12-12-2017, 05:53 AM
(12-11-2017, 08:05 PM)Kajana Wrote: I would definitely like a revamp to the Friend system. I find that currently it's very obnoxious and potentially harmful (explanation at the end). I have a few suggestions for it:Well I can't say I don't understand where you're coming from but for point 1 you have DND, not saying that's a solution to not being interrupted because personally I hate using DND. For the 2nd point yeah that'd be nice to have but also annoying I feel too because this way randoms that messaged you could also send friend requests. That is unless I misunderstood or read the 2nd point. As for the 3rd I guess that all depends on the person removing the friend and who the friend is. Though yeah I agree can feel bad at times removing a friend or whatnot.
1. Make a friend request tab, so that instead of a pop-up appearing for 10 seconds, any request would go there for the person receiving it to not be disturbed if they are busy.
2. If the first idea is implemented, make it so as long as you can see a profile (i.e. you were messaging them earlier), you can friend them even if they are offline. Since it would go to their request inbox, both people being online to add each other wouldn't be needed.
3. Remove the "you've removed '...' from friends list" notification sent to the players inbox.
My reasoning for this:
1. I don't know about you guys, but I personally find it very obnoxious to receive unsolicited friend requests from random strangers who haven't even dm'ed me. While this won't eliminate the annoying friend requests, it will make them much less intrusive. I find it also completely breaks my immersion to see a pop-up in the middle of an RP as opposed to a little notification badge like the DM button. It would just have 2 options, 'accept' or 'ignore'. Perhaps a date/time of adding would also be nice.
2. Have you ever been in a situation where you find an interesting person to talk to, and suddenly one of you has to go? In all the fuss of them leaving, you weren't able to friend them or ask when they would be back online. Instead of logging in everyday in the hopes of seeing them online again, why not eliminate this annoyance altogether? As long as you can see their profile, which you can navigate to if you were already messaging them, you would be able to send them a request that they would see as soon as they hop back online.
3. I find myself occasionally checking through my friends list, looking for someone or seeing if they're still around. Sometimes I also remove people who I only talked to once, or perhaps we just don't message each other anymore. This should be as simple as the remove button, and they don't know unless they look for you specifically. I find that with the 'friend removed' notification, this process becomes more nerve-wracking than it needs to be. This problem is 2-fold. First because I feel bad. They are explicitly told "Kajana does not want to be friend anymore". This unnecessarily puts me in a poor light. Second, there is potential for angry responses. I've received insults and even minor threats because of unfriending people. No one should have to go through that because of someone else's insecurities about the number of friends they have or whatever the case may be.
There we go, please let me know if the devs see this. I'm really adamant about this, especially the last point. If you have any thoughts or counters, quote me
So ultimately I like the idea but Idk if there'd ever be a perfect system for the whole friend request thing. With that said not having to be on at the same time and on the same server to add people would be a nice little change . So take what you will from that.