Calls (<call>) and chimes for tellsthey le, invites, emotes and mentions...

[Rau]

You guys are getting excited over call commands...? Really?

And yes.
I love my annoying /p macros.

[Ayerc]

I think calls would be nice, as long as they can't be used in macros. There's nothing more annoying than <call> just for the sake of <call>.

I think they're useful to get someone's attention (who's maybe AFK or fell asleep), but I don't need to be notified every time you are about to use a WS.

[Nuru]

MUY BIEN Y TUUU!

I'm SO EXCITED over the call commands! I could kiss someone right now!

You guys are getting excited over call commands...? Really?

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[Shyd]

Wow Bayohne, you are on top of things here.

Have a (Raise)! \o/

Srsly thanks for looking out, you Giant Marlboro you! <^.^>v

[Nuru]

Srsly thanks for looking out, you Giant Marlboro you! <^.^>v

>_> what did you just call me? D:

fail quote. :P

Anyways, I hope they dont have those extremely annoying calls, like the one that sounded like the victory fanfare..

[Nakiamiie]

Thanks for the suggestions gang! Some interesting uses for call-type notices presented here (though I mostly used them to annoy my friends...). I sent along the details to the team!

Got to love Bayohne!

[Gracious]

<call 69> My vote is yes please install calls in the game

[Rutelor]

I think calls would be nice, as long as they can't be used in macros. There's nothing more annoying than <call> just for the sake of <call>.
I think they're useful to get someone's attention (who's maybe AFK or fell asleep), but I don't need to be notified every time you are about to use a WS.

Ayerc, I can understand your feelings about this topic, since apparently you have had to deal extensively with players who abused <call> commands. But I don't think we should allow fools take away one of the most valuable tools a game interface can provide. There are many legitimate uses for calls, both in combat and outside of it; getting the attention of temporarily distracted players is just one of them.

Here's one of many examples that come into my head:

I have conferred about this with several members of my LS and we agreed that calls would be great help for healers to notify the party, for instance, when buffs are going to be cast... The accelerated pace of combat in this game makes everybody hyperactive, and my CON's buffs always seem to miss two or three people, who can't sit still before attacking a new mob. If this bothers me now, I wonder how much more so it will, when difficulty and complexity of combat are increased, and I see myself under pressure to heal a bunch of unbuffed mêlée fighters.