Greetings.. that is an excellent idea.. as far as coding I doubt it would be
very hard considering its already a guide/gm command which works EXACTLY
like you just stated /who zone name lists the people in the zone.
Tuldar Missednote 44th bard Tarew Marr
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From: Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 <
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Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: [eqbards] A new /who command (OT)
>Here is an idea I posted on alt.games.everquest newsgroup. The few replies
>it generated were all positive. Let me know what you think and maybe it is
>something else we can post on the official EQ message board.
>
>I would like to see a new /who command added to the game. The command
would
>work like this. You type in /who "zone name" and it tells you who all is
in
>that zone. As it stands right now, you can only find out who is in the
zone
>you are currently in. This command would be a tremendous benefit to every
>player in the game, especially those without teleport and gate
capabilities.
>Here is a prime example of its usefulness. You log in to play and are in
>Highpass. Not much action there so you decide you want to go to either
>Cazic Thule or Permafrost. Getting to Cazic requires you to cross six
>zones. Getting to Perma requires you to also cross six zones. If you are
a
>class that has to run the entire distance, lets assume its gonna take you
>about 30 minutes to get to either place. You decide to go to Permafrost
but
>when you arrive there isn't anyone in their for you to group with. You
just
>wasted at least an hour of playing time (30 minutes to get there plus the
>time to now run to Cazic). Time spent needlessly running is not fun, no
>matter which class you play.
>
>A /who command that allowed you to see the zone population of zones outside
>the zone you are presently in would prevent a situation like this occuring.
>While still in Highpass, you type in /who permafrost. You could then send
>/tell messages to someone in the zone near your level to see if you can
join
>their group. If you don't have luck with Permanfrost, you can then type in
>/who cazic and try there.
>
>I can't think of any way this would affect any class balance issue.
>Assuming that class balance is not affected in any manner by adding this
>/who command, the only reason I can think of to not implement it is that it
>is too hard to code.
>
>Comments?
>
>Galtin of E'ci
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