Comments on Greg's Place: EverQuest II Welcome Screen

2010-01-14T16:56:29.759-08:00

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This feature is working nicely now, and with the D...

2009-10-09T07:09:58.775-07:00

This feature is working nicely now, and with the DD and the hotzone on it, I frequent it daily. Good job.

(Now don your superman cape and stop this nefarious LoN instance key madness plx plx plxes .p)

My husband is addicted to EQ2 and sometimes I look...

2009-10-03T09:48:27.587-07:00

My husband is addicted to EQ2 and sometimes I look over his shoulder. I just want to know how many people work full time on EQ2 making up those zones.Thanks, Jane

I gotta say I love the Welcome screen. As far as ...

2009-05-30T20:07:19.044-07:00

I gotta say I love the Welcome screen. As far as usefulness goes, it's probably not "that" great. What it is though, is original. It's taking something to a different level and it has some potential to grow into something even better.

Keep up the great work Greg!

Personally I'd like the option you mentioned with ...

2009-05-25T00:39:14.762-07:00

Personally I'd like the option you mentioned with customizable blocks on the window. I can think of lots of stuff to put there what currently is not, but thats not the point. Customization equals player involvement (or at least the option to) and that is always a good thing in my book.

All-in-all the Welcome screen id helpful and a step in the right direction.

cool stuff v.v

2009-04-20T23:18:00.000-07:00

cool stuff v.v

And we agree with you. There should be a fix comi...

2009-04-20T10:32:00.000-07:00

And we agree with you. There should be a fix coming soon so that it only pops once per session and not when camping to an alt.

When I heard that the welcome screen pops up whene...

2009-04-20T05:33:00.000-07:00

When I heard that the welcome screen pops up whenever I log a character (so even camping to an alt would make it pop), I immediately disabled the screen.

I can see your reasoning on why this is a good addition, and the guild/server motd + articles + friends list is totally cool with probably everybody, but I think it wasn't too difficult to anticipate the community's reaction to the already much hated LON and marketplace parts. Having them pop right in your face gives many people (such as the anon dude above) the feel that this is mainly an addition for commercial reasons.

If the window would only pop up ONCE when I enter the game, I'd be cool with it. But logging to an alt (which I do often) should not make it pop up again, because it's a pain for multi-boxers and people with lotsa alts.

Well, we did sort the online friends to the top of...

2009-04-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Well, we did sort the online friends to the top of the list thinking it wouldn't matter how long the list was if you just stopped looking at it when you hit the first offline friend. But we've gone ahead and made it use the same settings as your Community Window. So press (Y) and check "Ignore Offline Friends".

I like the MOTD. I like the hyperlinks that launch...

2009-04-17T05:51:00.000-07:00

I like the MOTD. I like the hyperlinks that launch the browser on news items. Good stuff. Showing me a list of 50 friends that aren't online is a bad choice. Just showing the ones that are on right now would be better.

Maybe it is the custom UI I use, but when I click ...

2009-04-16T14:07:00.000-07:00

Maybe it is the custom UI I use, but when I click on a link in the Welcome screen, It brings up the in-game browser on a blank page. I'll try it with the default UI at some point and see if it behaves properly.

I think the welcome screen in general would have benefited from being on Test server first. If nothing else, you would have gotten feedback from the Testers on it, and people who play on other servers would have learned about it beforehand from those on Test or from being in the test channel. Having it sprung on the Live servers without notice was a bit... abrupt, given it is right in your face when you log in. Some in the forums have suggested having a check box in the UI portion of the Options to disable it, which would be nice.

Yes, we've been talking about ideas for a new serv...

2009-04-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

Yes, we've been talking about ideas for a new server type with some different rules and the one I'm most in favor of is more of a hardcore style server. Personally I'd like to see a new ruleset open up. I think EQII has been out long enough that people would enjoy a fresh start and would enjoy some alternate rules.

I think the final decision is still tied up in management, but I'd love to see this happen.

Greg, I don't know how to contact u any other wa...

2009-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Greg,

I don't know how to contact u any other way, but has the development team thought about opening a hard core server (more xp needed, harsh death penatly, etc..) reason i ask is there is nothing in the mmo world that is "hard" and a big population of players i 'think' would fall in love, just tossing that out there

Blech, I think this window is a big waste of time ...

2009-04-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

Blech, I think this window is a big waste of time and probably just a vehicle for our favorite STATION CASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but hopefully you learned some things in developing it that might be better applied to the actual game. :)

It might have caused less friction if there was an easier way to disable it other than editing a text file.