CF toolbar and Players online status

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i am with Ben ans DW on this one. Considering people don't have just CF to do in their lives, knowing when to catch with friends is good. And there are many lazy people who will just stay off line because logging in for 3 secs to check player list is "wasted time" when you did not intended to play without your friends. I know i'm a loner and don't mind flying alone in space but i know a few people who will log-in only if they friends are around...

I know some of those people as well. And most likely they refuse to fight alone but prefer to gang up on others and "prove" their strengh.
Whatever, I think NOT having that toolbar is not such a big problem. If people want to play, they play either way (knowing or not knowing who else is online)
Those who just want to "play" when "friends" are online, could simply use the possibility of getting in touch via messanger or other application to make an "appointment" in space. So they wont feel to weak when being alone online.
Btw. Not to know who is actually online, gives a kind of surprise to the "joining" players. Is not such a bad thing to happen, is it?

People should however play the game because of the GAME and not because of other people. Isnt that the purpose of the Game? Meeting others and makeing "friends" is just a sort of bonus, isnt it?

my 2 cents

My understanding was that crossfire is about the CLANS much more than the freelancers ....

As such .. the toolbar will be good for CLANS to view when their mates are online or not ....

OR

we have to start relying on other 3-rd party products that has no integration to CF (As suggested)

.. and that (imho) will start detracting from CF

BUT ....

Once CF1.9 new website is up, we will see what is there and what not, then we can ask if we don't find our needs.

Kind Regards

I don't think I can make that (Who is online plugin on the toolbar) for clans, only giving permission to people from clans. So they may have it on their own forums (the server clans not any new name and no home) or a page within Swat Portal which only gives permission to theese people... yet this is kinda complicated for it.

Maybe the plugin could work the same as before, public, but without telling the "ship" of each pilot, just the level, name, clan and system, the toolbar's plugin even had icons for each clan thx to Huor.

ill simply reinstall everything on the server so it will work again

I think this tool is abusive to be honest. I know for a fact that under certain circumstances when players have gone to RP in a system and the odds are even on both sides, then suddenly one side is completely outnumbered by players who decide to log in just for that fight or to abuse the other side.

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ill simply reinstall everything on the server so it will work again

Thank you.

how about just the players name and level?
In this case people, actually only looking for certain mates, can see them being online (if they are)
they can encounter their ship when they face it. they also can find out the players level, when joining the game, as well as the system.

It doesn't matter how many and who are online. Just go online and play.
As simple as that.