Visik
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Public groups can be a great idea if you're soloing, but would happily welcome others to join you, or if you're simply not interested in updating your LFM over and over after each quest.
That being said, they have issues:
1) If ANY member of the party has the flag set, the party leader gets an annoying message interrupting them mid-quest when that player enters the quest, asking them to approve the flagging. This has killed me more than once.
2) The flag is permanent until changed; that is to say, it persists from quest to quest and even through logouts.
3) The only way to change the flag is when a quest entry dialog is encountered.
First, imo there's no reason for the flag to ever persist through logout. Some days I want to post LFMs; some days I want so solo; some days fall in between, when the Public option becomes valid. If there are players out there who always want it on, turning it on at the beginning of their questing day doesn't seem onerous.
Second, ONLY the party leader's Private/Public flag should be checked or apply to a group. Other party member flags can either be reset to Private when they join a group/enter a quest, or at least be ignored until they're again leading a party. Idk how tough it would be to update the LFM screen if the star is passed to another player in the group mid-quest, but I can't think of a reason why it would be impossible to either generate an auto-LFM mid-quest or eliminate one, depending on the new party leader's Private/Public flag.
Third, it seems to me that one of two things needs to happen:
1. If the flag is meant to be persistent (except through logouts), it should be presented somewhere other than quest entry dialogs: somewhere it can be changed mid-quest or when one is in a public space. The best options would be a button at the bottom of the LFM screen or as an option when right-clicking on any party member (including oneself) in the party HP area (where one changes to/from raid groups, hands off the star, etc). This would also have to work when solo, ofc.
2. If the flag is presented during quest entry dialogs, it should apply to ONLY that quest, and be reset to private on completion.
There's probably nothing preventing implementation of both options.
What do you think? Is the Public group flagging working for you? Would my suggestions improve it? Have I overlooked something?
That being said, they have issues:
1) If ANY member of the party has the flag set, the party leader gets an annoying message interrupting them mid-quest when that player enters the quest, asking them to approve the flagging. This has killed me more than once.
2) The flag is permanent until changed; that is to say, it persists from quest to quest and even through logouts.
3) The only way to change the flag is when a quest entry dialog is encountered.
First, imo there's no reason for the flag to ever persist through logout. Some days I want to post LFMs; some days I want so solo; some days fall in between, when the Public option becomes valid. If there are players out there who always want it on, turning it on at the beginning of their questing day doesn't seem onerous.
Second, ONLY the party leader's Private/Public flag should be checked or apply to a group. Other party member flags can either be reset to Private when they join a group/enter a quest, or at least be ignored until they're again leading a party. Idk how tough it would be to update the LFM screen if the star is passed to another player in the group mid-quest, but I can't think of a reason why it would be impossible to either generate an auto-LFM mid-quest or eliminate one, depending on the new party leader's Private/Public flag.
Third, it seems to me that one of two things needs to happen:
1. If the flag is meant to be persistent (except through logouts), it should be presented somewhere other than quest entry dialogs: somewhere it can be changed mid-quest or when one is in a public space. The best options would be a button at the bottom of the LFM screen or as an option when right-clicking on any party member (including oneself) in the party HP area (where one changes to/from raid groups, hands off the star, etc). This would also have to work when solo, ofc.
2. If the flag is presented during quest entry dialogs, it should apply to ONLY that quest, and be reset to private on completion.
There's probably nothing preventing implementation of both options.
What do you think? Is the Public group flagging working for you? Would my suggestions improve it? Have I overlooked something?
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