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Walk To Command (Petition for Reversal)
This change is absolutely broken and irritating.
I can't even walk to the glubber in my own room. ^^ (colourised, 2021)
This isn't a rant. I feel this change was brought about by some bitterness by the small gleaming of (what appears to be) incredibly minor information about an event that most people were enjoying. Novices can no longer walk to glubbers. People can no longer walk to many denizens (I posted above, an image of me not being able to walk to a glubber that was in my room). I don't know what you're aiming for here with this change, but it feels entirely counterintuitive to playing the game.
This will just lead to more scripted hunting.
I can't even walk to the glubber in my own room. ^^ (colourised, 2021)
This isn't a rant. I feel this change was brought about by some bitterness by the small gleaming of (what appears to be) incredibly minor information about an event that most people were enjoying. Novices can no longer walk to glubbers. People can no longer walk to many denizens (I posted above, an image of me not being able to walk to a glubber that was in my room). I don't know what you're aiming for here with this change, but it feels entirely counterintuitive to playing the game.
This will just lead to more scripted hunting.
The Divine voice of Twilight echoes in your head, "See that it is. I espy a tithe of potential in your mortal soul, Astarod Blackstone. Let us hope that it flourishes and does not falter as so many do."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
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Instead of dealing with this in a way that actually stopped the problem (like.. for instance.. making certain denizens during an event be unable to be walked to.. They went with the most heavy handed way possible, while simultaneously going "We are trying out best to make sure there is minimal difference between Automation and Manual".
Hunting just got made awful, reagent gathering just got made worse.
Edit: The fact that they are calling WALK TO NPC an OOC command, but WALK TO [CITYMATE] or WALK TO [LANDMARK]... or that like. we can farsee people, but not denizens.
Can’t use it to see if something is alive or whatever from anywhere in the game, etc.
Penwize has cowardly forfeited the challenge to mortal combat issued by Atalkez.
If they reverted it to this, I'd be happy.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
I would love to see added back to the WALK TO list: ferrymen and reagent denizens.
Outside of them I'm actually kind of ok with this change.
Arbitrary logic is arbitrary.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
The same way you know what class, race, title, and name of someone despite having never met them before.
The same way you can tell all accolades a city has ever earned without reading a book simply because you can check accolades.
The same way you can check every historical event someone has been a part of without ever researching them.
The same way you can read news from anywhere, spawn scrolls into existence to read anywhere.
The same way you can only be one class at a time (Oops sorry, I can't teach you bard right now! I only know how to be a knight!)
The same way that you have to forget Weaponmastery and Chivalry, or relearn them, to pick up Paladin or Infernal whilst also already being a Runewarden.
The same way things die and come back to life a short time later.
The same way I am able to farsee where people are (but this is bad if I do it on denizens).
The same way that I can see who is in the realms at any given time.
It's not 'random'. We can see where people are via FARSEE. Being able to farsee denizens (maybe a bit wonkier, but still) is fine. If it must be done, still allow the AREA, and then only have WALKTO properly work when in the area (or just farsee denizen tells room name if in area).
local den_tab = {
["EBRA"] = 19164,
}
if den_tab[string.upper(matches[2])]==nil then
send(matches[1])
else
expandAlias("goto "..den_tab[string.upper(matches[2])])
end
</code><code>
And the "many things are unrealistic in this game, so 'making sense' shouldn't be a criterion at all" is another one I don't quite buy.
In the end it's just a question of more or less convenience, nothing more, nothing less.
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This is useless for reagent hunting, which is what this change impacted pretty heavily. Also mobile/nexus users (which are a greater percentage than you think) probably got hit significantly harder.
Disappearing from Achaea for now. See you, space cowboy.
smileyface#8048 if you wanna chat.
I think you're truly discounting how frustrating it is for those who start the game on nexus to be told a command that doesn't work anymore. Now they have to find denizens that we learned the locations of, with the walk to command.
I absolutely think retention should be considered.
If they neutered GOTO, or PATH FIND, I feel some of these people might change their tune.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Remember when guild/house exams used to have tasks that required exploration?
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Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Just imagine if they decided to suddenly delete the HONOURS command and all the sudden outcry this would cause - but would it objectively be a detriment to the gameplay as a whole?
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Which denizen? I tested several city denizens and they all worked.
Eliminating functionality/QoL stuff isn't what you want to be doing in 2021. Achaea's already plenty obtuse and arcane, with a very steep learning curve for new players. So why eliminate something that plenty of people use and want, when there's a perfectly viable solution available, just because it wasn't used this one time?
To be brutally honest with you, I'm not 16 anymore, and if I had to fuck around with post-it notes and Asara's maps, I'm not sure I'd stick with Achaea if I were brand new to it like I did back then, when there are so many alternative, really good options for entertainment out there.
I'm hoping the producers are on step three. Also, for the record, players don't like being treated like children.
Reaching down with a massive hand, Sartan lifts your head and draws a taloned finger across your throat, the wound closing as He does so.