. I'd suggest the phrases "Easy as cake." "Easy as pie." or my personal favorite, "Easy as Indiana Jones."

    You are turning into quite the comedian. The funniest part is I really don't think you intend to make your posts hilarious. You've come quite a ways since your 20$ easy fit wal mart jeans! ;)

    Its at the point I enjoy reading most of your posts, even when I disagree with you.
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  • Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver
    Rurik_Niall - Dreamweaver Posts: 432 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I've studied all the greatest, Richard Pryor, Alan Alda, Gene Wilder. (Who coincidentally, always seemed to get laughs from people the most when he was actually trying to be serious, he could never understand why people laughed at him.) b:laugh
  • Slake - Lost City
    Slake - Lost City Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I gotta point out, your map shows u whether u have quests at a particular npc. Take about 1 second more to check ur minimap.
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  • Mirabeth - Sanctuary
    Mirabeth - Sanctuary Posts: 246 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Is it really so hard to be considerate of other players? To just put your catshop/cowshop somewhere else? If it's going to cause annoyance, then people are less likely to buy. I know of several people, myself included, who refuse to buy from shops who place themselves on top of NPCs, simply because of it being an annoyance and inconsiderate toward other players. Sure, we can shift-click, but that doesn't always work. Sometimes you have to try a bunch of times for it to work correctly, you have to get the right placement on the NPC, etc. So really, it's just a matter of being considerate.

    I guess what I'm saying is, go ahead and put your shops there, I just won't buy from them, and I'll tell others not to as well. ^^b:bye
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Yeah yeah that whole Shift-CLick thing.
    Its not about not being able to click, its about being able to SEE the NPC.
    All you people who say shift-click are probably pretentious and smug and the type of people who put catshops on NPCs.
    And stop trying to be witty by saying you put a cowshop on NPCs.
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  • Camerlengo - Dreamweaver
    Camerlengo - Dreamweaver Posts: 228 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    hell doesn't exist its a Christian superstition

    It very well may exist- we can't know for sure until we die.
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  • TheGoliath - Heavens Tear
    TheGoliath - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,667 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Camerlengo - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    It very well may exist- we can't know for sure until we die.

    do not build a stupid flame about religion
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  • Redmenace - Heavens Tear
    Redmenace - Heavens Tear Posts: 908 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    AndromedaB - Sanctuary wrote: »
    hell doesn't exist its a Christian superstition

    Apparently you haven't spent any time trying to get answers in this forum.

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  • Peritia - Lost City
    Peritia - Lost City Posts: 397 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    I think this can be simply boiled down to:

    Can you still click on the NPC?
    Yes, by shift-clicking.

    Can you still see if you have quests from them?
    Yes, by minimap colour.

    Does this mean catshops in extreme proximity or sitting on your mount is acceptable?
    No, not even close. The systems are in place to deal with the few inconsiderate folks who choose to irritate their fellow players, not condone it.

    Personally, I feel that there should be no catshops within 5m of NPCs, and you should be kicked from your mount or aerocraft in town if you stay still more than say, 5-10 seconds. Would clear up alot of unnecessary polygons.
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  • Redmenace - Heavens Tear
    Redmenace - Heavens Tear Posts: 908 Arc User
    edited August 2009
    Peritia - Lost City wrote: »
    I think this can be simply boiled down to:

    Can you still click on the NPC?
    Yes, by shift-clicking.

    Can you still see if you have quests from them?
    Yes, by minimap colour.

    Does this mean catshops is extreme proximity or sitting on your mount is acceptable?
    No, not even close. The systems are in place to deal with the few inconsiderate folks who choose to irritate their fellow players, not condone it.

    Personally, I feel that there should be no catshops within 5m of NPCs, and you should be kicked from your mount or aerocraft in town if you stay still more than say, 5-10 seconds. Would clear up alot of unnecessary polygons.

    Is it a royal pain to *have* to shift-click to get to the %$*&! NPC? Yes.

    Do People *need* to be inconsiderate ***clowns? No.

    Will I continue to irritate, bother, and harass players and/or catshops that cover NPCs and/or stand on their HUGE EPEEN mounts in front of the banker?

    'Bet 'yer *** I will.

    RedMenace
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