Collision Course Detected!

yea, i'll take number 1.i'd at least like the option to be running, and let you work on things over time, then to just kept being told about how/why it's not in game yet. side note, i'm starting to dig these voting threads you guys are tossing up for us.These should have shown up in the forums months ago.

I vote 1. I doubt anyone would be sad people can walk through them when they're afk.

i am unsure why if people mostly wanted no collision detection at all permanently meaning you can always go thru people, why they would decide to not implement any of this.

I vote for 1 please make afk people not a barrier.

oh but im wondering why it was changed from 10 seconds to 30 seconds?

#1, please.

option 3, implement the 30 second thing, then ban everyone who argued against it.

I don't understand, why is there even controversy about option 2. Care to explain the logic behind even giving us a choice? Were people on the JP forums actually debating NOT having collision detection removed? Can you give us some of their arguments, just humor us, I want to see if their points are valid.

I would prefer if you guys focused on other worthwhile things that need to be fixed or developed instead of wasting your time on this. Thank you.

Have to say option 1 as well. It is incredibly annoying going through high traffic areas (such as jeuno...again) and getting stuck on avatars that you can't yet see, but can still get hung up on due to collision detection. Don't know about the rest of the servers but low jeuno on Fenrir is riddled with afk bazaar avatars to the point of "traffic jam" proportions.

Option #1, please!

Also, I'd like to hear some of the player arguments against just removing it. Either I'm missing something by not thinking way, way, way, way, way outside the box or they'll be good for a laugh.

...

"Oh, I stuck my collision detection
In the little skunk's hole
And the little skunk said,
'Well, bless my soul!
Take it out! Take it out!
Take it out! Remove it!'

Oh, I didn't take it out
And the little skunk said
'If you don't take it out,
You'll wish you had,
Take it out! Take it out!'
Pheew! I removed it!"

I choose 1!

#1

are there actual people who would vote for the latter?

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

On the test server, if a character does not move for 30 seconds, their collision will be removed. This served as the base of our idea, but we realized there was some feedback that was against this. With that said, we would like to hear you feedback so we can make a decision on how to address this new system.

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I just scanned through the test server feedback, and test server bugs posts and I don't see a single mention of this anywhere. Could you please enlighten us as to what the problems are? People are blindly choosing #1 without access to this info, but if the problems were things like after going AFK for more than 30 seconds, POL crashes when you try to move again... then no thanks!

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

Please choose from the following options:

1. Implement the collision settings that are currently on the Test Server and continue to make adjustments as necessary based on feedback post-implementation.
2. Keep it as is and do not implement it in the next version update.

If everyone feels there is no need to rush, option 2 would make it possible to make careful adjustments, including different plans. However, this would ultimately make the players who wanted these adjustments to wait for a while since the priority would drop a bit due to the backlog of other requested client adjustments.

Please let us know which you prefer!

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What other adjustments are being asked for, or planned? It seems ridiculous to ask without even a notion of what the plans are.

With that said, this only ever seems to be a problem for me if running from the guidestone (after browsing bazaars) to the mog house as running from a distance of over 50' away means the characters are still loading as I run by and it's easy to navigate around them.

#1 please, thank you.

#1 please. No further delays.

Running around Port Jeuno is incredibly annoying as it is right now.

I like to move 30 secs is tons better than it is now implement it asap lol.

I vote to remove it completely. There is no reason for it.

#1, make it a couple of minutes though.

After playing FFXIV, everything feels so empty there when I can just walk through everything.

Number 1.

I have to agree I don't see any drawbacks to removing collision entirely, especially since I've seen no objections with actual examples of why it would be a bad idea. Besides if immersion is such a concern, then remove collision only in the most congested areas -- Jeuno and maybe Whitegate at the least -- and keep it everywhere else. This is basically a quality of life adjustment anyway and shouldn't require months of deliberations.

And on that note, what's the problem with adding this 30 second adjustment and then, if it doesn't work or a better idea comes along, adjusting it again? Why the need to postpone it entirely if you have other ideas and they're simply not ready yet? If there is a part of the player base that genuinely doesn't want this for whatever fathomable reason, then code in a toggle into the config if such a thing is possible. Both sides win.

/sigh 1.

but what about the blm's ; ;

30 seconds is too long. No reason it can't be 5-10 seconds in town.

Same goes for logging out. Why do I have to have a 30 second wait in a friendly area? Anyways, my vote for #1.

i can understand why they wouldnt want to remove it completely. just dont know why people would want to not add the afk removal of collision detection.

I can sit in a spot in jueno for an entire day and i will never see every single person that is there. some never load in until you move and half the time other guys you could see before would disappear. This is how the AH used to be for me. on the radar i could see a huge mass of blue dots meanin players. not be able to run to the AH counter and only see like 10 people there.

1 for the love of Altana... tired of running into people in Port Jeuno.

Option 1 please. I would like to be able to leave my mog house without running in place.

#1, please and please.

#1 .

gonna have to go with 1

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Originally Posted by Daniel_Hatcher

I choose 3: Remove it full stop.


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If not possible, 1.

Why anyone would want it not removed it beyond me, unless they simply like to cause problems for people by AFK'in outside the mog house.

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Entirely agree, I wish someone who likes the currently frustrating system would explain why they want it at all. I especially would like to know why anyone in their right mind likes this mechanic when, after dying and getting a raise in a large battle, eg. Besieged, loves the way you get delayed by umpteen seconds trying to get away from the next AoE by the mass of players meleeing on the mobs.

Cretinous mechanic is cretinous IMO.

#1 please. As others, I would actually like to see it completely removed, but if after 30 seconds is the best we can get for now, please do.

voting for option 2

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Originally Posted by Raksha

option 3, implement the 30 second thing, then ban everyone who argued against it.

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Originally Posted by Yarly

voting for option 2

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Again, It's already possible to completely remove the collision detection using outside sources, not removing it entirely is just hurting us non-hackers.

Greetings!

After looking over everyone’s feedback on which option is preferred, we have decided to go with option 1. With that said, we will be implementing the collision settings that are currently on the Test Server and will continue to make adjustments as necessary post-implementation based on feedback.

Once the specific schedule for implementation has been decided we will be sure to announce it!

And still no information on what the negative feedback was that had been received, or what changes might be planned?

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Originally Posted by Babekeke

And still no information on what the negative feedback was that had been received, or what changes might be planned?

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This.
I'm going to go learn Japanese so I can be part of the threads that actually get read.

i don't really care what the negative feedback was. i'm still rather stoked that this was yet another time i was allowed to vote on something, and my opinion was actually heard.

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Originally Posted by Kaisha

30 seconds is too long. No reason it can't be 5-10 seconds in town.

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5 or 30 seconds doesn't matter. When you have 100 people packed at the port jeuno moghouse or an auction house, most will have been afk for longer then 30 seconds.

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Originally Posted by Kristal

5 or 30 seconds doesn't matter. When you have 100 people packed at the port jeuno moghouse or an auction house, most will have been afk for longer then 30 seconds.

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I agree. 5 seconds it is!