I understand That's why I made the post before that one in this thread.
Yes, but that post is prefaced with, "'m not sure if this is possible..."
Something needs to be done if it's decided that the original suggestion isn't feasible.
Perhaps make sure they can only be used at allotted times. After all, the Winter Tribble supposedly has effects that only function during the Winter Event, perhaps these disruptive social devices could be made to only be usable during specific events (like the 4th of July, dev events, anniversary celebrations).
Failing that rip them out, or tone down the effects to basically nothing (like the "snowball grenade").
Or even just up the number of GMs in game (player volunteers with some oversight to manage this) and deal with the problem people. As said, there are entire fleets devoted to abusing the general population. They have websites professing this, and videos posted across the Internet recounting it. Why is this allowed to persist? Why do these fleets even still exist?
Yes, but that post is prefaced with, "'m not sure if this is possible..."
Something needs to be done if it's decided that the original suggestion isn't feasible.
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Or even just up the number of GMs in game (player volunteers with some oversight to manage this) and deal with the problem people. As said, there are entire fleets devoted to abusing the general population. They have websites professing this, and videos posted across the Internet recounting it. Why is this allowed to persist? Why do these fleets even still exist?
This needs to be addressed immediately, these fleets are harassing other players who choose to Roleplay in a... Wait for it... Online Roleplaying Game. I have been harassed for simply asking them to stop, I wasn't roleplaying, I wasn't insulting anyone, I was standing at the bar watching people dance and asked politely for them to stop spraying the dancers. This is harassment, it is supposed to be against the Terms of Service and yet they are allowed to continue doing it, then they make videos and post logs of the harassment for others in the fleet to enjoy. Unacceptable.
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This is occurring as I type in Drozana zone #1, Four players with fire extinguishers following another player around spraying him continuously while being asked to stop. When is this NOT harassment?
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This afternoon, there were players in Drozana local offering money through Paypal for the real names, addresses and any other identifying personal information of any ***edited*** member. We have screenshots and chatlogs that demonstrate this.
And that is wrong, I do not advocate any return bullying. But it is also not surprising considering the lengths these fleets will go to trying to get a response from others just so they can then report them. It doesn't change the fact that they think they can harass other players without repercussions. Either take care of the griefers or remove the devices they are using to grief others with.
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This is occurring as I type in Drozana zone #1, Four players with fire extinguishers following another player around spraying him continuously while being asked to stop. When is this NOT harassment?
That is horrible!
BUT
That is certainly a demonstration of how angery people have become with them.
Since this has happened it's an obvious lack of proper administration by cryptic to control/prevent this behavior.
So I went to Drozana earlier to see what all the commotion was about after not playing for something like two months when I overheard a conversation about somebody dying in one fashion or another, I didn't catch the details. What happened next made me sick and ashamed to actually belong to the same species as some of the people there but they were actually overjoyed and throwing a party.
Throwing a party and celebrating that another human being had died just because they had a disagreement or whatever had happened in an online game, throwing a party because his children now have to grow up without a father. I honestly feel for the people who lost a comrade and I have no words to actually describe how I feel about the behavior of some of the people who claim to be the victims here.
So I went to Drozana earlier to see what all the commotion was about after not playing for something like two months when I overheard a conversation about somebody dying in one fashion or another, I didn't catch the details. What happened next made me sick and ashamed to actually belong to the same species as some of the people there but they were actually overjoyed and throwing a party.
Throwing a party and celebrating that another human being had died just because they had a disagreement or whatever had happened in an online game, throwing a party because his children now have to grow up without a father. I honestly feel for the people who lost a comrade and I have no words to actually describe how I feel about the behavior of some of the people who claim to be the victims here.
That is NOT what happened at all.
A fleet leader in one of the fleets was defeated/"killed" in PvP under the agreement he wouldn't return to Drozana. His fleet then went on about it and alot of people were showing their joy over how theis particular individual wasn't returning. His own fleet said he wasn't really dead. so....
No reason to be sick over nothing.
BTW Qa'plA for another enemy to RPrs defeated.
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That is NOT what happened at all.
A fleet leader in one of the fleets was defeated/"killed" in PvP under the agreement he wouldn't return to Drozana. His fleet then went on about it and alot of people were showing their joy over how theis particular individual wasn't returning. His own fleet said he wasn't really dead. so....
No reason to be sick over nothing.
BTW Qa'plA for another enemy to RPrs defeated.
So his children have to grow up without a father because he was defeated in PvP? Yeah, that doesn't add up.
So his children have to grow up without a father because he was defeated in PvP? Yeah, that doesn't add up.
Ya, exactly. he didn't die in real lfe, so it was nothing.
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There already is a setting to turn off poppers and extinguishers. Look under Video -> Effects -> Visual fx quality -> Low. That gets rid of the spray and the sound. That plus liberal use of ignore has made Drozana tolerable again, for me anyway.
There already is a setting to turn off poppers and extinguishers. Look under Video -> Effects -> Visual fx quality -> Low. That gets rid of the spray and the sound. That plus liberal use of ignore has made Drozana tolerable again, for me anyway.
I had found that also. It is must more peacefule now.
BUT
All the visuals look "2000" style in the grachics...
It seems a shame to have to lower the games quality to accomodate not seeing griefers.
It seems like it's punishing the victim.
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The main issue isn't the fog, it's the repetitive noise. If they made another noise, and less noise, let's be honnest, no one would complain about people using fire extinguisers.
Very well but when they are being abused for harassment, the players being harassed need to have some way to prevent it. Moving zones is not the answer, that means I am being penalized for THEIR bad behavior. Currently I use the function of politely asking them to stop, then reporting to GM's as harassment, but all I see is them continuing unabated. I understand that I will not see a response to a GM ticket but I need to see them stop or be able to stop it myself. The abusers are truly ruining my experience of the game and something needs to be changed.
Changing zones appears to work anyway as from what I have seen the harassers are in multiple instances doing their thing. And for the fleets that are being harassed, moving to starbases may not be viable as apparently the harassers have infiltrated their fleets. While these infiltrators are being dealt with by the respected fleets, it just shows how far the harassers are willing to go.
And as an actual reply to the OP's question, while you can lower the visual fx, it does not completely negate all the party poppers effects like fireworks (which I find to be the most annoying affect.
If only adding these fools to your ignore list not only made their avatars invisible to you, but more importantly, made YOU invisible to THEM. That would sort out all griefing problems permanently. I doubt it's possible though, or even if it was possible it probably wouldn't (in the devs eyes) warrant spending resources implementing.
If only adding these fools to your ignore list not only made their avatars invisible to you, but more importantly, made YOU invisible to THEM. That would sort out all griefing problems permanently. I doubt it's possible though, or even if it was possible it probably wouldn't (in the devs eyes) warrant spending resources implementing.
This is an excellent idea.
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turning off effects of powers selectively would help a lot with a problem that we have come to known as "FX drop"... you know, when really much stuff is going on on the screen and suddenly effects start to flicker / blink / go invisible
if we could turn off all the effects that we don't like (space and ground), this would happen a lot later.
hell i would probably shut off 3/4 of all effects just because i don't like all those blinking rings and stuff
some effects are needed, like plasma fire (ground) or those engineer shields, but many of them are just shiny blink blink stuff that would fit more into Hello Kitty online than into Star Trek
turning visuals off selectively would be win-win for framerate, immersion, annoyance factor etc. etc.
of course that would mean a lot of on/off switches to be made functional and added to the UI. so not a small update, but certainly a good one.
The main issue isn't the fog, it's the repetitive noise. If they made another noise, and less noise, let's be honnest, no one would complain about people using fire extinguisers.
That's.... a good idea really. It would make Droanza an easier place to visit.
There already is a setting to turn off poppers and extinguishers. Look under Video -> Effects -> Visual fx quality -> Low. That gets rid of the spray and the sound. That plus liberal use of ignore has made Drozana tolerable again, for me anyway.
It also gets rid of any fine tuning you do on your video settings. Now I have to go back and reset eveything to make it look right. Just using the slider will do it. Everyone still looks "flat" and untextured.
It also gets rid of any fine tuning you do on your video settings. Now I have to go back and reset eveything to make it look right. Just using the slider will do it. Everyone still looks "flat" and untextured.
Well you never play the game ive never seen anyone at club 47!
:eek: If I have not been playing this game for the hundreds of hours between all of my character's /played results, have I been dreaming this whole time? Is this real?! Are we all stuck in a dream?:eek:
:eek: If I have not been playing this game for the hundreds of hours between all of my character's /played results, have I been dreaming this whole time? Is this real?! Are we all stuck in a dream?:eek:
:P
JK. I'm dancing in ESD right now
Cheers,
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You should try to dance in Drozana Station and see what results.
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Yes, but that post is prefaced with, "'m not sure if this is possible..."
Something needs to be done if it's decided that the original suggestion isn't feasible.
Perhaps make sure they can only be used at allotted times. After all, the Winter Tribble supposedly has effects that only function during the Winter Event, perhaps these disruptive social devices could be made to only be usable during specific events (like the 4th of July, dev events, anniversary celebrations).
Failing that rip them out, or tone down the effects to basically nothing (like the "snowball grenade").
Or even just up the number of GMs in game (player volunteers with some oversight to manage this) and deal with the problem people. As said, there are entire fleets devoted to abusing the general population. They have websites professing this, and videos posted across the Internet recounting it. Why is this allowed to persist? Why do these fleets even still exist?
This needs to be addressed immediately, these fleets are harassing other players who choose to Roleplay in a... Wait for it... Online Roleplaying Game. I have been harassed for simply asking them to stop, I wasn't roleplaying, I wasn't insulting anyone, I was standing at the bar watching people dance and asked politely for them to stop spraying the dancers. This is harassment, it is supposed to be against the Terms of Service and yet they are allowed to continue doing it, then they make videos and post logs of the harassment for others in the fleet to enjoy. Unacceptable.
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And that is wrong, I do not advocate any return bullying. But it is also not surprising considering the lengths these fleets will go to trying to get a response from others just so they can then report them. It doesn't change the fact that they think they can harass other players without repercussions. Either take care of the griefers or remove the devices they are using to grief others with.
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That is horrible!
BUT
That is certainly a demonstration of how angery people have become with them.
Since this has happened it's an obvious lack of proper administration by cryptic to control/prevent this behavior.
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Throwing a party and celebrating that another human being had died just because they had a disagreement or whatever had happened in an online game, throwing a party because his children now have to grow up without a father. I honestly feel for the people who lost a comrade and I have no words to actually describe how I feel about the behavior of some of the people who claim to be the victims here.
That is NOT what happened at all.
A fleet leader in one of the fleets was defeated/"killed" in PvP under the agreement he wouldn't return to Drozana. His fleet then went on about it and alot of people were showing their joy over how theis particular individual wasn't returning. His own fleet said he wasn't really dead. so....
No reason to be sick over nothing.
BTW Qa'plA for another enemy to RPrs defeated.
Registered: Oct/2009 , LTS : Feb/2011
Fleets: Warriors of the Phoenix, Kirian Industries[/SIGPIC]
Three years and still no Captain Klaa hair...
So his children have to grow up without a father because he was defeated in PvP? Yeah, that doesn't add up.
Ya, exactly. he didn't die in real lfe, so it was nothing.
Registered: Oct/2009 , LTS : Feb/2011
Fleets: Warriors of the Phoenix, Kirian Industries[/SIGPIC]
Three years and still no Captain Klaa hair...
I had found that also. It is must more peacefule now.
BUT
All the visuals look "2000" style in the grachics...
It seems a shame to have to lower the games quality to accomodate not seeing griefers.
It seems like it's punishing the victim.
Registered: Oct/2009 , LTS : Feb/2011
Fleets: Warriors of the Phoenix, Kirian Industries[/SIGPIC]
Three years and still no Captain Klaa hair...
Winning answer!
The main issue isn't the fog, it's the repetitive noise. If they made another noise, and less noise, let's be honnest, no one would complain about people using fire extinguisers.
God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
Changing zones appears to work anyway as from what I have seen the harassers are in multiple instances doing their thing. And for the fleets that are being harassed, moving to starbases may not be viable as apparently the harassers have infiltrated their fleets. While these infiltrators are being dealt with by the respected fleets, it just shows how far the harassers are willing to go.
And as an actual reply to the OP's question, while you can lower the visual fx, it does not completely negate all the party poppers effects like fireworks (which I find to be the most annoying affect.
This is an excellent idea.
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turning off effects of powers selectively would help a lot with a problem that we have come to known as "FX drop"... you know, when really much stuff is going on on the screen and suddenly effects start to flicker / blink / go invisible
if we could turn off all the effects that we don't like (space and ground), this would happen a lot later.
hell i would probably shut off 3/4 of all effects just because i don't like all those blinking rings and stuff
some effects are needed, like plasma fire (ground) or those engineer shields, but many of them are just shiny blink blink stuff that would fit more into Hello Kitty online than into Star Trek
turning visuals off selectively would be win-win for framerate, immersion, annoyance factor etc. etc.
of course that would mean a lot of on/off switches to be made functional and added to the UI. so not a small update, but certainly a good one.
It is even worse than the Horta grinding.
At least the Spiders are quiet.
Oh Brandon you. :P
That's.... a good idea really. It would make Droanza an easier place to visit.
Not only are there not many 800 day veteran rewards, many of them don't like the monkey.
Well you never play the game ive never seen anyone at club 47!
It also gets rid of any fine tuning you do on your video settings. Now I have to go back and reset eveything to make it look right. Just using the slider will do it. Everyone still looks "flat" and untextured.
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they are being at best a jerk and at worst a gutless bully
it should carry an AUTOMATIC ban from the whole game to use one of these items in ESD
What slider? It's a drop-down menu.
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I think only a sociopath would consider non-stop harassment fun.
Well, some peoples idea of fun in game, would get them arrested in real life real quick.
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:eek: If I have not been playing this game for the hundreds of hours between all of my character's /played results, have I been dreaming this whole time? Is this real?! Are we all stuck in a dream?:eek:
:P
JK. I'm dancing in ESD right now
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
You should try to dance in Drozana Station and see what results.
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As if we didn't need another reason to start a riot. :eek: