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Party chat: What it is, and what it is not
Weeblie:
You are misunderstanding the reason of why the DMs prefer keeping tracks of conversations on quests with "party" mode. :)
When you write in the normal "talk" mode, only the people on the same "screen" as you can hear what you say. Normally, that's all fine and good, but on a DM quest, there is a problem. Usually, all the party members are on exactly the same place, so there wouldn't be an issue for them to use either of the "talk" or "party" modes. BUT... There is no guarantee that the DM is exactly there. DMs tend to jump around to prepare spawns, add static objects and so on, so if you don't use party chat, it is all possible that the DM will not see 50% of the discussion!
Actually, if the party is split into two, it is a rather common practice for both of the groups to set to the normal "talk" mode instead.
My general rule of thumb is: "Party" mode if (almost) the whole party is present. Otherwise, "talk" mode, or even "whisper" mode in case I'm saying something irrelevant for the quest itself (and there are a lot of players on the quest). :)
bono_bob:
to me DM not seeign stuff you say is just life ( I belive in murfy's law and dont expect Dm to ever see my RP anyways 99% of the time unless its on a quest) .. plus.. if the whole party is present.. but say person such as my self has party chat blocked.. well good luck.
The truth of the mattter is i think ther is too much grey area.. with people having their own opinions and all that.. which is why my self would perfer to have party chat completely wiped out. Eliminating all grey area.
*EDIT*
to be honest, though. I know where you are coming from and completely respect it.
Gulnyr:
--- Quote ---Weeblie - 1/28/2007 2:46 PM
Actually, if the party is split into two, it is a rather common practice for both of the groups to set to the normal "talk" mode instead.
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Really? I have very rarely seen that happen. I must be going on all the wrong quests...
Edit: Y'know, my posts have been misread before, so I want to be clear that this is NOT AT ALL some sort of sarcastic remark. I will truly be amazed if switching back to the Talk channel in a split party is common practice. It seems the exact opposite in my experience.
Dorganath:
@bono_bob:
Whatever your personal preferences may be, and I do respect your opinion there, if you are on a GM-managed quest and the GM requests that you speak in Party mode, then you need to speak in party mode. Saying "that's life" is not really a sufficient excuse to not use it because of what you may or may not want.
When not on a quest, party mode is completely optional.
And as a general response to the thread....
Regarding split-party quests...I have seen it both ways....where each group forms its own party and uses party chat so the GM can track both easily. I've seen the GM say "don't use party unless I absolutely need to hear it". Again, it depends on GM preference, and there is not really any "standard practice" for split party quests.
But in general, for GM-managed quests in Layonara, the standard practice is to speak in party mode, unless the GM says otherwise.
Weeblie:
--- Quote ---Gulnyr - 1/28/2007 9:07 PM
--- Quote ---Weeblie - 1/28/2007 2:46 PM
Actually, if the party is split into two, it is a rather common practice for both of the groups to set to the normal "talk" mode instead.
--- End quote ---
Really? I have very rarely seen that happen. I must be going on all the wrong quests...
Edit: Y'know, my posts have been misread before, so I want to be clear that this is NOT AT ALL some sort of sarcastic remark. I will truly be amazed if switching back to the Talk channel in a split party is common practice. It seems the exact opposite in my experience.
--- End quote ---
Ooh... funny that we seem to have witnessed two completely different worlds!
But, I guess, it depends on the DM and also on the players present. :)
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