In-game Bulletin

Faidor · 10th July 2008, 04:11

Being able to go to any major city or town, and look up jobs other players have posted. Anything from being a bard or scribe for an adventure to escorting a caravan across hostile territory—this could also be used for posting wanted signs/rewards for outlaws.

Mogar · 10th July 2008, 05:21

also shouldnt it last only a lengh of time...on the board that is... so that jobs remain recent and up to date

Drakus · 10th July 2008, 05:51

It's an interesting idea having a in game bulletin (classifies), but I can see how something like this would quickly fill up with spam, unless it was done like an auction house interface/system which could possibly work.

Jonkar · 10th July 2008, 06:47

Excellent idea!

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Originally Posted by Mogar

also shouldnt it last only a lengh of time...on the board that is... so that jobs remain recent and up to date

Yes, that could be set when posting the message I suppose.

Tickle · 10th July 2008, 06:52

Would also be a good way to implement news from the developers about upcoming content/patches. Entirely optional, of course, some people really hate stuff like that breaking the RP environment.

I do agree though, the ability to form some kind of contract to get a job done would be extremely fun and useful. It would be like player-given quests. For example, a rich crafting player could make a contract for a certain type of wood, and it acts like a quest, with an automatic reward when another player finishes it.

Jonkar · 10th July 2008, 06:55

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Originally Posted by Tickle

Would also be a good way to implement news from the developers about upcoming content/patches. Entirely optional, of course, some people really hate stuff like that breaking the RP environment.

Simply do it in an In Character way and the RP enviroment doesn't get broken.

OMGPIE · 10th July 2008, 07:20

However cool this would be I can't say yes because I KNOW that there would be people posting wanted posters and having a picture of a penis on it...tsk tsk tsk stupid morons. If people are mature enough go for it but idk if we are ready.

Jonkar · 10th July 2008, 07:22

Simply don't allow people to draw a picture but instead use pre-selected pictures of the targets race.

OMGPIE · 10th July 2008, 07:25

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Originally Posted by Jonkar

Simply don't allow people to draw a picture but instead use pre-selected pictures of the targets race.

Is there going to be a picture of every character on the server? I think that would be kind of overload. Maybe it would just be names on the poster no picture?

Jonkar · 10th July 2008, 07:39

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Originally Posted by OMGPIE

Is there going to be a picture of every character on the server? I think that would be kind of overload. Maybe it would just be names on the poster no picture?

I mean a few general pictures of each race,

admiralnlson · 10th July 2008, 19:05

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Originally Posted by OMGPIE

Is there going to be a picture of every character on the server? I think that would be kind of overload. Maybe it would just be names on the poster no picture?

You could have a wall of wanted posters with "fake" generic pictures. But when you wish to "read" a specific Wanted poster, you activate it with the "Use" shortcut ('E' key ? ^^). It sends the request for the guy's face details to the server and you are able to see it.

No bandwidth and no GPU (for all the 3D to 2D(paper) projections) overload that way.

OMGPIE · 10th July 2008, 22:14

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Originally Posted by admiralnlson

You could have a wall of wanted posters with "fake" generic pictures. But when you wish to "read" a specific Wanted poster, you activate it with the "Use" shortcut ('E' key ? ^^). It sends the request for the guy's face details to the server and you are able to see it.

No bandwidth and no GPU (for all the 3D to 2D(paper) projections) overload that way.

That is spiffy.

osteo · 21st August 2008, 04:31

Im sure Mo is going to have a character screen where you see yourself and you can unequip your armor there. Just have the server call for that same screen pic and it will always update itself cuz you are constantly changing that pic. That is beside the point it might be overkill to have that pic always updating. Anyhow...... i hope you all understood what I was talking about

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OMGPIE Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Omnipresent Posts: 1,504 Rep Power: 4	However cool this would be I can't say yes because I KNOW that there would be people posting wanted posters and having a picture of a penis on it...tsk tsk tsk stupid morons. If people are mature enough go for it but idk if we are ready. __________________

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Tickle Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Age: 18 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 1	Would also be a good way to implement news from the developers about upcoming content/patches. Entirely optional, of course, some people really hate stuff like that breaking the RP environment. I do agree though, the ability to form some kind of contract to get a job done would be extremely fun and useful. It would be like player-given quests. For example, a rich crafting player could make a contract for a certain type of wood, and it acts like a quest, with an automatic reward when another player finishes it.

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Jonkar Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 63 Rep Power: 1	Simply don't allow people to draw a picture but instead use pre-selected pictures of the targets race.

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osteo Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Rep Power: 0	Im sure Mo is going to have a character screen where you see yourself and you can unequip your armor there. Just have the server call for that same screen pic and it will always update itself cuz you are constantly changing that pic. That is beside the point it might be overkill to have that pic always updating. Anyhow...... i hope you all understood what I was talking about