General Turning fly off for events

[xKxty]

I already made this thread a WHILE ago (I believe when the mob hunt was on) but I wanted to resuggest it since it hasn't been implemented for the egg hunt.

Speaking as an elite, fly is so useful for hunting events and if this gets implemented I'll be sad to see it go, but I feel as though it's incredibly unfair for all the defaults who wish to take part. It's so much easier being able to fly all around the hub and get eggs and it's not really fair that we get this perk for events. Yes we pay for our ranks, but the events allow defaults who don't have the money to buy a rank, the opportunity to win one. Yet they're at a disadvantage.

Not everyone will want to take part in the event though, so there could be a command to enter the event eg /joinhunt and when you do that command, it turns off your fly

 

[ABennn]

I agree with this idea. I think it would encourage some people to take part in the event that otherwise wouldn’t. All of the top people this year will have deserved it as they spent tons of time on the event. However, there are some defaults that spent just as much time if not more looking for eggs.

Not everyone will want to take part in the event though, so there could be a command to enter the event eg /joinhunt and when you do that command, it turns off your fly

Would there be a /leavehunt as well? If so, I think that might be an issue. People could just find an egg while flying, then /joinhunt. And immediately do /leavehunt to continue flying. Perhaps a cooldown if both of these commands were added?

+1

 

[xKxty]

I agree with this idea. I think it would encourage some people to take part in the event that otherwise wouldn’t. All of the top people this year will have deserved it as they spent tons of time on the event. However, there are some defaults that spent just as much time if not more looking for eggs.



Would there be a /leavehunt as well? If so, I think that might be an issue. People could just find an egg while flying, then /joinhunt. And immediately do /leavehunt to continue flying. Perhaps a cooldown if both of these commands were added?

+1

I completely agree, I believe the top people at the moment is either an elite or vip and their use of fly could be the reason why
My perception of the command would be a one time usage while the event was going on. Meaning if you use it, you agree to your fly being turned off until the event is over. However I guess it just depends how the devs want to do it. I definitely think using /leavehunt would be useful if players wish to fly outside of the event

 

[ahnna]

I think this is a wonderful idea!


Pros:
+The playing field for events would be more fair and leveled out.

+It would make for harder, and more challenging events for the server.

+I know this is difficult in the past, coming from someone who used to do events as a default and never do well it would be nice to have this implemented.

Cons:
-If someone does the command not knowing what it does, they could be stuck for the period of the event. (Although like I’ve seen stated, it could end up having a cooldown to turn it off?)

-Players can use alternate accounts to get around the no-fly barrier from said command.



I actually really like the ideas behind this, and hope it gets implemented sometime! +1

 

[Emviar]

I remember suggestions like this in the past, and the one thing I remember the most about it is how everyone just ignored my suggestion to turn flight on for all players with a special message in the event info and join messages telling players without a rank that flight is temporary for the event.

That way, people can still progress quickly in the event and get to hard-to-reach places. Honestly, most of the eggs I've found in this event have been in really high places that would take a couple of minutes to get to for someone who can't fly. By then, somebody with flight will already have cycled through the lobby and grabbed all of the eggs in that location.

So tl;dr: I agree that the playing field should be leveled out, but I think everybody should have access to fly instead of no one.

 

[ABennn]

I remember suggestions like this in the past, and the one thing I remember the most about it is how everyone just ignored my suggestion to turn flight on for all players with a special message in the event info and join messages telling players without a rank that flight is temporary for the event.

That way, people can still progress quickly in the event and get to hard-to-reach places. Honestly, most of the eggs I've found in this event have been in really high places that would take a couple of minutes to get to for someone who can't fly. By then, somebody with flight will already have cycled through the lobby and grabbed all of the eggs in that location.

So tl;dr: I agree that the playing field should be leveled out, but I think everybody should have access to fly instead of no one.

Honestly either way would make it much better. But I think I’d prefer being able to fly, so I do agree with you.

 

[MorphicDream]

I mean technically it could be that if you enable fly or have /fly enabled then you cant collect eggs. That would be much easier to implement

 

[Emviar]

I mean technically it could be that if you enable fly or have /fly enabled then you cant collect eggs. That would be much easier to implement

People might find a way to quickly copy/paste the command when they find eggs. They might fly toward eggs, quickly disable flight and grab the egg, then enable it again. It wouldn't be difficult at all.

I'd still recommend giving everybody flight. It might even encourage some defaults to purchase a rank if they like being able to fly.

 

[MorphicDream]

nah we just add a cool down when we have events so that people cant be switching in and out

 

[Emviar]

nah we just add a cool down when we have events so that people cant be switching in and out

Oh true, that could work. I'd still recommend giving everybody flight instead of nobody, though, so defaults might be encouraged to buy a rank and so that everybody can get to hard-to-reach places equally.