by Pavitra » Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:06 am
It would be super nice if there could be some sort of alert or notification when something happens while I'm in another tab/window. A sound playing, the window title changing, something like that. Currently if I want to lurk/idle somewhere public I have to remember to keep checking back in frequently, which (1) uses up a lot of attention and (2) has a high latency – minutes rather than seconds – between someone talking and me noticing.
In other words, Seltani is currently not very friendly to multitasking. I can have other things in the background while playing Seltani, but I can't have Seltani in the background while doing other things. (Compare IRC, IM, facebook, etc.)
I think this would be a big boost for adoption, since it would make it much easier to encounter other people in the game, creating more reason to log in, and so forth. Population in a multiplayer game is a positive feedback loop, and idling-with-alerts can make the difference between lively and deserted.
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