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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Bogie603rd on August 01, 2006, 11:07:28 AM

Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Bogie603rd on August 01, 2006, 11:07:28 AM: I know this sounds weird, and it's a long shot. Yet too many people in "8 Player" complain about not knowing which games are playing. And they don't want to give up their spot in the current arena just incase everything else out there is much more boring than what they are playing.

So, I suggest HTC makes a new option on the clipboard named "Scan Arenas". It opens a new window, almost the same as the roster. And it scans the "8-Player" lobby for which games are playing. The users would not be able to join the game from the arena istelf, it would just give them a window to see what's going on.

Here's an example I made:

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/917_1154448229_sa.jpg)

Forgive the low editing technique, I use MS Paint.
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: mussie on August 01, 2006, 11:31:38 AM: That would be handy if it scanned the main arenas....

If your in the MA and get board you can findout whats happening in the AVA or DA

Would be nice if it showed you how many players are online for each side

[B]Arena Knights Rooks Bish
Main Arena 15 50 80
AVA
DA
TA
SEA[/B]

You get the idea
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Bogie603rd on August 02, 2006, 10:32:14 AM: Yes exactly. And you have a few options to go from "Arena Scan" mode to "Player Scan" mode. Such as what you just mentioned. To where you select an arena, select "Player Scan". And it tells you how many players are on which side. Would come in handy if you don't want to leave your position on your team and arena.
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Bogie603rd on August 03, 2006, 10:19:42 AM: Oh come-on now. Mussie and me can't be the only ones that would like to see this feature?
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Simaril on August 03, 2006, 10:42:19 AM: Welll....maybe you are? :lol

I find myself thinking of the cost/benefit ratio. It's not a bad feature by any means, but is it worth the cost in $ (HTCs coders arent free) and time (further delay in CT)? Honestly may not be worth it......
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Nemeth on August 03, 2006, 10:43:03 AM: yeh good idea, also a "refresh" button, just cuz ive had room that says it has 6-7 people in it and i try to join and i get "host lost connection", and boots me from the game (bak to the desktop)
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: VooWho on August 03, 2006, 12:13:56 PM: I like it. I hate being in a room thats not fun leave the arena to see if any other H2H rooms our open and my spot gets taking, and theres no more free rooms. For the H2H main menu and the Online main menu could we have a refresh botton to refresh the servers and see if the room we want to get in is open when we hit refresh. Most games have this.
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Simaril on August 03, 2006, 01:18:46 PM: People, not to be overly blunt here....but you're asking HiTech to spend HIS money to develop a (nice) feature that doesnt improve his business. It makes the FREE segment of the game more convenient, not even better to play.

That's not fair to HTC. Dont hold your collective breaths....
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: VooWho on August 03, 2006, 02:14:04 PM: What if I sent HTC $50 then would he do it?
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Latrobe on August 03, 2006, 10:30:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mussie
That would be handy if it scanned the main arenas....

If your in the MA and get board you can findout whats happening in the AVA or DA

Would be nice if it showed you how many players are online for each side

[B]Arena Knights Rooks Bish
Main Arena 15 50 80
AVA
DA
TA
SEA[/B]

You get the idea [/B]

Rooks Bish nits
TA 0 26 0 :lol
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Bogie603rd on August 05, 2006, 08:53:56 AM: Simaril, whats so costly about making a script that connects to the HTC servers through your arena? All it does is open a new window that browses the lobby (server) for 8-Player and MA Arenas. It doesent allow you to connect straight to the arena!
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Meatwad on August 05, 2006, 09:00:52 AM: Id like to see H2H disabled for anyone who doesnt pay
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: mussie on August 05, 2006, 09:06:22 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Bogie603rd
Simaril, whats so costly about making a script that connects to the HTC servers through your arena? All it does is open a new window that browses the lobby (server) for 8-Player and MA Arenas. It doesent allow you to connect straight to the arena!

Yeah sounds simple but it never is....
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Nemeth on August 05, 2006, 07:19:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Meatwad
Id like to see H2H disabled for anyone who doesnt pay

yes uve said it before and u'll prob say it agn, but what about the people who cannot pay for it??
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: viper215 on August 06, 2006, 01:33:21 PM: :aok Good idea.
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Xjazz on August 06, 2006, 02:29:05 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Meatwad
Id like to see H2H disabled for anyone who doesnt pay

Why? What's the benefit? You won't get beated by 'freeloaders' anymore?
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Nemeth on August 06, 2006, 09:02:20 PM: The H2H actually can make them $$$, thats why their not gonna take it out, people get their friends to play, then they think that its a good game and register for MA, and for the people that had a subscription for MA, say they didnt have enough money for another month, they can still enjoy AH in H2H so they dont get addicted to another game and dont come back to AH

and at first i didnt bother with AH cuz i didnt have a controller, i got one and now im addicted to AH, and once i get my bank card and have enough $$$ ill prob reg for MA, atleast for the winter month's
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Yoshimbo on August 07, 2006, 10:44:25 AM: I REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA HERE, it must implemented!:D
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Nemeth on August 07, 2006, 11:29:31 AM: ah finally some1 else agrees
Title: New Clip-Board Option.
Post by: Bogie603rd on August 07, 2006, 11:46:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mussie
Yeah sounds simple but it never is....

Of course, but does making a B-29 sound simple? Does making lead-sights for a B-29 sound simple? Does making a formation for a b5n sound simple? Nothing is simple, and yet people ask for things more complicated than this. At least I showed how the feature "could" work!