BG Broadcasts

[Former-GM-Salt]

This is not a big issue or anything, but we were discussing this among the GMs and couldn't come to any conclusion, so we figured that we'd ask what you all think about it.

With the upcoming BG update BG will happen more frequently (once an hour), and that means that the BG broadcasts will happen more frequently. So what we want to know is what you think about them. We want the opinion of both people who play BG and those don't.

Anything resulting from this poll will not be in the upcoming bg update, but rather a future update some time after that.

The broadcasts could be changed to Izlude-only so the players who are actually participating in the BG could see them. Another option is to have them in the basic RO towns (Prontera, Geffen, Payon, Izlude, Morroc, Al De Baran, and Alberta). Or we could keep doing them globally as they are now.

We would imagine that players who do play BG appreciate the reminder that its starting if you're planning to sign up but don't keep an eye on the time at all times, or if you're just playing causally and figure "hey, BG is starting, might as well do that". But people who have no interest in BG might find it annoying. You might also want to consider that with BG keys BGs will start out of schedule sometimes, so its not always just a matter of keeping track of the the time.

Then there's the broadcast announcing the winners when BG is done. Which is all about the glory, and maybe for getting an idea about the people participating in BG, and congratulating friends/guildmates when you see them win. We're not sure if you like this either, or if you find it annoying.

And lastly we've been discussing adding a third broadcast, a reminder that BG is starting, but that would only be broadcasted if not enough people have signed up for BG when there is 2 or 3 minutes left. One option would be to make the starting broadcast Izlude-only, or basic towns only, and if enough people do not sign up we could do this reminder broadcast globally.

The broadcast about BG being canceled is going to be changed to Izlude-only, since those who didn't sign up would never have a reason to care about that.

Vote in the poll or post your opinion below if you have one.