Friend login notifications?

Edit: Thank you all for answering. I got my answer.





Howdy all,

Is there a way to get notified when a friend comes online?

Looking in the log filters for chat I can see 'FC member login notifications' and 'PvP team member login notifications', but I dont care about them.


Any help is much appreciated.

I don't think there is a way to know unless you are in the same free company, but you could invite them to a linkshell and get them to say hello.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Axzeriuth

Howdy all,

Is there a way to get notified when a friend comes online?

---

Yeah, friend logs on and they send you a tell. I mean, what kind of friend doesn't say hello when they show up?

With how the friendlist works right now, I sure hope something like this won't ever make it into the game. There is absolutely no need at all to go out of your way to notify a stalker that their prey has come online.

Sure, they can add this feature under one condition: automatically remove BOTH side of participant from their friend list when one of them decides to remove the other. Why? Because:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shironeko_Narunyan

There is absolutely no need at all to go out of your way to notify a stalker that their prey has come online.

---

The "Why did they remove me..?"-situation is just plain inconceivable.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by DeaconMoore

Yeah, friend logs on and they send you a tell. I mean, what kind of friend doesn't say hello when they show up?

---

If I see someone on I will usually send them a "Hey". But sometimes I just want to log in and get started on whatever plans I have for the day and don't feel like talking. I don't necessarily want to hide the fact that I'm logged in, but there are days that I don't want to broadcast it either. Like I said, some days I just want some time to myself. Everyone has days like that I'm sure and there's nothing wrong with that.

I think it's a shame that it's not a thing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Shironeko_Narunyan

With how the friendlist works right now, I sure hope something like this won't ever make it into the game. There is absolutely no need at all to go out of your way to notify a stalker that their prey has come online.

---

I'll need some clarification on 'how the friend list works right now', I do not understand the ability or limitation to which you are refering to. I may be inexpirienced in this but isn't that what the Blacklist is for? Heck, they could just player search or be in the FC too.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Axzeriuth

I'll need some clarification on 'how the friend list works right now', I do not understand the ability or limitation to which you are refering to. I may be inexpirienced in this but isn't that what the Blacklist is for? Heck, they could just player search or be in the FC too.

---

The current problem with the friendslist is the way removing a friend works - if you remove someone from your friendslist you're still on theirs. You dont actually "dissolve" the friendship and your name doesnt vanish from the other persons friendlist. Which means that they still have an easy way to tell if you're online, where you are and can teleport to your housing (if you've enabled that for friends). Adding them to your blacklist doesnt remove you from their friendslist either.
This is problematic in situations where someone removes a friend because the relationship went downhill so that they really want to get away from that person - they might not be able to see anything their old friend does anymore, but old friend can see everything (hence the stalker refrences).

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Vidu

*snip*

---

Thank you for clarifying that. I did not know that was how it works and understand the issues that arise with it.



Thank you everyone for replying I got my answer. I won't be checking this post anymore.