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A 'Wait For Lev' command?

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Another game I played eons ago had a 'similar system for long distance transport, where you'd wait at a spot for a carriage/ship to come, which you'd then get on, travel, and get off the other end.

Because of how unrealistic it was to miss the carriage when it pulled up in front of your characters face, and the fact that it's a big ooc time sink to stand there and wait, that game introduced a 'wait for carriage' command, which would have your character enter the next one which pulled up. Once on, you could also 'wait to dock' which would have you step off upon arrival.

I know you're not meant to be playing when you're not wholly present and we have an @ooc command for this, but, staring at an often unmoving screen for 20 minutes isn't overly alluring, and if you miss it once because you look away and get captivated by a butterfly for the wrong minute, you're then doubling this, and this command meant it just made things a little less tedious around often oocly monotonous travel time.

If you get complacent enough to look away for long, I'm sure someone will happily bestow themely consequences on you.

By Bix at Aug 1, 2025, 6:46 AM | 0
I get where you are coming from, and I am not staff but I'll take a stab at the answer.

The lev system is DESIGNED FOR YOU TO HATE IT.

It's there for you to hate it enough that you will spend chy to fix it. Be it through getting a phone app that will let you not wait on the station for levs, or simply paying 500 for the chex, or asking a friend for a ride, or taking any of the alternative cross sector routes.

I genuinely would not expect any easements to it be implemented. Hate it, embrace the rage, and find a way to either not deal with the system, or make it much more sufferable, both are available.

If you are really set on that though, you could make IC macro to enter the lev on your own, and exit too, but… Embrace the hate.

By Aida at Aug 1, 2025, 6:49 AM | 0
Yeah, Lev's are designed to be dangerous and hateful.

I won't be implementing this.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!

By Mench at Aug 1, 2025, 6:53 AM | 0
Do not afk while waiting for a lev. You will come back to a dead character at some point.

Levs are designed with long waits so you van get mugged there.

So a command that lets you afk while there would only serve to get newer players killed more, and cause a loss of playerbase.

By SmokePotion at Aug 1, 2025, 6:57 AM | 0
I get what you're saying, but that feels like an ooc consequence if you're playing someone who doesn't/cannot/shouldn't be driving. I'm more than happy to icly hate the lev, it's the ooc tedium and time sink without any rp that's the issue. Spending the little precious free time you have staring at an unmoving screen for up to 40 minutes on a round trip, isn't thrilling game play or ICly frustrating, it's just oocly irksome.
By Bix at Aug 1, 2025, 6:58 AM | 0
Boo Mench.
By Bix at Aug 1, 2025, 6:59 AM | 0
A pc drove chexi costs a little more then double the lev fee, round trip.

I'de love to say this is a good answer, but… it kinda isn't. Due to the NPC chexi rates being INSANE. If those were changed to be more like the PC rates, i'de say the issue isn't really an issue anymore, honestly.

By SmokePotion at Aug 1, 2025, 7:00 AM | 0
You don't need to drive, you can get driven for example. And there are non-driving ways to get cross sector too, ask around, this is definitely one to not spill on forums, but there are multiple ways around that problems that do not require wheels at all.
By Aida at Aug 1, 2025, 7:01 AM | 0
I like the intent behind this idea, make the levs more convenient (FOR THE PLAYER NOT FOR THE CHARACTER), because nobody uses them and vehicles are omnipresent.

Perhaps automating parts of the game isn't the right approach. I think levs should be improved because they are the only piece of mass transit we have and people just ignore it and beeline towards their own vehicle.

Maybe adding a mirror E8 and E9 so they're more frequent, or making the SIC amplified in the stations? They wouldn't become any less dangerous, they'd just make them more engaging from a gameplay point of view.

By villa at Aug 1, 2025, 8:16 AM | 0
Mench said he's not going to imp already, but I do want to say I like this idea. All it's attempting to do is make sure you don't miss the damn train when it finally does come. I can remember plenty of times in my early character days waiting for the lev, then waiting, then waiting, then stepping away to take a piss, then coming back to see wellwhatdoyouknow the fucking lev came while I was away!

If I'm understanding this, all it would do would be to put you on the next train, not save you from any danger.

By JMo at Aug 1, 2025, 8:26 AM | 0
You can make it with a macro if you really want though.
By Aida at Aug 1, 2025, 8:29 AM | 0
Waiting around for a player Chexie to be online is going to take longer than waiting for the lev, most of the time. That provides more RP, but it's not a solution to 'the lev is taking too long'.
By duck at Aug 1, 2025, 8:34 AM | 0
A command like this, or adding SIC amps to the stations, or increasing the frequency of mag levs would make the new player experience much better. I think having to stare at a screen waiting for the lev is pretty miserable, and anti-player.
By JanekSembilan at Aug 1, 2025, 8:38 AM | 0
The monotony of waiting - even though it is ooc - reflects the real monotony of waiting on public transport, and it is serves as an IC reason to seek other means of transpor or learn the lev schedule.

There was a time when players manually timed the lev schedule and sold it as payday. These days, there is a very easy- to-attain item that can show you the schedule.

So again, you can find alternate transport to avoid the lev, or you can ask IC how to find a lev schedule. Knowing when it shows up means no waiting at the station is you don't want to.

Or make a macro as was suggested. I don't use automatic macros, but there is some risk with using them. Read the help file on macros if you go this route.

By Logic at Aug 1, 2025, 9:41 AM | 0
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