System Messages

Group Mechanics

Forming A Group

To start a group, just click and hold the MOUSE 1 button on any player, and then select the Invite option from the radial menu. You can also type /invite [player' s first name] in the Chat Input bar to invite someone to your group. 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. To remove individual players, a group leader can use the /dismissGroupMember command and target them or include their name. Additionally the group member may use the kick radial option on players or use the kick option available in the group ui window.

A group may have from 2 up to 20 players in it. This includes pets.

Joining A Group

To join a group, you must first be invited. When you receive a message that you have been invited to join a group, simply type /join in your Chat Input bar. You can also bring up a radial menu on the character who invited you and select Join Group.

If you are invited to a group and do not wish you join, type /decline in the Chat Input bar. A Decline 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.

Players may leave a group by using the /disband or /leave command. Both of these will allow the player to remove themself from the group.

THE GROUP LIST

Once 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.

Group Window UI

Group in Combat

GROUP CHAT

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 LEADER

The 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 COMMANDS

All group members have access to the following commands:

Group Missions

Group Difficulty & Experience

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.

Group Waypoints and Payout Range

When grouped players take missions, the game takes the cloest mission for the greatest majority of players as the one to which to create a nearest mission for group waypoint at. This waypoint is updated to all members of the group based upon how the current mission distances check out. The waypoint is created in the datapad and is updated regularly. For example if a group waypoint mission updates and brings the mission farther out than another mission, then the closer mission will then be selected as the nearest mission for the group.

Nearest WP

Members of a group may receive a cut into the payout of a particular mission if they are within 200 meters of the mission target when it is destroyed or completed. The split they get is determined by the mission payout divided by the total amount of players in group that are nearby within 200 meters.

Group Looting

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