Comments on: Forcing People To Be Your Friend

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:51:14 +0000

Hehe yeah I am pretty slow, sorry

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:50:12 +0000

I think a lot of players are getting more used to it. It’s very strange at first to see someone pop into a group with you unexpectedly but it sure beats the heck out of arguing over mob spawns

By: Saithir

Saithir — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:11:19 +0000

The one who tags it gets loot, the rest gets only kill credit. That’s good enough for such quests where you only care for killing one big guy or X things.

(/emote is slowpoke at replying to comments, gotta take more care of it, sorry Gordon)

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:00:58 +0000

I have been having a blast with it. I made a few friends but ultimately it comes down to what it can do for me.

By: mmogamerchick

mmogamerchick — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:44:04 +0000

Haha, I don’t mind when people do that! This reminds me of this one time, I was in game and sitting in front of a quest mob spawn point waiting for him to come back after the previous person had killed him. When he popped, I started hitting him and tagged him, and a split second after someone coming up from behind me had jumped into my group so they could get credit as well.

I’m glad they were able to do that, actually. The other player came up from behind, so I didn’t see them and didn’t extend an invitation I normally would. I’d have felt terribly rude even if I didn’t mean it. In this case, I’m glad both of us were able to get the credit, even if they invited themselves. Neither of us held anything against the other

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:06:56 +0000

I can totally appreciate your point of view, especially with the crafting materials. I must admit I do feel a little guilty when I force group someone and then start looting.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:05:59 +0000

I agree that it’s selfishly motivated but then pretty much all form of grouping in MMOs is. After all, we’re just trying to progress our own characters. Plus, I think even if 99% of the time no one talks, there will be that odd occasion when a conversation is struck up and everyone has fun

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:37:07 +0000

I’d be curious to see how it would work in a game like WoW although, yeah, I wouldn’t expect it go down quite as well. I think RIFT benefits from the fact that players expect to form groups (such as public groups) due to the dynamic nature of the game.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:36:08 +0000

I think once people get over the initial rudeness barrier it really becomes a great tool for working together and dealing with issues like spawns as you mention. Overall I have to give credit to Trion for implementing it!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:30:55 +0000

Yeah, I mean I suppose it is a lot like being in an elevator and just sharing it because you’re both going to the same floor. Hmm. Kinda depressing thought