Grouping (Game Mechanics)
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Radial MenusSUI Prompts
Group MechanicsForming A Group To start a group, just click on any player, and then select the Invite to Group radial option from the radial menu. Players may also type /invite [player' s first name] in the Chat Input bar to invite someone to a group.Alternatively a player may select the player and issue the /invite command as well. The invite command and radial have a range of 90m. Players that want to join a group have to be within this range in order to be able to be invited. The group leader my also uninvite a player by using the /uninvite command and either targeting the player with it or entering the player's name. A group leader may destroy a group by using the /disband or /leave command if they have not designated a new group leader. To remove individual players, a group leader can use the /dismissGroupMember command and target them or include their name. Additionally the group leader may use the Kick From Group radial option on players. A group may have from 2 up to 20 players in it. This includes pets.
If you are invited to a group and do not wish you join, type /decline in the Chat Input bar. A Decline Group Invitation option also appears on the radial menu of the inviter, connected to the Join Group option. Like with the invite command, join group has a range of 90 meters in which the player must be in in order to be able to join.
Pets may be invited to group by the owner typing /invite petname. The same grouping rules apply as with regular players. The pet must be in range of the group leader to be invited to the group. THE GROUP LISTOnce you form or join a group, you'll see a new element: the Group list. The Group list contains the names and HAM bars of every member of your group. If you target a group member (for healing, perhaps) , that character's Status box will be marked by a small white triangle. You can target group members by clicking on their Status box. The group leader's Status box always appears at the top of the Group list (but beneath your own HAM bars). If you target a group member, that character's HAM box will be marked by a white triangle.
Members of a group can talk directly to one another by using a special and private group channel, which is automatically created when the group is formed. Group chat can be accessed through: * /gsay [message] * /gtell [message] * /groupsay [message] THE GROUP LEADERThe player who first started the group is the group leader. He or she has access to a number of special commands, which are available through the Chat commands and radial menu options: (Note, most of these functions were broken shortly after the release of the game and were never fixed/returned properly. It is my opinion that the vast majority of them are quite useful for a group leader to run a group and should be reinstated with their original purpose and function with a few exceptions. I believe that the group notification messages should be togglable by any member of the group however the functions like autoloot etc should remain with the group leader. The need for possible radius restrictions on these abilities such as making the ability only work within range of another group member could be necessary to keep exploitation to a minimum, in particular for the autoloot function.)
OTHER GROUP COMMANDSAll group members have access to the following commands:
Group MissionsGroup Difficulty & Bonuses When players group together, they combine their individual combat difficulty levels. This combat difficulty level is used to determine the payout and difficulty levels of missions. See the Quests and Missions section for more information. By Grouping, a player gains a 20% bonus to combat related experience earned. There is also a 20% harvesting bonus if you are in a group and at least one group member is within 64m of you when you harvest. If there is a Ranger present in your group and is within 64m of you, the group harvesting bonus will be 30% for you when you harvest. If there is a Master Ranger present in your group and is within 64m of you, the group harvesting bonus will be 40%.
When a mission is generated, the reward payout per member is calculated based on the current size of the group. If the group shrinks in size or group members are too far away to receive payout, those that do get paid receive the original per member reward. For example, if 3 players take a mission that pays 12k credits, each player will receive a maximum of 4k credits when the mission is completed. They receive 0 if they are out of range, and less if more people are added to the group to complete the mission Group LootingLootingAfter combat, you have the opportunity to loot any enemies you have slain. To loot an enemy, double-click on the corpse or press and hold the MOUSE 1 button until the radial menu appears, and then select Loot or Loot All. Double clicking on a corpse will initiate the Loot All command and will retrieve all items on the corpse. The Loot option will reveal all the items the corpse is currently holding. You can pick and choose which items you want to actually take by double-clicking on an item or choosing Pick Up from the radial menu. Loot All simply transfers all of your opponent' s items into your Inventory. Additionally a player may obtain items from containers. This is done by getting within range of the container and clicking Open on the radial menu. Upon doing this the player is given a inventory window of the item's contents and may retrieve the contents within by clicking on an item and using the Pick Up option from the radial menu.
Looting RightsLooting rights are the ability for players to access a given container or corpse in order to be able to retrieve the contents. For the purpose of looting contents of public world containers, any player may open and take the contents even while another player is doing the same. This means that two players can both be browing a single container at once, and the contents belong to whichever player picks the particular item up first.
1. The first theory is that Damage checks between the individuals attacking a creature compare to determine which has done the most damage to a particular mob. The highest damage dealer to the mob by the time it has died will have won the looting rights. According to this theory, the same applies when grouped. The highest damage dealer in the group is used for the group's loot rights vs other players.
Note: I believe a fairer option for us to take is to implement it so that the first attacker on a creature/npc obtains exclusive looting rights on that encounter until they disengage combat with the creature. Once the player/group disengages combat with the creature/npc then the looting rights go back to free for all to whomever next attacks it. This would help to alleviate cases during precu where individuals or groups have spent quite an amount of time/effort into taking down a kill only to be usurped by random or malicious intent individuals/groups attacking and obtaining looting rights.
Group Looting OptionsGeneral Overview Group Looting in Star Wars is a variety of methods for how players in Star Wars Galaxies can distribute loot. These systems will allow the group leader to determine what type of looting system his group will use. Terminology Looting Rights - determines which player(s) can loot an item Loot Distribution - determines the method by which looting rights are determined
Settings -There are 3 settings for group looting. These settings can only be set by the group leader. The party members will see by the icon near their names which setting has been chosen, and they will be notified every time the settings are changed:
Free-for-All - the first person in the party who clicks the item gets it. This is the current default method for Star Wars Galaxies. In a free-for-all loot distribution setting, the loot is placed in the backpack of the first person in the party that has looting rights to loot the item. If the character does not have enough room in his backpack to hold the item the item remains where it is and the player receives a message about their backpack being full, and the item stays on the corpse. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted. Master Looter -The party leader chooses a player in the group to be the master looter (party leader is the master looter by default). This player is the only one who has looting permissions on the creatures that the group kills. The Master Looter can easily be identified by the Icon next to their name. If the master looter loots an item, but does not have enough room in his backpack to hold the item the item remains where it is and the player receives a message about their backpack being full. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted. Lottery - The lottery system allows players to vie for which items they would like. A player can choose to pass on an item or to be included in the roll for it. When a corpse gets looted by anyone in the group, every member gets a window showing the list of item(s) on the corpse. Each player can either click on the individual items to bid or pass on them. Each party member can also choose, "Select All" which automatically places a bid for them for each item on the list. If no action is taken within 30 seconds by a player, the system automatically passes for them and they are no longer in contention for the item(s) on the corpse. If the player who wins the Lottery on an item does not have enough room in their inventory, they receive a message telling them their inventory is full, and the item stays on the corpse until someone else tries to loot it again. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted.
NGE Looting Observations
If player passes on their lottery chance , then they cannot open corpse again on a mob until the lottery goes FFA Opening a mob's inventory while lottery is on makes it so that each item radial in the inventory comes up with "loot" option. In FFA mode etc this option changes to "pick up"
While grouped and looted an npc for credits i got the message "[GROUP] You split %TU credits and receive %TT credits as your share."
While grouped i got the message [GROUP] You split %TU credits and receive %TT credits as your share. when i killed and looted npc credits.
Master looter-- Makes all corpses lootable only by the master looter. Otherwise it is just like free for all. If a group member tries to loot, then they receive the message "Only the Master Looter is allowed to loot! Currently the Master Looter is set to %TO."
Solo looting
While solo, i opened a mob inventory that had 2 items in it and attempted loot all while i had 79/80 in my own inventory. The only message i got was You were unable to loot %DI item(s) from %TT where it said there was 1 item that was unable to be looted.
While solo and attacking a mob with 1 item and a bit of credits, i did loot all and got message "you have completely looted the corpse of all items" and also the message You looted %DI credits.
Group Looting Detailed
Group Looting in Star Wars is a variety of methods for how players in Star Wars Galaxies can distribute loot. These systems will allow the group leader to determine what type of looting system his group will use. Terminology
Loot Distribution Settings Once a creature or NPC is killed the loot is assigned based on the loot distribution settings. These settings are determined by the group leader. There are 4 settings for Group Looting that the group leader can choose from:
In a free-for-all loot distribution setting, the loot is available for anyone to take off of the corpse. This is no different then what you are using today in Star Wars Galaxies.
In Random Roll setting the game randomly determines from all the group members preset who gets any given looted object. For example, when someone uses loot all on a corpse with multiple items the items will go to different party members (even though only one person clicked on the corpse).
In the master Looter setting only the master looter is allowed to loot from the corpse.
In a Lottery setting each player is given an opportunity to decide whether they are interested in the loot items presented or not. Players will have a window that shows up with the items on the corpse. (see picture below). They will choose the ones they are interested in, and ignore the ones they don't want.
Lottery Loot Example The following explains how the Lottery distribution system works:
of the UI.
good shoes already. She selects the pistol and ignores the boots.
pass all.
After a while the party kills a Stormtrooper. The Stormtrooper has a communicator and a rifle.
and ignores the communicator.
rifle.
1 and 2 and gives the winner the communicator. The game selects 2 and gives the communicator to Leia as well.
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