Here's another kind of EQ "mystery" which I've experienced a lot over the many years and I wonder if others have as well.
Playing a druid I do get random tells looking for buffs, punts and ports. I'm also afk a lot since I tend to leave my toons logged in even when I'm working on other computers doing non-game stuff (like REAL work.) So I'll get a tell asking for a port or a buff and I won't even notice it for a few minutes when I happen to check the game screen. I do have an audio prompt for "tells you" but I don't always hear it. I am generous with ports and buffs so I will usually respond positively. But the mystery is that a majority of the time THE PLAYER IS NO LONGER ON-LINE. This happens far more often than you would think and it happens a fair amount even when it's only been a few minutes since I got the tell.
It seems like these players log in, try to get a buff or a port, and if they fail, they just log out. I used to notice this when people would announce in chat they were LFG. Back then I played more in real groups so sometimes I'd send a tell to people I noticed by scrolling back in chat had been asking for a group. A surprising % of the time the same people would have logged out, presumably frustrated after only a few minutes LFG. Now it's so hard to get a PU group that you don't see this phenomenon so much, but it's been replaced by players frustrated over not getting buffs or ports logging off suddenly.
I also see it when players are doing "WTS"'s, and I notice it belatedly and they're offering an item I'd consider buying. By the time I send them a bid, they've logged off. Why in heck would you announce WTS and then log right off?
More EQ "Mysteries", I guess.
/ponder
Edited, Sep 23rd 2016 1:01pm by Sippin
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Sippin 115 DRU **** Firiona Vie ****Agnarr
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I have had that same thought many time Sippin. I don't often see the tells for buffs right away on the shaman as I am usually on my rogue screen. I do have the same "tells you" audio trigger set up on all characters in efforts to not miss anything as I like to help out with others needing buffs when I'm able. I always respond and apologize for not seeing the tell, and a good percentage of the time the player has logged off.
The same thing happened on the progression servers in the auction channel/EC tunnel fairly regularly. I always thought it was just an incredible coincidence, like maybe i'm getting the tells for buffs after they have tried for a good while and just got frustrated, or they were trying to sell something for hours and I just didn't see it until they had finally had enough spamming a WTS macro.
I even notice it when I get a tell from an old guildy or friend that just happened to see me in the lobby or wherever. By the time I see the tell and respond, they are gone. It is rare that it takes me more than a couple minutes for me to respond, especially since I have the trigger set up.
The same thing happened on the progression servers in the auction channel/EC tunnel fairly regularly. I always thought it was just an incredible coincidence, like maybe i'm getting the tells for buffs after they have tried for a good while and just got frustrated, or they were trying to sell something for hours and I just didn't see it until they had finally had enough spamming a WTS macro.
I even notice it when I get a tell from an old guildy or friend that just happened to see me in the lobby or wherever. By the time I see the tell and respond, they are gone. It is rare that it takes me more than a couple minutes for me to respond, especially since I have the trigger set up.
Having the rag-tag collection of motley chars that I do, if I see an item offered for free that I can use, I usually jump at it immediately. It's strange, but even after an almost instant reply, the person making the offer has logged.......
Maybe some of these players are just jerks who do stuff like that for laughs. Like the guy I knew once who used to make a new toon using only L's, J's and I's and then say something in general chat like:
LilllilIIijIIlliiijililijliiiilljllij tells General: "Free FBSS to first person to tell me back!"
LilllilIIijIIlliiijililijliiiilljllij tells General: "Free FBSS to first person to tell me back!"
Sippin 115 DRU **** Firiona Vie ****Agnarr
FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker
Master Artisan (300+) * Baker * Brewer * Fletcher * Jeweler * Potter * Researcher * Smith * Tailor
Agnarr: 65 DRU ENC SHD MAG CLE ROG WIZ BRD WAR
FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker
Master Artisan (300+) * Baker * Brewer * Fletcher * Jeweler * Potter * Researcher * Smith * Tailor
Agnarr: 65 DRU ENC SHD MAG CLE ROG WIZ BRD WAR
Haha, brilliant. I would like to think that I would see through that ruse. But more likely I would have been furiously typing away trying to get the name right along with everyone else.
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