I will really miss this command. I needed it to greet not only every customer and deliverer, but also all fly-by-traders/hunters/whatever, if possible.
This command was the most important command for me. In heavy customer traffic, when I have had sometimes 4 channels open, and also a trade window open, I needed those msgs, to both fulfil what the RP situation needs, and also not to waste the customers and deliverers time. It was and is - even WITH that superhandy /setmsgs command - very hard for me to answer all requests on the channels.
I joined the server this evening, wanted to greet the only pilot near Norfolk, didn't work. I just docked and F4'ed, because I thought: "I will wait, until it is up again."
I just asked on the angels chat. What a bad surprise.
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Let's see, what I will miss:
1. Good day, ladies and gentlemen.*
2. Good evening, dear #t.*
3. Good evenin', dear #t.*
4. Thank you, dear customer.*
5. Thank you, dear deliverer.*
6. Is there anything I can do for you?*
7. I am deeply sorry dear #t, but bad news are coming. Your scanner is srap. Buy a better one for only 999.999 credits.**
8. Scan me, dear customer. Scan me also with /si to see a pricelist and fursther informations.***
9. Dear customers, please stand by until I have finished my deal with #t. Thank you for paying attention.****
*Greeting sequences. Most used ones. Spammed sometimesin local, but rarely in system channel.
**This one I used only for making a harmless joke about their Discovery Scanners, if they havd it mounted. Then I explain, why the adv. cargo scanner is better. In >75% of using this, I convince them. My personal win is not the money, but the funny comversations I have. Most of them are "fly-byers" I cannot catch them this nice polite way, if the /setmsgs will never work again.
***That one was one I loved most. I used it, if anyone was asking for equipment or prices. So easy it was to promote how to read the /setinfo-thingie.
****The last one is by far not the most used one, but the most important one, while a trading window is open - perhaps I need to change me ship/shop just after the transfer too - and other local customers are asking for their deal too/again at the same time.
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Cody is polite closed to brownnosing to his customers and deliverers. That is my reputation in Sirius.
I have no choice, since I founded Cody. I always have and like to paint some flowers around my conversations. Too often I am too busy to do that everytime, but I liked that, even if I still consider my english as too "small". It's just to make a nice "Welcome!". Not only to "Cody's", but to Discovery too.
I love this server. Around 20% of all days with Cody in average, I [angel] a bit on him. I open the Chat list, sort it via rank and explain a newbie, what RP is, the /restart command and - until now also about the /setmsg thingie.
/setmsgs was also nice to "test" someone, if he/she wanted to have a talk.
Mostly I get a "Hi" or "Hello" or sometimes a "Good day, Sir Cody", if it was a good day, but many pilots were just moving on.
Anyways, I feel bad now. Disappointed, desperated, demotivated.
Mostly /setmsgs are used for easier RP. It is not funny to miss that command.
Please be so nice and find a better solution.
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Solution could simply be:
"It is not allowed to use /setmsg 0-9 as an (final) engagement notice!"
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[rp] W.F.Cody is docked at Norfolk Shipyard. He was trying to start a shift, but the communication system totally crashed. He is a bit screwed up and exited about this problem.
Cody: "What is going on here? Lets check the logs of my systems onboard."
Log: "The new firmware of the communication channel is not compatible with your /setmsgs. Also it is not possible to remove the last firmware. Try next time!"
Cody: "Uargh! Thanks for this advise. I will better wait, until that problem with the firmware is solved. I cannot offer my usual services without this communication tools. It would really be too hard to manage all the extra work. "
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tl;dr
I am sucked a lot, this cannot be true please.
Solution: No /setmsgs for the final engagement notice, but give back /setmsgs in general.
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