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  1. #1
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    Sinnerslazer's Avatar
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    Multiple linkshells suggestion.

    Dear SE,

    Can you implement a couple of new prefixes for LS communication?
    Switching back and forth to another LS is lil annoying when you want to write just one sentence ;P

    I'm suggesting something like this:
    /l1
    /l2
    /l3..

    As many as the LS cap is.

    Thnx
    GJ.
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    Community Rep Camate's Avatar
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    Time to necrobump~!

    There has been some progress on the LS switching front, so I’d like to update you all a bit.
    In patch 1.22 the text command “/equiplinkshell (/el)” will be added. As a sub-command you can indicate “1-8” or input the linkshell name (in quotes) and it will be possible to switch to that linkshell.

    Also, we will be adding the below items to the Main Menu under Configuration → Keyboard → Other, and it will be possible to assign them to the key of your choice.

    • Switch to your next linkshell
    • Switch to linkshell 1
    • Switch to linkshell 2
    • Switch to linkshell 3
    • Switch to linkshell 4
    • Switch to linkshell 5
    • Switch to linkshell 6
    • Switch to linkshell 7
    • Switch to linkshell 8
    • Unequip your current linkshell
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    Devin "Camate" Casadey - Community Team

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camate View Post
    Time to necrobump~!

    There has been some progress on the LS switching front, so I’d like to update you all a bit.
    In patch 1.22 the text command “/equiplinkshell (/el)” will be added. As a sub-command you can indicate “1-8” or input the linkshell name (in quotes) and it will be possible to switch to that linkshell.

    Also, we will be adding the below items to the Main Menu under Configuration → Keyboard → Other, and it will be possible to assign them to the key of your choice.

    • Switch to your next linkshell
    • Switch to linkshell 1
    • Switch to linkshell 2
    • Switch to linkshell 3
    • Switch to linkshell 4
    • Switch to linkshell 5
    • Switch to linkshell 6
    • Switch to linkshell 7
    • Switch to linkshell 8
    • Unequip your current linkshell
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
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    Lienn Deleene
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
    Quoting for truth. Text command to change ls is just as useless as changing them manually.

    We need text command to write in a specific LS, just like Chef Currahee explained (again...we've been asking this for over an year already.)
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  5. #5
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    Keftenk Duras
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
    This ^67890
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
    Amen to this, would much rather it just be /ls1, /ls2 and so on rather than having to switch LS every time I want to speak to someone else.
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    Rutelor Mhaurani
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
    I agree! What fundamental practicality rules seem to indicate here is that, regardless of your allegiance to a particular LS (your very own,) you might want to say a few things in other shells from time to time. 1) You don't want the displayed LS emblem to change, and 2) you don't want to equip another LS just to un-equip it three seconds later. The whole multiple-LS thing seems to point that obvious way...

    The improved LS-swap shortcuts might be useful, but their addition is not the one thing the community has been clamoring for since, virtually, day one, regarding LS chat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rutelor View Post
    I agree! What fundamental practicality rules seem to indicate here is that, regardless of your allegiance to a particular LS (your very own,) you might want to say a few things in other shells from time to time. 1) You don't want the displayed LS emblem to change, and 2) you don't want to equip another LS just to un-equip it three seconds later. The whole multiple-LS thing seems to point that obvious way...

    The improved LS-swap shortcuts might be useful, but their addition is not the one thing the community has been clamoring for since, virtually, day one, regarding LS chat.
    Hello, twin! I completely agree with this post. It's exactly what I was about to type.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiefCurrahee View Post
    We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

    What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

    /ls1 <text>
    /ls2 <text>
    /ls3 <text>

    ect ect ect.

    IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

    I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.
    wow, super hostility and immature behavior for the lose.

    What you're asking for is essentially what's being done- the "equipped" linkshell is the one you're sending a message to- so it's only a matter of pressing the hotkey for the linkshell to send a message to and sending it. Are people forgetting you can always hear any of your linkshells already? The fact is, SE's implementation is actually more efficient than your proposed one.

    The only real distinction here is that the icon over your head is going to change for a second.

    This implementation is still a drastic improvement, yet players apparently feel so entitled that they can shoot them down for coming up with it.

    *press hotkey*
    *enter message*
    *press hotkey*

    Total number of buttons pressed is actually lower than if you typed "/ls# chat message" by 2 buttons. On top of this, if you want to send multiple messages, that's even more keypresses saved:

    *hotkey for LS1*
    *chat message 1*
    *chat message 2*
    *chat message 3*
    *hotkey for LS2*
    *chat message 4*
    Total keypresses = 2 + number of letters in chat message

    /ls1 *chat message 1*
    /ls1 *chat message 2*
    /ls1 *chat message 3*
    /ls2 *chat message 4*
    Total keypresses = 16 + number of letters in chat message

    The more message you send to the same LS, the more efficient SE's method becomes.
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    Last edited by Alhanelem; 04-07-2012 at 09:37 AM.

  10. #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
    wow, super hostility and immature behavior for the lose.

    What you're asking for is essentially what's being done- the "equipped" linkshell is the one you're sending a message to- so it's only a matter of pressing the hotkey for the linkshell to send a message to and sending it. Are people forgetting you can always hear any of your linkshells already? The fact is, SE's implementation is actually more efficient than your proposed one.

    The only real distinction here is that the icon over your head is going to change for a second.

    This implementation is still a drastic improvement, yet players apparently feel so entitled that they can shoot them down for coming up with it.

    *press hotkey*
    *enter message*
    *press hotkey*

    Total number of buttons pressed is actually lower than if you typed "/ls# chat message" by 2 buttons. On top of this, if you want to send multiple messages, that's even more keypresses saved:

    *hotkey for LS1*
    *chat message 1*
    *chat message 2*
    *chat message 3*
    *hotkey for LS2*
    *chat message 4*
    Total keypresses = 2 + number of letters in chat message

    /ls1 *chat message 1*
    /ls1 *chat message 2*
    /ls1 *chat message 3*
    /ls2 *chat message 4*
    Total keypresses = 16 + number of letters in chat message

    The more message you send to the same LS, the more efficient SE's method becomes.
    Summary.... nothing is good enough for anyone :P
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