Overhearing whispers, your opinion

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Chance to overhear whispers...

...is good as it is.
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27%
...should be higher than 2% per person.
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19%
...should be lower in high-pop locations.
8
6%
...should be lower in general.
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8%
...should not have been implemented at all.
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40%
 
Total votes: 137
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Postby theguy » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:45 pm

I would say some of my charries are more effected by whispers than others, one has been effected quite alot, the other slightly and the rest not at all. I would say in one massive conversation I would hear about one thing from it which normally doesnt make sence but does get me thinking what everybody else is doing in there whispers :roll:
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Postby cantrlady » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:03 pm

*Wiro wrote:Today I overheard the second whisper for me. I wouldn't mind a raise in frequency, really, but am fine with the current system too.


I would like a raise as I have had one character hear one whisper.
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Postby Arenti » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:19 pm

BZR wrote:
Arenti wrote:I wouldn't mind if the chance of being overheard would be increased slightly.

I don't think so.



Wiro, I can't belive you have overheard two whispers so far. I overhear one whisper daily, at least.


Not me I hardly hear one every week... Often not even that much.
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Postby Chasing Dingoes » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:36 pm

I overhear whispers twice. Once I ignored as my character would ignore if not whispered. Another time it affected my character emotionally and though the character pretended not to hear it affected the RP at least on my (character's) behalf.

Only once when someone overheard something I said has approached me about it... it gave me a chance to play the 'uh you weren't meant to hear that' aspect but it wasn't a big issue.

i vote to keep it as is.
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Postby Arenti » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:52 am

I don't really understand why I hated the idea in the first place... Maybe because it would be a change in the game... But I now really like it and would like to hear more whispers.
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Postby *Wiro » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:50 pm

Third whisper overheard. This one is going to create an amazing roleplaying possibility for my character. :)
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Postby Doug R. » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:18 pm

In regards to raising the frequency, I don't think the Polish players would appreciate that much. They have way more characters concentrated in their cities, and overhearing for them is a multiple-a-day occurrence.

The system seems to be operating exactly as originally intended. Nice to get something right on the first try. *knocks on wood*
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Postby Arenti » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:39 pm

Doug R. wrote:In regards to raising the frequently, I don't think the Polish players would appreciate that much. They have way more characters concentrated in their cities, and overhearing for them is a multiple-a-day occurrence.

The system seems to be operating exactly as originally intended. Nice to get something right on the first try. *knocks on wood*


I doubt it is possible to increase the amount of whispers heard by others and not for the polish people, right?
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Postby SekoETC » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:46 pm

I thought about the option of dividing the possibility of overhearing percentage with the amount of listeners present but at least when I tested it in the test environment, it didn't seem to work.
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Postby Dudel » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:47 pm

Eh, then leave it as is.
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Postby BZR » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:00 pm

SekoETC wrote:I thought about the option of dividing the possibility of overhearing percentage with the amount of listeners present but at least when I tested it in the test environment, it didn't seem to work.

It didn't work at all, or you weren't happy with the result?
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Postby SekoETC » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:12 pm

I think it was tested with a rather limited set of test whispers, but the percentage of things getting overheard didn't correspond to the estimate I calculated in Excel so something was clearly wrong.
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Postby Money » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:16 pm

personally I have heard only one whisper when it was implemented for the first day, and I would like to see a higher frequency.
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Postby *Wiro » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:37 pm

Money wrote:personally I have heard only one whisper when it was implemented for the first day, and I would like to see a higher frequency.


Me too. I understand that bigger cities will have more overheard whispers like that, but I don't see that as a reason to not change it at all anymore. If Seko can get the bigger town = less whispers thing to work then that'd be great.
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Postby BZR » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:31 pm

Yesterday I heard three. 8)

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