Fellowship Adventures - 2 Steps in Stage Flag taking

[starbuck25]

Fellowship Adventures - It would be great to have a TWO STEPS verification in taking of the Stage Flags:
1st Step: Take the Flag
2nd Step: Do you want to take Stage1 Flag and close Stage 1?
This will help avoid taking the flag by mistake, which happens alot.

 

[Darielle]

Good idea. I've always thought it was a mistake to make the flag too easy to pull, especially by anyone with ambassador status, since many fs give that to even new players who seem okay. And people make a lot of excuses for why it wasn't their fault that the flag was pulled. In my old fellowship, one guy even said that he was just looking at the prizes and his cat jumped up and pressed the button ... I had to laugh at that one, but it was painful because we were almost finished with a 600 pt waypoint.

 

[Grid Gypsy]

My AM was one of those newbies that mis-pulled the flag years ago. On becoming an AM she made it a habit to drop all but her most experienced mages to fellow before every FA and then re-promote them after. Some kind of fail safe would definitely be a good thing.

 

[Aritra]

Good idea. I've always thought it was a mistake to make the flag too easy to pull, especially by anyone with ambassador status, since many fs give that to even new players who seem okay. And people make a lot of excuses for why it wasn't their fault that the flag was pulled. In my old fellowship, one guy even said that he was just looking at the prizes and his cat jumped up and pressed the button ... I had to laugh at that one, but it was painful because we were almost finished with a 600 pt waypoint.

(I thought it was just mage and archmage who could pull the flag?)
And I agree with this. It is currently too easy. Of all the misclicks... wow
It is so easy to be moving the board or reaching for a waypoint and hitting that flag. I've kinda worried about this a bit and got a little paranoid. It would be nice to have a safeguard and have a little less stress over that. In one of my FSs, I was promoted to mage for the purpose of being authorized to pull the flag, but I only want to pull it when I meant to do so. It would be horrible to accidentally deny members the progress/gains there.

+1

 

[mucksterme]

I think it is fine as is
You need to click to open, then click to take
If you try to make the game idiot proof we'll be bogged down with "are you sure you want to do this"

 

[shionnach]

Whatever happened to locking the waypoints we are not using? I know you can highlight the path but that is not solving the problem of players consistently going down the wrong path and putting in badges and wasting them. I do hope they are going to implement this otherwise the FA maybe over for me ~ too much frustration and it is not worth it.

 

[Darielle]

(I thought it was just mage and archmage who could pull the flag?)
And I agree with this. It is currently too easy. Of all the misclicks... wow
It is so easy to be moving the board or reaching for a waypoint and hitting that flag. I've kinda worried about this a bit and got a little paranoid. It would be nice to have a safeguard and have a little less stress over that. In one of my FSs, I was promoted to mage for the purpose of being authorized to pull the flag, but I only want to pull it when I meant to do so. It would be horrible to accidentally deny members the progress/gains there.

+1

My advice to anyone who is not the designated flag puller is simply not to click on the top and check the prizes. You can always go to elven gems to see what the prizes are ... no need to click on it and check. That's the safest way not to pull the dang flag. And yes, ambassadors can pull the flag too.

 

[Darielle]

I think it is fine as is
You need to click to open, then click to take
If you try to make the game idiot proof we'll be bogged down with "are you sure you want to do this"

True, but it's still frustrating when one of those idiots is in your fellowship. There should be a way for an AM to lock out people without having to reduce their rank and make them feel bad. (And yes, I know it's silly to feel bad, but people still do.) They should have some way for the AM to designate the flag pullers without the rest even being aware that they were excluded (unless they pull the dang flag in which case that's proof positive that they should have been locked out.)

 

[The Fairy]

I get a warning:

 

[hvariidh gwendrot]

yep it has a "if you do this message already" folks

 

[Aritra]

@The Fairy @hvariidh gwendrot

Really?!? Well, good then!

I've never pulled the flag, so I've never seen it. No one has said anything about this, so I've feared accidentally doing so. This thread was created as though there was a need, and I supported the solution. It's already there? Good!

 

[starbuck25]

Great! People just need to READ now.

 

[The Fairy]

People just need to READ now.

And that is probably even harder than getting Inno to implement a prompt

 

[Lelanya]

I get a warning:
View attachment 10196

Yup!!
They even have the warning on mobile too.

 

[Darielle]

They've always had a warning pop up. But we still get the weird excuses ... like one fellowship, a guy said he was just checking the prizes and his cat jumped up and accidentally pushed the button. Guess the cat didn't read it either. I think I've heard just about every excuse imaginable. In one fellowship a guy said his plate fell on his keyboard. Another person let his kid play for him and his kid did it. Sheesh people, this isn't rocket science.

(And yes, I do think some of these excuses are simply that ... excuses. But I guess I don't want to call anyone liars, since there's a CHANCE that it's true.)

 

[Lelanya]

My toddler got a hold of my phone...

Notice? What notice? Is that what that was? Why is everyone so mad at me? You know what? You guys are all jerks. It's just a game.

FA can make a team.
FA can break a team.

 

[Darielle]

My toddler got a hold of my phone...

Notice? What notice? Is that what that was? Why is everyone so mad at me? You know what? You guys are all jerks. It's just a game.

FA can make a team.
FA can break a team.

Exactamundo

 

[Iyapo1]

(And yes, I do think some of these excuses are simply that ... excuses. But I guess I don't want to call anyone liars, since there's a CHANCE that it's true)

I dont know why you would hesitate to call them liars since you already called them idiots.

True, but it's still frustrating when one of those idiots is in your fellowship.

Honestly, what I really cant stand is when the flag mysteriously pulls itself. I would rather hear any excuse than hear crickets.

 

[Lelanya]

Honestly, what I really cant stand is when the flag mysteriously pulls itself. I would rather hear any excuse than hear crickets.

I get a notice about who pulled it.

 

[Darielle]

I dont know why you would hesitate to call them liars since you already called them idiots.

I was responding to someone who mentioned "idiot proof" so I was using the same word in response. I didn't originate the word "idiot."

Honestly, what I really cant stand is when the flag mysteriously pulls itself. I would rather hear any excuse than hear crickets.

Everyone knows afterward who pulled the flag. It's in your messages.