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- Lost One
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Idle/AFK Indication
This would be useful in a few ways. For one, it can be awkward when you see someone meditating, speak to them, but find out they're AFK. Realistically, that person probably would've heard you. If we had a way of knowing they weren't there, we could avoid that sort of awkwardness and just continue on by. Two, it would let us know who is actually paying attention in classes, lessons, or missions.
I do believe something like this is possible, as JA+ would place a protection bubble around you when you were idle for too long. The bubble itself would be a bad idea though, as its huge, ugly, and it breaks you out of whatever animation you are currently doing. Surely we could find a better way?
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- Amoné Fayden
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As a pre-emptive disclaimer, we know it'd be easier to say "Just don't AFK" or "An admin should kick them to lobby" but in reality that won't fix the issue.
I think having some tell-tale sign that somebody hasn't touched their keyboard and mouse would be a good thing on several fronts as Syrena mentioned.
It would encourage people to be more active when on the server as the threat of public embarrassment is usually enough to give people that kick up the rear to pay attention or at least contribute with some text.
There's also times where people need to legitmately go AFK such as phone calls, background distractions or door pests. It would be a "soft" way of letting people know not to hover around waiting for you to interact with them.
I suggest a unique icon above the head. Something small and unobtrusive. I think having a GFX like a light aura would give way to people bringing it into the RP. For example:
"Master Azra'el has a weird aura around him when he stands at his desk in the Archives".
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Amoné Fayden wrote: For example: "Master Azra'el has a weird aura around him when he stands at his desk in the Archives".
On a more relevant note, I think this is a great idea. An aura or a bubble that appears would be more than useful in many situations where I have to go AFK on account of phonecalls etc.
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I'm bad at this "not here" stuff.
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Although I think the idea ON ITS OWN is a nice one, considering it may weed out time spent wasted on people that go AFK in the middle of a movement-heavy class and keep up the rest, it wouldn't work as well in an idle-sitting class like MED and sometimes FTM, and could rather enhance the idea that some people just sit there doing nothing, while they are either making notes for themselves, or actually there just reading.
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