Anarchy Online - petitioning for an improved /follow

[Korruptor]

Hey all,

I am trying to get Funcom to improve the /follow command so that it will accept a <name> parameter which, as anyone here would automatically recognize, would make multiboxing far easier. If you are playing AO right now it would be greatly appreciated if you could take a moment to support my petition.

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=548624

Kind regards to all,
-K

[Korruptor]

Yeah, tell me about it. :/

[EaTCarbS]

Trolls = free bumps

[Smegster]

heyy! ur still boxing it! thats kwl! :D... i was boxing it for quite a while.. got my 4xNT 1xDoc group to like lvl 90. was amazing aoe grinding dungeons.. was so OP people used to just gasp as i pulled about 40 mobs in TOTW.. haha loved it.

hows your boxing crew getting on? :)

and what follow setup do u use?

u used to map my Actionbar 2 as my follow bar and press F1>1 F2>2 etc etc.. was not fun for following at all

[Korruptor]

Well, my current setup is still kind of influx but its like so:

PC1 Main: Martial Artist (currently leveling)
PC1 Alt: Engineer /w a big bad Bot (lvl 103 or so)
PC2 Main: Doc (lvl 175 atm)
PC2 Alt: MP (lvl 113)

Once my MA is around the level of the Engi and MP then they will group with the Doc following and healing. Once they are green to the Doc he will be added to the group.

[Korruptor]

Guys, check out my "blog" on page two of the thread.

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showpost.php?p=5464269&postcount=38

I think I fought back and stated the facts pretty well without getting all heated up.

What do you think? Any suggestions on the course of action?

[Gurblash]

Sadly your fighting a battle that has no possibility of winning. The devs for AO don't listen to their community. I've been playing AO for 7 years, havn't logged in for a year or so, and I know from past experiences that petitions will get you no where fast. These devs arn't like Blizzard devs. Different ballgame sadly.

[Korruptor]

Actually, believe it or not they did implement two ideas/concepts (into one hud device) I had suggested some time ago. Could it just be a strange coincidence? Sure and then again maybe not. In this case my thread in the forums was a duplicate effort in addition to a well thought out email directly to them.

I have hope and I don't think it's in vain. As I mentioned in reply in the other thread on the graphics engine upgrade, they have implemented many things people want.

Lets name a few ones that I am watching closely:
MP Pets all last for two hours now. You know how long they've been asking for this change from 30/40/60 minute old duration? From the start of the game. Want your own city for Alien Raids and city buffs? They are implementing instanced cities ('http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=546383') (no markets though). So no more being left out if you never landed a plot to build a city on and no bidding 2+billion credits for a plot. Hell yes, I'm starting my own org again sometime soon and I will farm AI as much as I want.
Instanced Pande = very soon ('http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=547892'). No more dealing with a raid bot and fighting over phats. Organize your own Pande raid. More detailed info on the new engine ('http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=549648').Play or don't play but these are great changes.

Regards,
-K

[MoSes]

have you had any ppl petition you yet for using keyclone? lol... im using it too on AO but tryin to be careful with it dont want my 7 220 chars and 7 accounts banned LOL.

[Korruptor]

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showthread.php?t=550121

"The Engine:

I joked last week that the code meetings were boring. It was a joke. Granted it wasn't that funny...but it was meant as a joke. That being said those involved are very serious about getting this done. In the near future we are adding another senior render coder to the team to help Enno and his minions get to the goal faster and prettier. As much as I understand that some of you would like posts from Enno on the progression of the engine I can't allow that as "faster and prettier" unfortunately would be delayed by the action of informing the community and responding to queries...this takes a lot more time than you might imagine...time that we all want him to use to bash out more awesome new engine code. I will not sanction any interruption of his work of any kind...no matter how much fun it might be. Optimization is serious and time consuming...focus is very important."


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About Keyclone, I've never personally heard of anyone being legitimately banned for using Keyclone in WoW or any other game. I'm not looking to start a discussion on your playing habits but your claim as to having seven accounts all with 220's hints to me that you may have purchased some of them. Whether you have or haven't is irrelavent but someone might get banned not for multiboxing but rather multiboxing purchased accounts that you didn't originally own and level.

[MoSes]

oh i see, well ive been playing since 2005, and leveled all them myself. i wouldnt have anything if i never made my 220 doc on separate acc lol. anyhow would be nice if they make this improved follow. :)

[Korruptor]

You're a very dedicated player for sure MoSes. It's very true that having a pocket Doc / MP is the key to some uber fast leveling.

I certainly hope they do improve the follow mechanics, it would greatly simplify multiboxing for sure.

And welcome to this small section of the forums!