Seperate Column for Specced Players in Main Client

[kasa]

One of the issues about current players column in main continuum client is when you enter a 20 40 even 50 player zone they all might be in spec and there is no actual fight in the zone so you have to quit and try another zone and that happens again

So is there any way to separate columns for current players column into actual players and speccers

this will also help getting people into non 100 player zones like metal gear halo evolved desert storm hyperspace and prevent their vanishing

because lately whenever I go to the zones most of the time I find empty center

[CRe]

Spectators have a tiny S next to their name in the F2 menu and most of the time they are on their own frequencies.

[kasa]

cre I know that we even play against each other time to time

what I mean is a column in main Continuum client

So before you enter a zone you know how many actual players and how many speccers there are

[Audry]

... that would be useless... dont be SO LAZY, and just enter and quit a zone til you find what you are looking for...

 

thanks cre for the typo

Edited April 12, 2009 by Audry

[kasa]

sure aunty but in the meanwhile ss loses population

and people just stick to some particular zones

and not visiting different zones

which means no circulation

[CRe]

If someone sees 1 playing compared to lets say 27 spectated and playing together I don't think they will even bother entering the zone.

[kasa]

for example metalgear hyperspace desert storm has some dedicated speccers in them

along the day I enter the zones multiple times and find there is no fight

it is frustrating

I like to play different zones and there are others who like to play ss in multi zones

[CRe]

Let me reiterate. This would not assist in bringing population up but rather if a player saw that there was only one person playing in the zone they would not bother entering. So tell me would you enter if you saw 26 players and 1 playing compared to 27 players?

[kasa]

well your logic is not correct

because when you hope 27 people playing and you see only 1 playing you will leave the place anyway

but it will waste your time and your will to try over and over again to came up with a good fight in your favourite zones

and furthermore you stop trying to enter the zone at all eventually or begin to visit it less often because you dont get what you expect

very frustrating for interss players like me who likes to play more than 5 zones

 

but if you can see how many players are actually playing it is your decision to enter the game and it become what you get is what you see

 

extremely important feature that is lacking

only current solutions for the issue for that is using red zone chats or like tw distension bot does pming players when a battle is on

[CRe]

well your logic is not correct

because when you hope 27 people playing and you see only 1 playing you will leave the place anyway

but it will waste your time and your will to try over and over again to came up with a good fight in your favourite zones

and furthermore you stop trying to enter the zone at all eventually or begin to visit it less often because you dont get what you expect

very frustrating for interss players like me who likes to play more than 5 zones

 

but if you can see how many players are actually playing it is your decision to enter the game and it become what you get is what you see

 

extremely important feature that is lacking

only current solutions for the issue for that is using red zone chats or like tw distension bot does pming players when a battle is on

 

When it says 27 people playing and only 1 playing on the main client screen you still won't bother entering.

[»D1st0rt]

http://toktok.sscentral.com/zonepinger

 

works for several asss zones

[kasa]

well your logic is not correct

because when you hope 27 people playing and you see only 1 playing you will leave the place anyway

but it will waste your time and your will to try over and over again to came up with a good fight in your favourite zones

and furthermore you stop trying to enter the zone at all eventually or begin to visit it less often because you dont get what you expect

very frustrating for interss players like me who likes to play more than 5 zones

 

but if you can see how many players are actually playing it is your decision to enter the game and it become what you get is what you see

 

extremely important feature that is lacking

only current solutions for the issue for that is using red zone chats or like tw distension bot does pming players when a battle is on

 

When it says 27 people playing and only 1 playing on the main client screen you still won't bother entering.

 

That is the whole point I won't enter I won't lose time or temper just go into another available zone

 

Also another solution for that is about zone bots

 

TW Distension bot was used to pm players whichever zone they play while distension game is on

 

So there might be a command like whenever population gets higher than 20 or 30 pm the user according to the users preference

 

It would be user friendly

 

 

By the way distort that is exactly what I mean

So it is possible after all great share thanks

Yet only works for hyperspace within the zones I frequently play

Edited April 17, 2009 by kasa

[CRe]

So if you won't enter then how is it suppose to help population?

[kasa]

1 some people play regardless of the population

2 some others do not

 

everybody has different standards for a play

some has 1, 5, 10, 20, or 30

but noone's standard is 0

entering a zone where you think 18 people plays but you came up with 0 that kills population

that what users came up with a lot of time periods for most of the zones

 

most zones has some dedicated spec players like mg

in mg or hs you came up with 0 population time to time

it will actually help growing

because most people will play a game over 4v4

but they cannot always try the zone by entering leaving a zone every 10 minutes

 

3 read my other solution you may send a command to the bot to pm you when the zone population gets higher than 10 or 20 or 30

 

4 another solution is server side too each zone should hold a population graph itself

like the ssstats in trenchwars not everyone knows or uses ssstats web site and it is not all practical

so while you send a certain command like population to the bot it should send you hourly based population graph so you can figure out which hours are crowded

also this feature may be added into the client as a population stats graph in a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly base

[CRe]

entering a zone where you think 18 people plays but you came up with 0 that kills population

that what users came up with a lot of time periods for most of the zones

 

Yeh but when a player sees 0 population on the main screen they still won't play. Well I get what your saying about dedicated players. Your failing to understand what I am saying.

[kasa]

Cre I understand you just I don't agree with you

 

Why should a player go to a 0 or 1 player zone if he will leave anyway

Do you really think that might lead getting the zone any crowder

It simply doesn't except some rare cases

 

But if even 4-8 people is playing the feature will lead instant population increase

Because most people willing to play 2v3, 4v5 fights

But when they enter the zone and 0 population there is, they leave and don't come back for a while

 

Also another command to the bot may be added as I explained

Like messaging the user via inter zone message feature when the zone population is over a certain number

 

Furthermore another feature like an "at spec but available" column might be added for people in spec that waiting for a fight

Or the chatting users might even be reffered as active

 

Actually there should be an option for a certain arena in the zone you want to check along with total zone stats

 

This prevents the distraction and time loss

 

I open up the client during day trying mg, hs, ds, dsb, tw over and over again