2008-08-12, 02:35 AM
Yeah, pressing anything makes you come out of idle if you went into idle by inputting nothing for 2 minutes. For the afk message thing, nexon should just make a separate offline messenger I guess, like how when you get expelled from your guild or invited to a wedding while offline.
Sorry, I should've worded it better. The example corresponded to "naturally summoned in the map." You probably know that zakum and its summons don't actually spawn in the map. Zakum is summoned by the eye of fire + platform, and its summons are summoned by it. The small blue ones are summoned when a big blue one is killed; that's what I meant by naturally summoned in the map. Unnaturally summoned in the map would be things like jr. balrogs or aliens in the zakum map, and idle people would not be hurt by those.
I'm going to list how each feature would help the game, just in case people can't tell.
1. Your character's name appears grayed-out on your buddies' buddy lists, your guildmates' guild listing, and your alliancemates' alliance guild lists. -> helps people know you're afk.
2. Your character's name will have a sleep (zzzz...) symbol next to it in your party members' party window. -> same
3. Your character becomes slightly transparent; this feature can be turned on and off both for your own character's appearance to others while idle and the way you view other idle characters. -> same, though can be turned off if it's annoying.
4. You cannot be damaged by any monsters not naturally spawning in the map or naturally summoned in the map (zakum and its summons in its altar, etc.). -> so that you don't get summoned on and killed while afk.
5. You cannot be damaged by the environment in El Nath and Aqua Road. -> so that you don't accidentally die in those two areas.
6. You cannot gain any experience, including stage clearing in party quests. -> no more afk leeching.
7. If you are inputting a pattern of button presses, they no longer take effect (holy symbol, spamming advertisements, etc.). -> no more botting hs, hb, etc. muling.
Edit: 8. If you have a omok or match card game set up, it automatically closes. -> no more fame plox game rooms.
Doooug Wrote:Wouldn't this mean that people can just afk at zak and wait for it to die or something?
Sorry, I should've worded it better. The example corresponded to "naturally summoned in the map." You probably know that zakum and its summons don't actually spawn in the map. Zakum is summoned by the eye of fire + platform, and its summons are summoned by it. The small blue ones are summoned when a big blue one is killed; that's what I meant by naturally summoned in the map. Unnaturally summoned in the map would be things like jr. balrogs or aliens in the zakum map, and idle people would not be hurt by those.
I'm going to list how each feature would help the game, just in case people can't tell.
1. Your character's name appears grayed-out on your buddies' buddy lists, your guildmates' guild listing, and your alliancemates' alliance guild lists. -> helps people know you're afk.
2. Your character's name will have a sleep (zzzz...) symbol next to it in your party members' party window. -> same
3. Your character becomes slightly transparent; this feature can be turned on and off both for your own character's appearance to others while idle and the way you view other idle characters. -> same, though can be turned off if it's annoying.
4. You cannot be damaged by any monsters not naturally spawning in the map or naturally summoned in the map (zakum and its summons in its altar, etc.). -> so that you don't get summoned on and killed while afk.
5. You cannot be damaged by the environment in El Nath and Aqua Road. -> so that you don't accidentally die in those two areas.
6. You cannot gain any experience, including stage clearing in party quests. -> no more afk leeching.
7. If you are inputting a pattern of button presses, they no longer take effect (holy symbol, spamming advertisements, etc.). -> no more botting hs, hb, etc. muling.
Edit: 8. If you have a omok or match card game set up, it automatically closes. -> no more fame plox game rooms.