so I got kicked today for...

[Marveth]

Ok so I'm torn on this one, in the way that...
I do want to support the RP community, but on the other hand cluttering the chat will make it hard to distinguish important information.
People suggest Echo, I think that is wrong because then you might as well play a solo game. You are RPing in an MMO to find other people to RP with I guess and I am sure this is a great way to do that.

I have two suggestions, the first being simple and I think most accepted by all.
It's simple, just use the macro the FIRST time you use the skill in an instance and never again. People saw the text, it was fun, don't overdo it or it loses it's charm.

The other suggestion is if you absolutely want to keep using the macro then I suggest using /say for the macro as that makes it very easy to weed out from party and alliance chat. It is also a lot less noticed by people, heck even NPCs use this channel to spam so by all means spam ahead.

[PetiteMalFleur]

Op, from what everyone, including gms, have said on these forums, your report will go no where. Vote kick was implemented as a means to resolve conflict and it can be used at will. Obviously someone else didn't enjoy the macro so voted as well.

I can see you are genuinely upset and feel your entire play style was attacked. Personally, I dislike all chat macros and find them nothing but clutter, even rez macros. I see more people using them too. That said, in the past I had a rez macro for wod because I liked a way to track how often I needed to cast it, but I was once asked to change it so I did.

You have to adjust to your party. Must people won't care but if asked to make a simple adjustment there's no reason not to.

[Whiteroom]

Dude, you do you and if you want to role play you do it till your hearts content. people are to damn sensitive now a days, if they are "annoyed" with your macros then ignore it and move, and if they kick you that's against TOS, you pay monthly for the game.

Not against TOS. Nothing will come of his report.

[kyuven]

I'm honestly tired of trying to defend my DPS. I still do far more DPS in my current play style than most of the SMNs and BRDs I've seen

You'd do MORE DPS if you ran as a summoner, or more utility/heals if you ran as a scholar.
It doesn't matter if you're "better" than someone else, you're purposely playing with a stacked deck against yourself.
You're doing decent DPS, that's fine (though outdamaging a bard is nothing to write home about) but you're purposefully and knowingly gimping yourself and thus, your raid. You're trying to "non-specialize" in a game with streamlined classes.

[Whiteroom]

You'd do MORE DPS if you ran as a summoner, or more utility/heals if you ran as a scholar.
It doesn't matter if you're "better" than someone else, you're purposely playing with a stacked deck against yourself.
You're doing decent DPS, that's fine (though outdamaging a bard is nothing to write home about) but you're purposefully and knowingly gimping yourself and thus, your raid. You're trying to "non-specialize" in a game with streamlined classes.

He has a whole thread for this topic, with every valid and invalid argument put to him. You won't be changing his mind at all. It would be nice if he acceptted that things like that kick will happen because of it, but his loss for not being able to, not yours.

[wicked-one]

I really stopped using Text Notifications for my partymembers for Attacks and Buffs... or that funny raising macros or whatever people hit in there cause after a while, it really can get annyoing.

Worst example for overused Command+Text Macros i got on my first dungeon this week => [ ] imagine Auto-Translate

ME: Hello everybody
$SCH: [Stoneskin] on $ME
$SCH: [Stoneskin] on $SCH
$SCH: [Stoneskin] on $DD1
$SCH: [Stoneskin] on $DD2
$SCH: [Protes]
$ME: You really got a text for every spell!?
$SCH: [I don´t understand English]

Whole team like...

[reillyblair]

the thing with this is SE has this policy where they dont intervene in player disputes in regards to playstyle so that report sadly would fall on deaf ears

i myself love rp macros think there great but not everyone does so maybe ask OOC before you start if people mind if you use RP actions if there against it use echo as others have suggested hence it wont wreck the immersion for you

[XxSliphxX]

Dude, you do you and if you want to role play you do it till your hearts content. people are to damn sensitive now a days, if they are "annoyed" with your macros then ignore it and move, and if they kick you that's against TOS, you pay monthly for the game.

Yea no. I pay for this game just like they do. I should not have to be FORCED to be subjected to your annoying rp emote spam because YOU want to force that on me. It's not rp way or the highway. You could just as simply stop doing it instead of being an ass to everyone else because little Johnny wants everyone to know he's throwing magic missile into the darkness over and over.

[Musashidon]

throwing magic missile into the darkness over and over.

i got a ogre slaying knife!

[PenutButter]

They were most likely all part of one group if they kicked you. While there are a lot of immature babies and jackasses online and in MMOs, its actually pretty rare to find an entire DF-style group who would be immature enough to kick someone for something so trivial. However, I suppose its to bond to happen every once in awhile, which brings up another point: did this only happened to you once or is it a fairly "common" occurrence? If it only happened once, why did you feel the need to make a post about it? Just suck it up and move on.