Request: Dance Sync

[Felis]

server stress limitation

[Amnesia]

server stress limitation

I'm pretty sure the dances are done on your own machine---the server just tells the client to make this character look like they're dancing. Syncing should be simple.

[Freyt]

We have DoT's applying every 3 seconds on the exact same 3 seconds, why is it such a big deal for us to dance?

[Raeletta]

We have DoT's applying every 3 seconds on the exact same 3 seconds, why is it such a big deal for us to dance?

^. Wouldn't be hard to have all dance emotes simply "tick" off the dot clock. Just for initiation, since I doubt the dances match up to a 3/6/9 second cycle.

Re-zoning more or less does it anyway, since as soon as it draws someone itinitiates their dance, but slower PC / more players means they get more and more out-of-sync the later they load.

[Alberel]

This would be relatively simple to do since the client already accesses the server clock constantly so it wouldn't require any additional server resources.

All they would need to do is give us an additional command to add to macros (much like the current 'motion' command to remove the text description) that has the client wait until a specific interval on the server clock before initiating.

All the tools for this are already there, they just need to allow emotes to utilise it.

[Murakamo]

Dances are already synced. If you dance next to someone and it is out of synce, to anyone who has just entered the zone, you will both be synced as the animation resets.

Really, the only person who will not see the sync is the dancer themself.

[Freyt]

Dances are already synced. If you dance next to someone and it is out of synce, to anyone who has just entered the zone, you will both be synced as the animation resets.

Really, the only person who will not see the sync is the dancer themself.

And that's the point. People don't usually use emotes for random passerby's. They use them for friends or for themselves.

[Grekumah]

The dev team is looking into the /countdown feature, but there are other tasks that are higher in priority, so we are unable to announce a specific implementation time right now.

[Shougun]

The dev team is looking into the /countdown feature, but there are other tasks that are higher in priority, so we are unable to announce a specific implementation time right now.

Funny that Odin gets to announce the countdown feature XD. You sly zone slayer..

Could always just know the number ahead of time but a variable system and being able to place countdowns on targets locally might be helpful.

Maybe /countdown "doom". /localcountdown <t> "bio2" So I can be even lazier. :P

[Beetle]

The dev team is looking into the /countdown feature, but there are other tasks that are higher in priority, so we are unable to announce a specific implementation time right now.

/countdown feature isnt really needed for anything. Better off adding countdown to a Chocobo Race.
It wasn't really used in 1.0 when it was in the game. I dont think it will be much use this time around unless you force players to use it in a new coil or something to keep track of time.